Lead, Evolve, or Get Out of The Way

About this episode

Jeff discusses his experience at a long-running event and the issues of complacent leadership.

Send a text For 16 years, one Erie, PA event has run on autopilot. Same layout. Same flow. Same problems. And according to the organizer, there’s no need to change a thing because “it works.” In this episode of The American Hustle, Jeff shares his firsthand experience attending the event and why he walked away frustrated, disappointed, and convinced that complacent leadership is holding it back from being truly great. We dig into what happens when tradition becomes an excuse instead of a foun...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff

Topics covered

• leadership
• complacency
• event management
• tradition
• change
• frustration

Keywords

• leadership
• event
• complacency
• tradition
• change
• frustration
• management

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Erie, PA

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