Most of us were told to find the one thing we're great at and ride it. Build the team around your gaps, get good at your specialty and let someone else cover the rest. That advice built a lot of careers, and it also built a lot of leaders who only have one move, right at the moment when the ground under their organization keeps shifting.
In this episode, Rodney Evans and guest co-host Sam Rothkopf get into what leadership looks like inside an organization built to benefit from change. They cover why stewards have to keep firsthand contact with the market, the balance between connection and courage that every working relationship depends on, and one of the deepest truths in all of change work: you can’t change a system without changing yourself along with it.
Get the full transcript and resources mentioned in this episode here: https://www.theready.com/podcast/episodes/awwtr55-leadership-built-to-benefit-from-change
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00:00 Intro + Check-In: Who is an inspirational leadership example for you?
04:20 What kind of leadership does an organization built to benefit from change need?
05:44 Why you can't outsource contact with your own market
09:30 The higher you rise, the less you resemble your customer
14:08 Find the spark, then test it: how to research without boiling the ocean
16:12 Curiosity requires leaving your ego at home
20:41 Work is existential for your employees. It isn't for you
25:47 Should you double down on your strengths or become a generalist?
31:49 The shrinking half-life of your experience
34:35 You can't hide from the work
41:56 When you're a hammer, everything looks like decision rights
44:51 Connection or courage: which one do you drop?
52:06 Nobody gets to be one thing anymore
Sound engineering and design by Taylor Marvin of Coupe Studios.
