How to Lead a Team When You Didn’t Plan to Be “The Boss”

About this episode

Jasmine Star shares her journey of unexpectedly becoming a leader and the mistakes she made along the way.

I didn’t set out to be a leader. I set out to chase an idea. Then the business grew. Then I hired a team. And somewhere between “I’ve got this” and “How did we get here?”… I became a leader. Spoiler: I wasn’t very good at it. In this episode, I’m sharing the uncomfortable leadership mistakes I made (including the time I avoided accountability because I was afraid someone would lock me out of my own systems… yes, really). This year, I decided that if I want to build the next level of my busine...

People in this episode

Host: Jasmine Star

Topics covered

• leadership
• team management
• entrepreneurship
• business growth
• accountability

Keywords

• leadership mistakes
• team leadership
• business growth
• accountability
• entrepreneurship

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