{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Impactful Leadership Show","title":"Choosing To Lead - Alan Stein Jr. - The Impactful Leadership Show - Episode # 048","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2528,"description":"It seems as though as long as sports have existed, people have drawn comparisons between what happens on the gridiron, pitch, rink, courts, etc., and the world of business. Get ready to learn from a speaker, coach, and author that has a more-informed opinion than most when making these types of observations. Having spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing basketball players and also becoming an IES 2022 Speaker of the Year Finalist this guest is a priceless resource for anyone interested in growing as a leader. Alan Stein Jr. is the author of Raise Your Game and Sustain Your Game, Host of the Raise Your Game podcast, and a speaker, coach, and consultant. In this profound episode, Alan discusses how to choose to be a leader on your team, why leaders need to know when to be followers, and how to recognize the signifiers of a high-performing organization.\n \nTakeaways:\nLeadership is simply a choice. You don’t need an official position of authority to be a leader. No matter where you are in your company’s organizational chart, you can make a choice to be an impactful and influential leader.\nLeaders don’t have to have all of the answers for every issue they and their teams may encounter. Honest leaders shouldn’t mind sharing some of their vulnerabilities with the members of their team as they find they don’t have the answer but work to find it.\nBy admitting that you don’t know an answer, you’re sharing your humility and vulnerability which actually helps you connect more deeply with the individuals on your team and your other followers.\nSimply having authority does not make you a leader. “Leadership is the desire to have an influence or an impact over somebody's behavior.” Leaders use their vision to help others reach goals they might not be able to imagine themselves reaching on their own. \nIn basketball, if the only leader on the team was the head coach, which is a position of authority, then that team would severely underperform. Looking beyond sports, in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LF6MbqckdA5Dl-CjzNYCArDi6N_sDajYynEX7WtlWCo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDM4LzE2ODk4/NzgzOTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}