Manage Your Team like a CEO

Do Something Different: A Leadership Podcast

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There's a big gap between how most managers lead their teams and how the best CEOs drive organizational success. A good CEO builds a team that makes strategic decisions, executes independently, and continuously improves. Many mid-level leaders remain trapped in cycles of micromanagement, approval-seeking, and task-oriented direction.

This episode explores why managing like you're the smartest person in the room limits your impact, and introduces a powerful framework to help you bridge this leadership gap.

You'll learn:

• Why having all the answers undermines your team's effectiveness
• The shift in mindset required to develop your team into thought partners
• What separates managers who merely assign tasks from leaders who inspire results
• The uncomfortable but necessary step that transforms team accountability
• How to build a culture where continuous improvement happens naturally

Discover the three fundamental principles that the best CEOs use to build exceptional teams—and how implementing these approaches can dramatically increase your impact while actually reducing your workload.

Duration: 19 minutes

Rusty Gaillard is an executive coach, helping mid-level corporate leaders create more career success while working less and enjoying it more. That's real freedom.
Get more leadership tips to grow your skillset and mindset at rustygaillard.com, and follow Rusty on LinkedIn.

Chapters

1. Manage Your Team like a CEO (00:00:00)

2. The Best CEOs Lead Great Teams (00:00:08)

3. Creating Thought Partners (00:01:50)

4. The Art of Delegation (00:06:06)

5. Building a Learning Environment (00:10:34)

6. Embracing a Growth Mindset (00:16:02)

7. Taking Action as a Leader (00:17:20)