{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Successful Barrister","title":"Ep. 4 - Leading Your Team by Eating Last","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1878,"description":"In this episode, Marc Whitehead and Diana Berry share the tips and tricks they learned from Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. The book teaches leaders how to build trust with their teams, lead intentionally, and create an environment where leaders underneath them can lead. Learn why failing to delegate tasks could be costing you and your leaders. Listen to Marc and Diana’s thoughts on leadership and their personal leadership styles. Lastly, discover how you can shift your mindset to view leadership as a privilege.For detailed show notes, read below and use the timestamps to navigate the episode:[1:09] This episode is about leadership and specifically covers the book Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. The book touches on many issues that Marc Whitehead & Associates dealt with as a firm. [2:42] Diana introduces the concept of the leadership boot camp. The boot camp acted as a precursor to EOS, or the Entrepreneurial Operating System. Marc assigned the executive team a book every quarter, and the quarter would conclude with a half-day boot camp where the team would explore the book’s concepts. [3:59] As a part of the boot camp, all of the attendees had to create a presentation about the material in each book, expanding upon how they would apply the lessons of the book to their position. This allowed the lessons of each book to become built into the culture.[5:18] The title Leaders Eat Last comes from the military practice of officers eating last. Letting your subordinates go first is a sign of leadership, since the officers are meant to serve for the benefit of those who enlisted. By eating last, the officers contribute to a “circle of safety.”[6:54] In the professional world, we try to remove distractions so our team can operate to their fullest potential. This is one way that leaders promote a circle of safety. Marc explains that the job of the leader is to put their team in a position to succeed. [9:12] Marc speaks about one of his favorite quotes on leadership from...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Z3RXucwshxpw-Muy18ILlgR1sYl6tBEMs9ha8xpK1jA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZGY3/NWZkMWQ2MWMyODlk/OGYxYjY0ZjIwYmY1/YWU3Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}