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 Fellovaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three fourteen And did you know that you
Speaker 2: wear three hats? Because leadership is not a one size
Speaker 2: fits all role. In fact, great leaders rotate between three
Speaker 2: very specific roles or hats as needed. Leader, coach, and teammate.
Speaker 2: Each has a unique purpose, each has a specific moment,
Speaker 2: and the true skill lies in knowing when to wear
Speaker 2: each hat. So let's break each one of these down.
Speaker 2: Hat number one, the leader. When you're wearing the leader hat,
Speaker 2: you're setting direction, you're driving wisdom, you're holding the team accountable.
Speaker 2: This hat doesn't come with a megaphone or a spotlight.
Speaker 2: It comes with clarity, purpose, and responsibility. You wear this
Speaker 2: hat when your team needs direction, when they need decisions made,
Speaker 2: and when they're looking to you to lead from the front.
Speaker 2: But here's the key. If you wear this hat all
Speaker 2: the time, you risk becoming unapproachable or disconnected from the
Speaker 2: people that you lead. Leadership is not only about being
Speaker 2: in front It's also about standing beside and sometimes even
Speaker 2: behind your team. Hat number two the coach. This is
Speaker 2: the teaching hat. When you wear the coach hat, your
Speaker 2: job is to pull potential out of people. It's about
Speaker 2: asking questions, not giving answers. It's about guiding, not directing.
Speaker 2: You put this hat on when someone is struggle, when
Speaker 2: they're growing, or when they need honest feedback delivered in
Speaker 2: a way that builds them, not breaks them. The coach
Speaker 2: hat is all about developing your team so they eventually
Speaker 2: need you less. That's the goal to create independent thinkers
Speaker 2: and strong future leaders. Hat number three is the teammate.
Speaker 2: This is the most overlooked hat of the three. It's
Speaker 2: about getting in the trenches with your people. It's about
Speaker 2: humility and shared effort. You wear this hat when your
Speaker 2: team is overwhelmed, when morale is low, or when you
Speaker 2: need to model what we're all in this together actually
Speaker 2: looks like. But a word of caution, you can't wear
Speaker 2: the teammate hat all the time either. If you're always
Speaker 2: in the weeds, no one's steering the ship, you'll burn
Speaker 2: out and your team will lose direction. So how do
Speaker 2: you know which hat to wear? Ask yourself three questions.
Speaker 2: Do they need direction, development, or support? Am I helping
Speaker 2: or hindering their growth by the hat that I'm wearing?
Speaker 2: And what does the situation call for? Not my ego?
Speaker 2: So leadership is fluid. One moment you're leading a strategy meeting,
Speaker 2: the next you're coaching someone through a tough performance conversation.
Speaker 2: Then five minutes later you're rolling up your sleeves to
Speaker 2: help get a unit back in service or working late
Speaker 2: to meet a deadline. The three hat roll is all
Speaker 2: about awareness, be intentional, be present, and be ready to
Speaker 2: switch hats based on what your team needs, not what's
Speaker 2: easiest for you. And if you haven't done so, please
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Speaker 2: This has been the seven minute Leadership podcast and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
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