{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Leader Factor","title":"10 Misleading Leadership Theories","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3582,"description":"Leadership is not an ethereal concept. It’s not as cinematic as you might think. It is about one simple and profoundly human thing--Influence. In this episode Tim and Junior breakdown 10 misleading leadership theories and how to avoid them. It's a straightforward and practical episode focused on core leadership lessons we can all learn from. (13:32) Leadership is not about charisma. Just because you have a personal magnetism, dash, and style it doesn't make you a leader. Charisma can be deceptive and superficial. Don't let charisma be the only qualification for leadership.(15:50) Leadership is not about eloquence. Eloquence, like charisma, can be deceiving. The question is \"see what's behind them, what lies underneath those traits, because if what lies beneath is high quality, it's high character, it's good ethics, it's all of those things, then absolutely, add charisma to the pile, add eloquence.\"(22:03) Leadership is not about power. Your position, title, and authority cannot be proxy for leadership. \"This is a diagnostic question that anyone can ask, and that is when you're looking at leaders, ask the question, \"Is there fear around them? Do they produce fear? Do they use fear? Are they cultivating fear?\" Fear is symptomatic of poor leadership.(26:31) Leadership is not about seniority. The passage of time \"does not translate into greater experience, knowledge, expertise, competency, all of those things.\"(29:57) Leadership is not about scale. You are not by virtue of the fact that you're working on some important scalable issue, then by extension and by affiliation and by association a great leader. (32:08) Leadership is not about popularity. \"The danger, I think, as leaders is when we're aiming at popularity.\" Oscar Wilde said, \"Popularity is the penalty of success.\" Popularity can insulate you from critique. \"You enter an echo chamber.\"(35:29) Leadership is not about fame. \"You can see how people get to this point of thinking that popularity is synonymous...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RvnCp6V6GbNuVjII23b5XKp_tYYA7aYybjPVII3kcbg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOWRl/MjgxYWIwZTk2NDAy/MDk0NGZiM2RkMjE4/MTEwOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}