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Speaker 1: This is the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellavaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode five forty five today. I want to hit
Speaker 2: you with a truth about leadership that cuts through all
Speaker 2: the noise, all the books, all the theories, and all
Speaker 2: the complicated diagrams that people try to make leadership into.
Speaker 2: It's simple. People will follow you if you give them
Speaker 2: a reason to. That's all leadership is. Think about that
Speaker 2: for a second. Leadership isn't about titles, it isn't about seniority,
Speaker 2: and it isn't even about authority. You can have all
Speaker 2: of those things and still have no one genuine following you.
Speaker 2: What makes people want to line up behind you is
Speaker 2: the reason you give them. So what's a reason. It
Speaker 2: could be your vision. It could be the way you
Speaker 2: lead with integrity when everyone else is cutting corners. It
Speaker 2: could be the way you treat people with fairness and respect.
Speaker 2: It could be your ability to show that you're not
Speaker 2: just in charge, you're in it with them. A reason
Speaker 2: is something they can believe in something that makes them
Speaker 2: say I want to be part of that. I want
Speaker 2: to be part of this team. So for this episode,
Speaker 2: let's break this down. Step one clarity of purpose. If
Speaker 2: you don't know where you're going, no one else will follow.
Speaker 2: People need to see that you have a destination in mind,
Speaker 2: not just a title on your desk. Imagine a pilot
Speaker 2: walking onto an airplane and saying, well, we'll just figure
Speaker 2: it out once we're in the air. Would you stay
Speaker 2: on that flight? No way. Leaders are no different. People
Speaker 2: follow a leader who has direction. Step two authenticity. People
Speaker 2: can smell fake leadership from a mile away. If you're
Speaker 2: putting on a mask or trying to play a part,
Speaker 2: your team will know. But if you're real, if you
Speaker 2: admit mistakes, if you show up the same way every day,
Speaker 2: they'll trust you. And trust is one of the biggest
Speaker 2: reasons people will follow you. And Step three is action
Speaker 2: not words. You can't just say the right things, You've
Speaker 2: got to live them. Anyone can give a pep talk,
Speaker 2: anyone can post a motivational quote, but real leaders act
Speaker 2: on what they say. If you tell your team they matter,
Speaker 2: but you never spend time with them, they won't believe you.
Speaker 2: If you tell them safety is a priority, but you
Speaker 2: cut corners to save time, they'll see through it. Your
Speaker 2: actions are either giving people a reason to follow or
Speaker 2: giving them a reason to walk away. And step four
Speaker 2: is consistency. This is where many leaders stumble. Being great
Speaker 2: once isn't enough. Yesterday's leadership won't win today's loyalty. You
Speaker 2: have to show up consistently. You can't be a leader
Speaker 2: of inspiration on Monday and then disappear on Tuesday. People
Speaker 2: follow leaders who can be counted on, especially when things
Speaker 2: get tough. And here's the real kicker with this. Everyone
Speaker 2: on your team is looking at you and asking why
Speaker 2: should I follow this person. That's the silent question running
Speaker 2: in the background of every workplace. And your answer to
Speaker 2: that question isn't in what you say, It's in how
Speaker 2: you lead. So let me ask you what reason are
Speaker 2: you giving people right now? Are you giving them a
Speaker 2: reason to show up excited? Are you giving them a
Speaker 2: reason to work harder, to care more, to believe that
Speaker 2: what they do matters? Or are you giving them a
Speaker 2: reason to check out, disengage and look for the exit.
Speaker 2: I'll leave you with this. Leadership doesn't have to be complicated.
Speaker 2: At the heart of it, it's one simple equation. Give
Speaker 2: people a reason to follow and they will fail. To
Speaker 2: give them a reason and they won't. Titles won't save you.
Speaker 2: Paychecks won't save you. Rules won't save you. Your ability
Speaker 2: to inspire, to act, and to lead with integrity that's
Speaker 2: what gives people a reason to stand behind you. So today,
Speaker 2: when you step into your role, when you send that email,
Speaker 2: when you walk into that meeting, or when you have
Speaker 2: that conversation with your team, ask yourself, what reason am
Speaker 2: I giving them to follow me. If you can answer
Speaker 2: that question, you've already unlocked the secret to leadership. And
Speaker 2: before we wrap up, I want to let you know
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Speaker 2: message to more leaders who need it around the world.
Speaker 2: This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
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