Codie Sanchez argues that most CEOs and business owners aren't actually leaders. Real leadership means your team would follow you if you left, not stay for a paycheck. If employees feel unvalued, they disengage and do the minimum.
What makes a bad leader? I think you got to ask yourself, are you a leader or do you just have employees? Most CEOs, they don't know the difference. You know what I see every day in business? I see some owner on a power trip who thinks because they sign the checks, their employees will care. That won't work. In fact, you may sign the checks, but your team could still be updating their LinkedIn in the bathroom, sending in applications for somewhere that'll give them a 10% raise. Being a leader is about giving a damn. And being a leader is creating a path for those around you. Like watching your employees level up because you inspired them to, or pushing them, like Jensen Wong talks about, into greatness because it your people don't think you want them to be better, they won't trust you. And they'll do the the minimum, no matter the pay. The minimum gets you a mediocre business, and a mediocre business gets eaten alive. So I think you got to ask yourself, if you left tomorrow, would anyone follow? Not because of a paycheck, but would they actually pick up and go because they believe in you, that you believe in them? Then you are a leader. If not, you just have employees in an org chart.
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