In Austin last week, I set up a little Lucy-style advice booth with two microphones — offering a nickel for leadership stories of those times when it all went sideways.
Turns out some folks really like to share these stories.
They are reflective.
The stories are full of learning.
And they feel cathartic to tell.
And I love these stories and sharing them — because I know so many leaders striving to lead for good have thrown in the towel because they thought: “I’m clearly not cut out for this work. I’m not up to it… I just don’t have what it takes…”
But the thing is: no one shows up with all it takes.
And it’s not that you are no good, it’s that the conditions are tough, the challenges unending and the struggle is real.
But we can learn.
The hard way from our flops.
Or from listening to others.
🔥This episode shares just what leaders like you need to hear.
🎧 What you’ll hear in this episode
Leadership. Not for the faint of heart.
And something we all can learn.
With gratitude
Huge thanks to the thoughtful humans who sat down and shared some hard-earned wisdom:
If this episode resonates with you, share it with a leader might need to hear that all these great and admirable people also struggle with all the same things all us mere mortals striving to lead for good struggle with.
You -- and they -- are not alone in this work.
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Producer, editor and host: Ryan Maxwell
Theme music: Ryan Raddatz
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Credits/Outro Read by: Adeline, Advice and Jess
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