The replay: The Cost of Being the Strong One

Yesterday on The Glass House, Stacy Winsett, Chief People Officer and author of From Ashes to Influence: Leadership Forged by Fire and Faith, joined Daisy Watkins and me for an honest conversation about the leader everyone counts on, and what it costs to always look steady. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Two moments worth the hour:

๐Ÿ”ท The early signals Stacy watches for: emails at 4 a.m., vacations spent working, a leader a little less steady than usual

๐Ÿ”ท The sentence her team is allowed to say to her: "Which priority do you want first?"

Full replay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/RbKKc9pDjcY

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-glass-house-aligning-whats-embedded-with-whats-seen/id1896931104

A question for this group: what permission does your team have to tell a leader the load is too much? ๐Ÿ’ฌ

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