Transitioning from Me to We: How to Build a Strong Team

Remarkable Leadership Lessons

Are you afraid to give your team your best?

In this episode, we interview Kyle Mcdowell, author of Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence, on what it really takes to create a culture that is focused on collective success vs. individual wins.

This week, we discuss how picking each other up, taking action, making mistakes, and leading by example all works together to create a strong team dynamic. Kyle share strategies on how to establish healthy boundaries and rely on your teammates, even when it feels vulnerable. This episode is perfect for any leader who is ready to build a team that prioritizes the collective over the individual.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW

1. What does being an authentic leader really mean? [07:20]
2. How might you approach a team member who overcommitted and wasn't able to deliver on what they said they would? [19:20]
3. What is the "Leadership Gap"?[20:30]
4. Everyone has experienced leading when you have a resistor on your team. Can you tell us a story about how you flipped the script with a resistor on your team? [25:06]

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GUEST BIO

Kyle McDowell Inc. is the parent company of author, speaker, and leadership coach Kyle McDowell. Kyle is widely known for his inspiring approaches to transforming business executives into real leaders while reshaping corporate cultures. In his book, Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence, Kyle examines the root causes of dysfunction in the workplace, highlighting the plague of a “me-oriented” paradigm, while providing the remedy with his framework, The 10 WEs. Serving as the cornerstone of McDowell’s philosophy, these guiding principles establish the foundation required for building and sustaining a culture of excellence.