Leadership can be rewarding, exciting, and thrilling, but it can also be lonely at the top. This week, Hallie and I discussed why so many mergers and consolidations are happening, and why this is a good thing for leaders who are ready to expand and obtain a blueprint from those that have done it before. We discuss why leadership can feel lonely, how transparency can be the first step out of shame and empowering your team, and how to tell if a merger or partnership may make sense to you.
Hallie also shares how Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants can also learn the process of their leaders better to help get them off that leadership iceberg. Learn more about strategic partnerships and leading together here.
In this episode, you will learn about:
- Leaders can have a lot of responsibility and it can feel like a burden when there is so much at stake with just one person making the big decisions.
- Leadership can feel lonely to people who are ready to grow but they want others to help push them along and give them a blueprint and models.
- Why releasing your financials may seem like the last thing you want to do, but it may be the first step to transparency and out of loneliness.
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Timestamps:
[2:50] People want to be around higher-level leadership that forces their growth.
[4:27] Leaders often feel as though they are out on an iceberg because there are not many people who truly understand what they are going through. It’s a heavy feeling to know you are making a decision and if it’s the right one you don’t get much credit, but if you do it wrong, you take all the blame.
[9:22] Why is releasing your books one of the best ways to free yourself?
[11:27] If you stop thinking money is you, you won’t be so attached to it.
[15:35] Financial success can create complexity in your business and personal life. It’s nice to have someone or a group around you that understands.
[17:43] A merger or partnership also can help leaders that have an awakening where they know they can make good money and be part of something bigger.
[19:41] You can start to test the waters of sharing more, and asking for feedback on how your team feels they are being led. The first step is being aware that being lonely is a syndrome.
[20:01] Great leaders ask themselves how they can create candid conversations and a space where if they succeed, others do as well.
[22:29] Hallie shares how Chiefs of Staff and EAs can ask the right questions to understand their leader more in the future and to be informed of the process in their decision-making.
