Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul
Speaker 1: fella Aledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute
Speaker 1: leadership podcast. It's episode six eighteen. Today we're talking about
Speaker 1: micro strategies for macro impact. Let me start with a
Speaker 1: scene that you have probably lived through. You walk into
Speaker 1: work and nothing is technically wrong, no alarms, no crisis,
Speaker 1: no breaking news, and yet you can feel it. The
Speaker 1: energy is flat, conversations are shorter, people are doing their jobs,
Speaker 1: but nobody is leaning in. Most leaders respond to that
Speaker 1: moment by reaching for something big, a new initiative, a
Speaker 1: big meeting, a motivational speech, the strategic reset. And most
Speaker 1: of the time that move falls flat. And here's the
Speaker 1: uncomfortable truth. Leaders learn the hard way. Big impact rarely
Speaker 1: comes from big moves. It comes from small, repeatable actions
Speaker 1: that compound quietly over time. That is where micro strategies are,
Speaker 1: tiny leadership decisions that look insignificant but create massive downstream
Speaker 1: effect when done consistently. I learned this years ago watching
Speaker 1: leaders who never seem stressed, never seemed reactive, and yet
Speaker 1: always had teams that performed at a high level. They
Speaker 1: were not louder, they were not busier, They were precise.
Speaker 1: They paid attention to the smallest things that most leaders overlook.
Speaker 1: And I'll give you an example. I once worked with
Speaker 1: the leader who had one rule for himself. He would
Speaker 1: respond to every message from his team with twenty four hours,
Speaker 1: even if the response was short, and even if the
Speaker 1: answer was no, no long explanations, no corporate buzzwords, just clarity.
Speaker 1: And that one habit changed everything. Trust went up, frustration
Speaker 1: went down, rumors disappeared. People stopped filling silence with assumptions
Speaker 1: That leader did not overhaul culture, he adjusted his response time.
Speaker 1: That is micro strategy. Micro Strategies work because leadership is
Speaker 1: experienced in moments, not slogans. Your team does not feel
Speaker 1: your vision statement. They feel how you show up in
Speaker 1: small interactions every day. So here are a few micro
Speaker 1: strategies you can start using immediately. First, open meetings with
Speaker 1: context not agenda. Instead of diving straight into bullet points,
Speaker 1: take thirty seconds to explain why the meeting matters, what
Speaker 1: decisions need to be made, what problem you are solving,
Speaker 1: what success looks like when everyone walks out of the room.
Speaker 1: This simple shift changes the entire tone of the room.
Speaker 1: People engage differently when they know the purpose. You reduce
Speaker 1: side conversations, confusion, and wasted time without ever adding a
Speaker 1: single extra slide. Second, narrate decisions in real time. Most
Speaker 1: leaders make decisions in private and announce them publicly. That
Speaker 1: leaves teams guessing about motives and logic. A micro strategy
Speaker 1: is narrating the decision process out loud, say things like
Speaker 1: here is what we considered, Here is the risk we accepted.
Speaker 1: Here is why this path made sense for us. You
Speaker 1: do not need to over explain. You need to be
Speaker 1: transparent enough that people understand you are thinking, not guessing.
Speaker 1: This builds credibility fast, especially during uncertainty. Third, close loops aggressively.
Speaker 1: Nothing eroads trust faster than unresolved issues. A concern raise,
Speaker 1: a question asked, a suggestion submitted, and then silence. A
Speaker 1: micro strategy is closing the loop, even when the answer
Speaker 1: disappoints someone. We looked into it, we are not moving forward.
Speaker 1: Here is why that sentence alone prevents resentment from taking root.
Speaker 1: Silence creates stories, clarity stops them. Fourth, protect the first
Speaker 1: five minutes of your day. The way you start your.
Speaker 2: Day becomes the way you lead all day, before emails,
Speaker 2: before meetings, before chaos. Spend five minutes to day deciding
Speaker 2: what actually matters today. One decision, one conversation, one outcome
Speaker 2: you want to protect. This small pause keeps you from
Speaker 2: spending the day reacting instead of leading. Fifth reward behavior,
Speaker 2: not outcomes. Outcomes are often delayed. Behavior shows up immediately.
Speaker 2: Catch people doing the right things early preparation, ownership, their calm,
Speaker 2: under pressure, follow through. When leaders consistently reinforce behavior, outcomes
Speaker 2: follow naturally. When leaders only reward results, shortcuts and burnout
Speaker 2: show up fast. Now, let me tell you why micro
Speaker 2: strategies work when big strategies fail. Big strategies rely on motivation.
Speaker 2: Micro strategies rely on discipline. Motivation fades, discipline compounds. Big
Speaker 2: strategies need buy in. Micro strategies need consistency. Big strategies
Speaker 2: attract attention. Micro strategies change habits. Think about erosion. Water
Speaker 2: does not break rock by force, It does it by repetition.
Speaker 2: And leadership works the same way. Your tone in emails,
Speaker 2: your response time, how you handle interruptions, whether you keep
Speaker 2: small promises, whether you show up prepared, whether you say
Speaker 2: thank you when nobody is watching. None of these make headlines.
Speaker 2: All of them shape culture. If you want macro impact,
Speaker 2: stop hunting for the next big move and start tightening
Speaker 2: the small ones. Here is a simple challenge for you.
Speaker 2: Pick one micro strategy this week, just one, not five.
Speaker 2: Maybe it's closing loops faster. Maybe it's explaining decisions better.
Speaker 2: Maybe it's starting meetings with context. Maybe it's protecting your
Speaker 2: first five minutes. And do it every day for a week,
Speaker 2: then watch what changes around you. Leadership is not about
Speaker 2: dramatic moments. It's about daily precision. So if you want
Speaker 2: to be remembered as a leader who made a real impact,
Speaker 2: pay attention to the smallest moves. That is where trust
Speaker 2: is built, culture is shaped, and momentum is created. Micro
Speaker 2: Strategies are not small thinking, they are smart thinking. And
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Speaker 2: seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
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