¶ Trench Leadership Lightning Round Intro
It's the lightning round Brought to you by Trench Leadership , a podcast from the front . Guests
¶ Improving Leadership Through Listening
on Trench Leadership are asked five random leadership-related questions with the goal
¶ Unique Leadership Strength
of having a little fun , being a little self-reflective and connect with the listeners on a more personal
¶ Episode Closing Thoughts
level and without further ado let's
¶ Five Random Leadership Questions
get to the questions .
That's a perfect way to round this out , and roll us into the lightning round .
Are you ready to go ?
Yeah , I'm excited , all right
¶ Favorite Leadership Word: Together
. Question number one what is your favorite leadership word Together ?
Your favorite leadership word ?
¶ Cup Half Full or Empty?
Together . Question number two cup half full or cup half empty Depends on the day Question number three who do you look to for leadership inspiration ?
¶ Leadership Inspiration Sources
I look to several people If I'm looking for personal leadership , personal guidance . I had incredible , loving , amazing parents who I'm actually able to have a really open and honest relationship with , and they provide really open and honest answers In my personal life . I go to them .
I have two mentors , one that I worked with at my corporate job and then one that I am on my entrepreneurial journey with , and those are those are women that I know and trust and I know that , whether I'm going to like the answer or not , they're not going to , they're not going to talk shit . They're literally just going to tell me hey , here's the answer .
You don't have to like it , but this is what it is and I I really appreciate that .
Question number four what would you like to improve about your leadership style ?
I am always looking for ways to become a better listener . Looking for ways to become a better listener . Something that's really important to me is not just listening for my turn to talk . It's listening to understand the person and where they're coming from and their lived experience .
So , while my brain is rapid firing right , like I'm constantly thinking of the next thing to say or how to answer the question , focusing on really slowing that down and not waiting for my turn to talk and really listening to the people that I'm with , that's something that I am constantly looking to improve .
And the final question what do you think is your leadership strength ?
is your leadership strength . I have an incredibly innate and unique ability to get people to buy into me . My transparency and the systems that I've created magnetize my team members to me . That is something that can be challenging .
It can be challenging for a lot of people and I've developed a really unique and special way of doing that and I have I just have a thing , and it sort of it magnetizes people and I'm very , very grateful . It's not without work , it's not without practice , but I do have a very special gift . Great , thank you so much . That's it .
That's the without practice , but I do have a very special gift .
Great . Thank you so much . That's it . That's the lightning round . You did great .
Thanks , appreciate it . I love a lightning round .
Oh yeah , I've got , I've . I enjoy doing that . Uh , I've tailored the questions a little more to make it more lightning round ask . In the past Some of the questions weren't that case , but this time it was really good , so thank you so much for that time .
it was really good . So thank you so much for that . That's it . That's all you have been treated to five leadership related questions and the responses from this week's guest . We hope you have enjoyed this edition of the lightning round brought to you by trench leadership , a podcast from the front .
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