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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and gola giving.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host

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<v Speaker 1>Paul fella Aledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode seven twenty eight. Today we're talking about something

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<v Speaker 2>that almost nobody teaches anymore. Why calm leaders win loud rooms.

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<v Speaker 2>We live in a world that rewards volume. The loudest

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<v Speaker 2>voice in the meeting gets attention, The fastest response gets praised,

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<v Speaker 2>The strongest opinion gets remembered. The person with the most

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<v Speaker 2>confidence often gets mistaken for the person with the best answer.

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<v Speaker 2>But leadership is not karaoke. Leadership is not about who

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<v Speaker 2>grabs the microphone. Leadership is about influence, and influence behaves

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<v Speaker 2>differently than noise. So I want you to picture something.

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<v Speaker 2>You walk into a room where people are upset. People

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<v Speaker 2>are interrupting each other. Someone is frustrated, someone feels unheard.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody already made up their mind before the meeting even started.

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<v Speaker 2>You can feel it. The room feels hot. Now imagine

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<v Speaker 2>two leaders. Leader number one comes in and matches the energy.

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<v Speaker 2>Voices get louder, faster, talking, stronger, opinions and more interruptions,

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<v Speaker 2>and Leader number two walks in slower speaks, lower listens first,

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<v Speaker 2>pauses before answering which room do you think settles first?

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<v Speaker 2>Almost always the second one, because emotions spread, but calm

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<v Speaker 2>spreads too. One of the biggest myths in leadership is

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<v Speaker 2>that calm equals weakness, and I think that's completely backward.

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<v Speaker 2>Calm is expensive. Anybody can lose control, anybody can react,

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<v Speaker 2>anybody can get defensive. Remaining calm while pressure is hitting

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<v Speaker 2>you from five directions at once requires discipline. Think about

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<v Speaker 2>pilots when an alarm goes off and the cockpits. Pilots

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<v Speaker 2>do not start yelling. When emergency responders arrive at a scene,

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<v Speaker 2>the best ones are rarely the loudest. When a scuba

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<v Speaker 2>instructor sees a student panic underwater, they slow down because

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<v Speaker 2>panic underwater multiplies danger. Pressure rewards calm. That is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the reasons I talk so much about red key leadership.

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<v Speaker 2>Routine moments and high consequence moments are not the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Routine moments let you sur vibe. Red key moments define

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<v Speaker 2>your reputation, and in those moments, people are watching something

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<v Speaker 2>very specific, not what you say. They're watching how you

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<v Speaker 2>say it. I remember hearing a phrase years ago. The

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<v Speaker 2>person who controls the pace often controls the room. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's stuck with me. Because loud rooms have an invisible rule,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody unconsciously starts competing for oxygen. People talk over each other,

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<v Speaker 2>people defend positions instead of solving problems. People become attached

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<v Speaker 2>to being right. Calm leaders interrupt that pattern, not by

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<v Speaker 2>force by changing the rhythm. So try this next time

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<v Speaker 2>somebody unloads frustration on you. Do not respond immediately, pause

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<v Speaker 2>for a few seconds, and those few seconds will feel

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<v Speaker 2>like an eternity, and then say tell me more, and

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<v Speaker 2>watch what happens. People often burn themselves out emotionally when

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<v Speaker 2>they feel heard. You don't have to win every emotional battle.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to move the room forward. And another thing

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<v Speaker 2>calm leaders understand is silence is a leadership tool. People

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<v Speaker 2>get uncomfortable with silence. That discomfort causes people to reveal information.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone proposes an idea, everybody looks at the leader. The

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<v Speaker 2>leader says nothing, and five seconds pass. Suddenly someone else

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<v Speaker 2>starts speaking. Then another person now the room, gives you data.

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<v Speaker 2>The loud leader fills silence. The calm leader studies silence.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a difference. And before somebody says this only

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<v Speaker 2>works for quiet personalities, this is not introvert leadership. This

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<v Speaker 2>is intentional leadership. You can be energetic and calm, you

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<v Speaker 2>can be charismatic and calm, and you can be direct

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<v Speaker 2>and calm. Calm does not mean passive. Calm means controlled.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to give you a challenge for the

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<v Speaker 2>next week. Every time tension rises around you, ask yourself

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<v Speaker 2>one question. Do I want to contribute energy or do

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<v Speaker 2>I want to direct energy? Because those are different jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody can increase temperature, leaders regulate temperature. Think about a thermostat.

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<v Speaker 2>Thermostats do not scream at the room. They quietly change

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<v Speaker 2>the environment. That's leadership. And here's something that took me

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<v Speaker 2>years to learn. People remember how leaders made them feel

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<v Speaker 2>during pressure. Years later, nobody remembers the exact meeting agenda.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody remembers the spreadsheet or the exact wording. People do

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<v Speaker 2>remember did this leader make me feel safe? Did this

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<v Speaker 2>leader make me feel stupid? Did this leader create clarity?

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<v Speaker 2>Did this leader stay steady? That becomes your reputation, not

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<v Speaker 2>your title, not your office, not your badge, your emotional footprint.

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<v Speaker 2>And there is another hidden advantage to calm calm leaders.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear things loud leaders miss because when your brain is

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<v Speaker 2>busy performing leadership, it cannot observe leadership. You miss body language,

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<v Speaker 2>you miss hesitation, you miss small warning signs, you miss

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<v Speaker 2>the sentence somebody almost said. Calm buys awareness. Awareness buys

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<v Speaker 2>better decisions, and better decisions build trust. So the next

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<v Speaker 2>time you walk into a loud room, resist the urge

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<v Speaker 2>to compete. Lower your voice, slow your pace, ask one

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<v Speaker 2>more question. Stay grounded, because because the strongest leader in

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<v Speaker 2>the room is not always the one making the most noise.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it is the person who reminds everybody else that

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<v Speaker 2>they don't have to. So if you want to become

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<v Speaker 2>a stronger leader this week, do not practice speaking louder,

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<v Speaker 2>practice becoming harder to shake when pressure shows up. Become

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<v Speaker 2>the person people move toward, not the person they move

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<v Speaker 2>away from. Rooms. Remember calm teams, remember calm families, remember

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<v Speaker 2>calm and leadership. Real leadership often sounds quieter than people expect.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>For more Paul fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellaalito dot com,