Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajiving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three seventy three, and let's cut right to
Speaker 2: the truth. Leadership isn't a destination. I've talked about this
Speaker 2: fact a lot in past episodes. It's not a title
Speaker 2: you earn and then coast the rest of the way.
Speaker 2: Leadership is a continual struggle, a living, breathing role that
Speaker 2: gets redefined by every generation that dares to lead. If
Speaker 2: you're expecting to arrive at some point where you have
Speaker 2: it all figured out, stop waiting. That point doesn't exist.
Speaker 2: Think about out the leaders before us. What they faced,
Speaker 2: the tools they used, the people they influenced. It's not
Speaker 2: the same game we're playing today. Leadership in the eighties
Speaker 2: looked like completely different than leadership today. Back then, it
Speaker 2: was about hierarchy, suits and closed door meetings. Now it's
Speaker 2: about access, agility, authenticity and transparency. And by the way,
Speaker 2: ten years from now, your current leadership playbook will feel ancient.
Speaker 2: If you're not paying attention. So let's be clear. Every
Speaker 2: generation inherits leadership with one hand and rewrites it with
Speaker 2: the other. This struggle isn't bad, it's necessary. Without it,
Speaker 2: we stagnate. Without it, leaders become irrelevant. It's in this
Speaker 2: struggle where the next great idea is born, where the
Speaker 2: next cultural shift gets shaped, and where the next generation
Speaker 2: watches how we handle it all because they're next. So
Speaker 2: what's this struggle actually look like in the real world Today?
Speaker 2: It's a gen Z employee asking why the company doesn't
Speaker 2: take a stand on social issues, while a Gen X
Speaker 2: leader says that's not the company's job. It's a leader
Speaker 2: trying to balance remote work preferences while still building team
Speaker 2: culture and accountability. It's a team pushing for mental health
Speaker 2: days in leaders trying to understand how to support without
Speaker 2: sacrificing mission readiness. And that's just Monday. The struggle is real,
Speaker 2: but it's not unwinnable. In fact, it's what makes you stronger.
Speaker 2: Here's what today's leader needs to internalize. You are not
Speaker 2: the final version of leadership. You are a chapter in
Speaker 2: a much longer story. You are both a student and
Speaker 2: a teacher. You're learning from those around you while guiding
Speaker 2: those behind you. And you don't lead people the way
Speaker 2: you were led. You lead based on what they need,
Speaker 2: not what you received. And your relevance is to your adaptability.
Speaker 2: Leaders who stop evolving become roadblocks, not role models. And
Speaker 2: the struggle isn't against others, it's against staying comfortable. So
Speaker 2: let's kill the idea that there's a mountaintop called leadership
Speaker 2: where you plant your flag and yell I made it.
Speaker 2: There is no summit, there's no statue waiting for you.
Speaker 2: There's only today in the next decision you make. So
Speaker 2: leadership is a struggle that deserves your energy, not your ego.
Speaker 2: And here's the good news. The fact that it's hard
Speaker 2: means you're doing it right. The fact that it's not
Speaker 2: permanent means you'll never run out of opportunities to improve.
Speaker 2: So ask yourself, how will I shape leadership for the
Speaker 2: next generation? Watching me right now, because someone is and
Speaker 2: they're not just watching what you say, They're watching how
Speaker 2: you show up in the middle of the struggle. This
Speaker 2: has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank
Speaker 2: you for listening.
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