Oct 23, 2019
Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram are the Co-Founders of GiANT, a leadership
development program that helps build leaders into Sherpas. Jeremie
and Steve are also the co-authors of the book The 100x Leader, a #1
Best Seller on Amazon. They join the show to talk with Jim and Jan
about how leaders can become someone worth following, what
leadership programs today get completely wrong, and why
intentionality and self-awareness are critical to a leader’s
success.
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Key Takeaways
[2:55] Steve lived in the United
States for five years before moving back home to the UK. He enjoys
recreational golf and spending time with his wife of 27 years and
his children. Jeremie was living in London, but has since moved
back to the United States. As a side project with his wife of 24
years, they are building modern farm houses in Oakland
City.
[5:55] Most leaders are people
you ‘have to follow’, which can often cause friction in an
organization. It creates complacency with your employees and makes
it very difficult to get engagement and
buy-in.
[11:00] Leaders need to supply
the rope to help their team get to the next level. If you haven’t
established trust with them, then it becomes very difficult to
motivate and challenge them. A good leader understands where their
employees are mentally and if they need support or to be
challenged.
[16:40] Jeremie uses the
metaphor that leaders are gardeners. Every person on their team is
like a plant that wants to be cared for differently. By catering to
each personality types of your team members, you build a more
engaged workforce than a complacent one.
[22:20] The biggest problem with
leadership development is that it’s very individualistic. Leaders
need to be looking at themselves like a sherpa. No one has climbed
Mount Everest without one. They play a critical role in a mission’s
success through their expertise and knowledge, and they help 3-4+
people at a time achieve their goals.
[27:25] Jeremie had an epiphany
in Cancun after he watched the movie Signs with Mel Gibbons and
getting hit by a drunk driver. This event completely reshaped
Jeremie’s view on the world and how he runs his company
today.
[37:45] A lot of leaders are
accidental, but what they really need to be is intentional. The
first step to becoming a better leader is to be intentional with
your personal life and have it reflect in your professional life as
well.
[41:55] Jeremie believes it’s
important to be honest with your team and let them know you are
working on your weaknesses. By being transparent, you are able to
gain trust and respect.
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Quotable Quotes
- “Everyone of us has the ability to be somebody
worth following or someone you have to follow.”
- “Every leader is like a gardener and every
person on their team is like a plant and that plant has a little
card that tells it how it wants to be watered.”
- “Progress is a process. Most people want to [be
a leader] overnight. Fix you, fix you! But you have to take them on
a journey, and it’s a self-awareness journey.”
- “[This traumatic accident] reshaped my view on
the world and it changed my view on people; that people can be an
asset, not a liability.”
- “If
you think you’re going to be that type of leader without working at
it, you’re deluded because it will not happen.”
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