Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goal achieving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Felloalido.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode two forty eight. Today we're focusing on a
Speaker 2: critical leadership truth, one that every CEO, executive and senior
Speaker 2: leader must understand if they want their organization to excel.
Speaker 2: And that's I get paid to have the vision. I
Speaker 2: pay you to execute the vision. And this statement gets
Speaker 2: to the heart of leadership at the highest level. As
Speaker 2: a CEO, your primary job is not to micromanage every
Speaker 2: aspect of the business. It's not to be involved in
Speaker 2: every decision, every customer interaction, or every operational challenge. Your
Speaker 2: job is to have the vision, to chart the course,
Speaker 2: to define the future, and to inspire others to make
Speaker 2: it happen. And let me say it again, the CEO's
Speaker 2: role is vision over management. If you're a CEO or
Speaker 2: senior leader, your role is to look ahead. You are
Speaker 2: responsible for seeing what others don't see, understanding the landscape,
Speaker 2: anticipating changes, and positioning your organization for long term success.
Speaker 2: Your team doesn't need you handling the daily grind. They
Speaker 2: need you to set the direction so they can focus
Speaker 2: on execution. Without that vision, the company drifts. Employees will
Speaker 2: work hard, but without a clear purpose, they may work
Speaker 2: in the wrong direction. Great CEOs focus on defining the
Speaker 2: mission and vision. Where are we going? What do we
Speaker 2: stand for? In setting clear goals? What does success look like?
Speaker 2: In creating a culture of trust, how do we empower
Speaker 2: our team to do their best work? And looking ahead,
Speaker 2: what opportunities and challenges are on the horizon. A leader
Speaker 2: without a team is just one person with an idea,
Speaker 2: and a team without a leader is a group of
Speaker 2: people running in different directions. Execution is what turns vision
Speaker 2: into reality. Your employees are there to implement the vision,
Speaker 2: but they need clarity. They need to know what are
Speaker 2: the priorities because they can't do everything. What does success
Speaker 2: look like, what are the key metrics and outcomes? And
Speaker 2: how much autonomy do they have? Can they make decisions
Speaker 2: or do they need approval at every step? As a leader,
Speaker 2: you must hire the right people, give them the tools
Speaker 2: they need, and then trust them to do their jobs.
Speaker 2: If you don't trust them, one of two things is true.
Speaker 2: You have the wrong people, or you are the problem.
Speaker 2: Either way, something has to change. Many CEOs struggle with
Speaker 2: stepping back. They built the company, They care deeply about
Speaker 2: every detail, and they fear things won't get done properly
Speaker 2: without their oversight. But micromanagement is a silent killer of
Speaker 2: both morale and productivity. When leaders micro manage, employees feel untrusted,
Speaker 2: they disengage and do the bare minimum, and decisions slow
Speaker 2: down instead of moving fast. Everything gets bottlenecked at the top,
Speaker 2: and then growth stalls. A company can only scale if
Speaker 2: leaders delegate effectively. A great CEO leads by trusting their team,
Speaker 2: not by controlling every move. If you want to be
Speaker 2: the kind of CEO who creates lasting impact, you must
Speaker 2: over communicate the vision. Repetition matters. State it in meetings, emails,
Speaker 2: in one on one conversations. People need to hear it
Speaker 2: often to stay aligned and hire the right team. If
Speaker 2: you can't trust your people to execute, you may need
Speaker 2: to reconsider who you've hired. In state clear expectations. Don't
Speaker 2: just tell people what to do. Help them understand why
Speaker 2: it matters. In empowered decision making, let your leaders lead,
Speaker 2: give them authority and accountability In measure outcomes, not outputs.
Speaker 2: Stop worrying about how people get things done. Focus on results.
Speaker 2: As a leader at the highest levels, your primary responsibility
Speaker 2: is to set the vision and direction for your organization.
Speaker 2: Your team's role is to execute that vision. When you
Speaker 2: try to do both, you slow down growth, limit innovation,
Speaker 2: and create bottlenecks that slow down progress. The most effective
Speaker 2: leaders trust their people, provide them with the necessary tools
Speaker 2: and resources, and then step back to let them excel
Speaker 2: in their roles. The best CEOs don't get caught up
Speaker 2: in every detail. They focus on the bigger picture, inspire
Speaker 2: their teams, and create a culture where individuals feel empowered
Speaker 2: to perform at their highest potential. This has been the
Speaker 2: seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
Speaker 1: For more, Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.