What's your #1 Job as a Leader?

The Leadwell Podcast

What is your number one job as a leader?
On my first day on the job as a new executive, a board member (one of my bosses) asked me this question.
I thought...
...operational excellence
...increase net profit
...build a strategic plan
Their answer surprised me.
They said, "Find and train your replacement."
Why?
Because leaders develop leaders.
Your goal is to leave a legacy of impact that outlives you. But it’s easier said than done.
Check out this week's episode for how to go about finding and training leaders so you can leave a legacy of impact.
Here's what you’ll find in this episode:

• What you need to do before you begin training your replacement
• Keys to choosing your 'one' well
• How to develop the leader and create a smooth transition when you're gone

Plus, answers to some of your questions:

• What’s the best way to give feedback to your staff?
• How do you handle someone who’s a top producer but is a jerk around the office?

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The Leadwell Podcast gives mission-driven leaders principled and practical advice to do just that, lead well.
In each episode, your host Jon Kidwell, interviews leaders with great stories, to share strategies that help leaders navigate complex, confusing, and often down-right challenging leadership, personal growth, business, and workplace culture situations.
Jon is a nonprofit executive turned coach, speaker, author, and CEO of a leadership development company. In working with nonprofits and businesses, big and small, he realized the unique challenges leaders face when they are committed to keeping the mission and people the top priority. Those leaders’ commitment to their principles and the people they lead, plus seeing the need for more leaders who strive to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons, is what inspired Jon to start a leadership development company dedicated to the success of mission-driven leaders and their organiza...

Chapters

1. What's your #1 Job as a Leader? (00:00:00)

2. Story: Board Member Question (00:01:12)

3. How Leaders Develop Leaders (00:03:39)

4. 1. What is Expected (00:04:37)

5. 2. Who is your One (00:07:04)

6. 3. How do we do 'it' (00:09:45)

7. Send your questions! (00:14:08)

8. 1st Question - How do I give critical feedback well? (00:15:05)

9. 2nd Question - What to do with a rockstar that is a jerk. (00:18:38)

10. 3rd Question - What was Jon's first job? (00:22:12)