About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of prioritizing leadership over management and offers strategies to lead effectively despite a tight schedule.
In the last episode, we explored the crucial balance between leadership and management, and why it’s never a case of choosing one over the other. If you missed it, you can find it here . In today’s episode, I’m building on that idea by tackling one of the most common and damaging traps I see leaders fall into… Leading In Your Spare Time, or as I call it, LIYST . It’s what happens when you get so bogged down in doing and managing that leadership only happens if there’s time left over. But let’s be honest - there’s never time left over. This episode will help you change that. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why leadership must be intentional, not incidental The Leadership Equaliser model - and how to use it How to rebalance your efforts between doing, managing and leading The 3-part strategy: Ditch, Delegate and Do Simple ways to free up time so you can lead with purpose If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly firefighting, always busy, but…
People in this episode
Host: Ben Morton
Topics covered
- leadership
- management
- time management
- intentional leadership
- work-life balance
Keywords
- leadership
- management
- time management
- intentional leadership
- Ditch Delegate Do
- firefighting
- Leadership Equaliser
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