{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Who's Your Captain?","title":"SE01E33 Why Great Leaders Must Lead Themselves First I Cheryl Smith","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2874,"description":"In this thought-provoking episode, Mark Francis sits down with Cheryl Smith, Owner of The Self-Led Leader™, to explore what it really means to lead with humanity, authenticity, resilience, and self-awareness.\nCheryl shares her powerful leadership journey, including her experience leading a COVID ward during the pandemic and how that extreme environment shaped her understanding of self-leadership. They discuss the connection between leadership development and the human being behind the leader, and why learning to lead yourself is just as important as learning to lead others.\nThe conversation explores the loneliness of leadership, the importance of having a thought partner, authentic leadership under pressure, and why leaders often need a safe space where they can be honest without being judged or fixed.\nCheryl also introduces the idea of the Glen Eagles standard, inspired by her experiences at Glen Eagles, and explains how exceptional organizations create a culture where employees feel valued and cared for. She shares why leadership is ultimately about stewardship, legacy, and understanding the impact your leadership has on people long after a conversation or decision has been forgotten.\nThey also discuss resilience, failure, succession planning, developing future leaders, and why humanity may be one of the most important qualities a leader can bring to the workplace.\nWhether you're an experienced executive, emerging leader, entrepreneur, manager, or someone preparing for a leadership role, this conversation offers practical insights into self-leadership and what it takes to become a more authentic and impactful leader.\nTopics covered:\n• Self-leadership and personal growth\n• Authentic and human leadership\n• Leadership during COVID\n• The loneliness of leadership\n• Leadership resilience\n• Thought partners and leadership coaching\n• The Glen Eagles standard\n• Stewardship and leadership legacy\n• Humanity in leadership\n• Learning from failure\n• Developing future leaders...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DEr-IAtWHV9YMrxJ2_IRicIqDxPo0brC8P7eLDiyYOc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOGMz/ZTgyNTk4YjRkZTU3/M2E1MzdjOWYyNDg3/NWRlMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}