It's the Lightning Round reflective and connect with the listeners on a more personal level . And , without further ado , let's get to the questions , are you ?
ready to go ? I'm ready , let's go . You've got this , let's do it All right . Question number one what is your favorite leadership word ? Intentional Question number two who do you look to for leadership inspiration ?
for question number two who do you look to for leadership inspiration ? I got to think about this for a minute . I would go .
My leadership inspiration is one of my very early leaders , very early in my leadership career , who sat me down one day when I was completely stressed out Joy Benefield she's no longer with us and she helped me put perspective around the role and around my life , how it interacted with that leadership role .
So I always think back to her just perspective and balance .
Question number three cup half full or cup half empty ?
My smart aleck answer is always I didn't think there was that much water in there to begin with . My smart aleck answer is always I didn't think there was that much water in there to begin with . But I think the glass is always half full because we can always do more and we control ourselves how much we're going to be able to fill that glass .
And question four what would you like to improve about your leadership style ?
My leadership style opportunity has always been managing the stress of it and not letting that overtake me .
And the last question what do you think is your leadership strength ?
I think my leadership strength although it would be an interesting poll question for anybody who ever worked for me , simon I believe my leadership strength was empathy . I really could feel where people were . I could really feel where people are and adapt to that and address that .
That's it . That's the lightning round . How was that ?
That was great . That was great . It was a little challenging in there , but I think I got through .
Oh , you did fantastic . You may have recognized some of the questions , although episode 30 was a long time ago , so yeah , I did not even remember there was a lightning round .
That's how bad my memory is .
To be fair , I've been running these same questions for a little while now and I still need to pull them up to make sure I remember them . So I'm totally on board make sure I remember them .
So I'm totally on board . 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 . Take care and remember . Leadership without passion limits the depth of your vision .