Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goala giving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellavaliedo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four seventy nine. Today's episode is titled your
Speaker 2: people have incredible potential And I want you to let
Speaker 2: that sentence sit with you for a moment, because no
Speaker 2: matter what business, industry or team you're in charge of,
Speaker 2: the people standing beside you every single day have far
Speaker 2: more potential than you're probably giving them credit for. And
Speaker 2: here's the truth. Leaders are not just found in the
Speaker 2: corner office. Leaders are not just the ones with the title,
Speaker 2: the paycheck or the business card. Leaders are sitting in
Speaker 2: your front line. They're in your dispatch office, on your
Speaker 2: factory floor, in your customer service call center, in driving
Speaker 2: your company trucks. The challenge is this, do you see
Speaker 2: that potential and more importantly, are you developing it. Let
Speaker 2: me give you an example. Think about any championship sports team.
Speaker 2: On the surface, you see the star player, the one
Speaker 2: that racks up all the points. But behind that player
Speaker 2: is a locker room full of teammates who have the
Speaker 2: ability to rise up when they're given the chance. Great
Speaker 2: coaches don't just build stars, they develop the entire roster.
Speaker 2: They create leaders at every level. That's what makes them champions.
Speaker 2: Now let's connect this to business. If you're the kind
Speaker 2: of leader who thinks leadership only belongs to management, you're
Speaker 2: leaving an incredible amount of potential untapped. Imagine an organization
Speaker 2: where every employee thinks and acts like a leader within
Speaker 2: their role. Your customer service rep doesn't just handle complaints,
Speaker 2: they own outcomes. Your line worker doesn't just follow the process,
Speaker 2: they look for ways to improve it. Your driver doesn't
Speaker 2: just deliver the package, they represent the company with pride.
Speaker 2: That's the power of developing leaders at every level. So
Speaker 2: how exactly do you do this? Let me break it
Speaker 2: down into three actionable steps for you today. Step one,
Speaker 2: give responsibility, not just tasks. Stop telling people what to
Speaker 2: do and start giving them ownership. Instead of saying stack
Speaker 2: these boxes over there, try saying you're in charge of
Speaker 2: making sure this shipment is organized correctly and ready for inspection.
Speaker 2: Responsibility changes how people think, it sparks leadership thinking. Step
Speaker 2: two teach decision making. Most organizations fail because people are
Speaker 2: scared to make a decision without approval. If you want
Speaker 2: to unlock potential, give people decision making frameworks. Teach them
Speaker 2: how to weigh risks, how to use company values as
Speaker 2: a guide, and how to act when you're not there
Speaker 2: to sign off. Empowered employees act faster, smarter, and with
Speaker 2: more confidence. In step three, recognize leadership behavior, not just results.
Speaker 2: When someone steps up, when they show initiative, when they
Speaker 2: support a teammate, when they handle a tough situation without
Speaker 2: being asked, that's leadership. Call it out, celebrate it. The
Speaker 2: more you reward leadership behavior, the more it multiplies across
Speaker 2: your team. And think about the ripple effect. If you
Speaker 2: develop ten leaders in your organization and each of them
Speaker 2: develops ten more, suddenly you're looking at a culture where
Speaker 2: leadership is no longer a title. It's a shared responsibility.
Speaker 2: And that's when businesses transform. That's when cultures shift from
Speaker 2: average to unstoppable. So let me close with this. Your
Speaker 2: people have incredible potential, and I sincerely hope you all
Speaker 2: see that. Don't be the leader who misses it. Don't
Speaker 2: be the leader who hoards leadership for the chosen few. Instead,
Speaker 2: be the leader who multiplies it, who unlocks it, and
Speaker 2: who watches an entire team rise to levels that they
Speaker 2: never thought were possible. That's how you transform your business.
Speaker 2: This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
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