My leadership style focuses on being open and creating a work environment where team members feel like family, helping brandiD employees thrive both personally and professionally.
The biggest leadership lessons come from the positive and negative examples of leaders in your own life. For me, my father’s approach to running a family business emphasized kindness and treating team members with respect. Other leaders taught me the significance of autonomy and empowering employees to take ownership of their work, fostering innovation and confidence within the team.
If you’re developing your own leadership style, be sure to take time for self-reflection, learn from past experiences, and continually seek knowledge through books and podcasts like “The Business of You.”
Quotes

“One of the reasons I think people start businesses, entrepreneurs launch things, besides the fact that there’s a problem they’re trying to solve. You know, we also get to create our work environment.”
“Certainly one thing that’s always been important to me, and I don’t even think I was conscious of it at the beginning, actually, it’s like just a friendliness, helpful nature. I think our whole team has that.”
“I’m a very big proponent of being around positivity. I think life is short. I’ve said that in other episodes, and I don’t have time for drama, I don’t have time for negativity, I just want there to be as much positivity in my day to day life as possible.”
“I would say my leadership style is I’m open, I want to know more than just what’s going on in people’s lives. Besides their work day and their crafts. I want people to work in their strengths, I want them to feel happy about being in the work environment that they’re in, I don’t want them to feel stressed. I think life carries enough stress around, it brings enough stress to all of us. So I want it to be just kind of a pleasant environment, but that is very innovative and cutting edge and where people can learn. And I want to foster people’s ability to learn and, and grow personally and professionally. Those are all things that are very important to me. So I think my style is just very kind of open. And trusting.”
“Good leaders welcome people on their team that are smarter than them and better than them and certain skill sets, I think that’s a huge part of success.”
“My ability to grow as a leader is so deeply tied into my personal growth that I’ve learned in more recent years, particularly around mindset, but knowing that my company isn’t going to grow unless I personally grow to that level has been very eye opening.”
“Take stock of people you’ve worked for, what did you like, what didn’t you like, do the things you liked and don’t do the things you don’t like, you know, it’s really that simple.
“Read books about great leaders, it doesn’t matter what industry they’re from, or if they’re political, or what it might be. But just reading their history and reading about their characteristics and their traits, also is very eye opening.”

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Podcast Resources
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni: https://a.co/d/fZIQdiP
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