In this 30‑day career‑transformation video, Margaret Spence – founder of the Employee to CEO Project and the 10X Leadership Academy for Women – challenges viewers to examine their true leadership style. She asks the bold question, “What type of leader are you, and would anyone want to follow you?” Spence argues that leadership is not about titles or having people follow you, but about empowering others, being self‑less, and clearly defining a mission and vision. She emphasizes that effective leaders must also be comfortable as followers, and that true leadership is demonstrated through daily actions that lift others rather than dominate them. Throughout the talk she urges viewers to assess how they currently lead, how they communicate vision, and whether they create space for others to lead alongside them. The video concludes with a call to share the content to empower more people.
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Day 26 of the 30/30 Career Transformation Challenge. I can't believe that we are almost at the end of the 30-day challenge. Hi, my name is Margaret Spence, and I'm the founder of the Employee to CEO Project and the 10X Leadership Academy for Women. I started this journey at the beginning of the month basically to empower you to evaluate and look at your career differently. I wanted to ask you some bold questions to shift your thought, shift your process, and give you the opportunity to retool and, and set new goals before the end of this year. Today's bold question: What type of leader are you? Are you a leader that empowers those around you? And if you were put in a leadership role, would anyone want to follow you? You know, that's a pivotal question. A lot of people out there want to be leaders. You want to be promoted. You want to go into management. But are you really ready to get there? Are you really ready to define yourself as a leader? Because everyone can take on the title of leadership, but not everyone is a leader. Leadership is not about having people follow you. Leadership is about empowering others so that they are also leaders. Here's the key thing with being a leader. Leaders aren't self-conscious about what other people are doing. Leaders are there to define the mission. They're there to take the vision and take the organization to new heights based on the vision that they are creating. If you are so worried about articulating your vision, and if you are so worried about telling people about your mission or your goals or what you want, how can you be empowered? Or how could you ask other people to follow you when you can't define your mission and vision. So the question is, who are you as a leader and would anyone want to follow you? You know, it's easy to get the title of leadership. Getting the title of a leader, it can be bestowed upon you in any manner. You could become a leader in your church. You could become a leader in your community. You can become a leader within your workplace. You could become a leader among your friends. But what is it that causes people to want to take on your vision and mission and make it their own? The true art of leadership is being selfless, not selfish. I find sometimes that when people get promoted into positions, the worst person comes out versus the best person that they could be. So I ask you to evaluate how you lead right now today. How are you leading those around you? How are you setting the tone of leadership? How are you imparting your leadership vision and mission with your team? How are you showing up every day with leadership qualities and leadership selflessness? How are you empowering others to be equal leaders with you, or are you drowning out their voice to show that you are so perfect and that you could do it better than everyone else? It's important that you understand who you are as a leader and who you are when people are following you, because there's nothing worse than a leader who nobody wants to follow. So it's important that you understand who's gonna follow you if you become a leader. Will they abandon ship or will they stay the course and empower the vision that you have for the organization. If you want to lead, you must always be comfortable being a follower. And if you can't be a follower, you can't be a leader. So today's bold question: Who are you as a leader, and would anyone follow you if you are in leadership? Thank you for joining me for the 30/30 Challenge. We are almost at the end of the 30 days. If you enjoy the video, please share it with your friends so that they can be empowered by the information that we are putting out. Thank you.
