"Why can't we grow more quickly?" It's a question we hear often, and the answer lies in building high performing teams. To accelerate growth, your team needs more A-players... and fewer B- and C-players. Only then can you unlock the full potential of your organization and achieve sustained success. In this episode, we'll guide you in assessing your current team performance and creating a plan for team development, all designed to help you stop managing and start leading with greater impact.

Leaders: task focus vs people focus? Reactive vs proactive? We all recognize that great leaders are people-focused and proactive. But here’s the key question: are you actually spending most of your time in that way? As a leader, you should be tracking exactly how you’re using your time and, most critically, ensure you’re dedicating more time to strategic, futureproofing activities (leading) rather than tactical, firefighting ones (managing).

What does high management skill and low leadership skill look like? Micromanaging: Controlling tasks without inspiring growth. What does high leadership skill and low management skill look like? Visionary: Inspiring change without the structure to support it. Can one skill alone drive business transformation? No. Transformative growth needs a balance of leadership and management to achieve lasting impact.

What's the difference between a LEADER and a manager? It's a question we hear often, and in today's episode, we'll unpack those key differences. Key differences like: managers focus on scheduling, monitoring, and delegating actions; leaders, on the other hand, set the vision, inspire, and delegate results. We'll also explore the core behaviors and mindsets that define effective leadership, giving you actionable steps to help you stop managing and start leading.

Every leader has heard the advice 'you should work ON the business, not IN the business.' But actually putting that into action? That's the true leadership challenge. It starts with understanding the differences between leadership and management. (And it really starts with watching this episode). In the episode, we’ll explore essential leadership tips, traits, and tools, including the Eisenhower Matrix and the Moment of Truth Model, to help you stop managing and start leading.

Our host, executive coach and leadership expert Antonio Garrido, will guide you through essential leadership tools to help you make that shift - from task-oriented management to strategic leadership. Subscribe to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.

What’s In This Episode:

00:00 Coming Up In This Episode

00:37 Intro to Stop Managing, Start Leading

02:45 Meet Executive Coach, Antonio Garrido

04:24 Antonio's Personal Story of Leadership Transformation

05:52 How We Use Leadership Models

06:57 What Does Working On Vs In the Business Look Like?

08:42 Leadership Vs Management: The Moment of Truth

13:18 When Leaders Reach The Strategic Innovation Milestone

18:59 How Leaders Can Use The Eisenhower Matrix

23:52 What Leaders Should Do, Delete, Delegate, and Diarize

26:55 The Leadership Health Check Tool

29:00 How to Prioritize Leadership Tasks

31:53 Leadership Lessons from Stephen Covey and Seth Godin

33:34 What Does Good Leadership Look Like

37:01 What Percentage of the Time Should Be Spent Leading and Managing

39:00 Outro

Leadership Resources For You:

Download the models shown in this episode: https://www.mydailyleadership.com/pod...

Take our Leadership Insights Scorecard (size up your leadership skills with our simple scorecard for CEOs, executive leaders, and business owners): https://www.mydailyleadership.com/res...

Grab a copy of the My Daily Leadership book: https://www.mydailyleadership.com/book

Where To Go Next:

Antonio’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniogarrido/

My Daily Leadership’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mydailyleadership

My Daily Leadership’s Website: https://www.mydailyleadership.com

My Daily Leadership’s TikTok:   / mydailyleadership  

Who We Are:

We're My Daily Leadership. Most leaders we work with aren’t short on ambition - they’re short on clarity. They know their business won’t grow unless they do, but figuring out how to grow - intentionally, sustainably, and in a way that actually fits their reality - is where things stall.

That’s where we come in. We work with ambitious CEOs, executive leaders, and business owners to build the mindset, habits, clarity, and leadership capability they need to get out of their own way - so their business can finally move forward. Not once a year. Not once a quarter. But every day - in ways that actually move the needle for you, your people, and your business.

Creating the world’s best leaders one day at a time.

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Hosted by executive coach and leadership expert Antonio Garrido, our podcast is designed to give you real value and RoI for your time. We make sure you leave each and every episode with practical tools and insights that you can apply to common leadership challenges right away. All to smooooth out the curves and flatten the bumps on your way to become an exceptional leader - the kind of leader your people and your business deserve. Subscribe today for bi-weekly episodes starting October 17, 2024.Word of warning: if you think the way we do leadership development is going to be easy, think again. Sometimes you know you're on the right path because it's uphill, but we guarantee the view from the top will be worth it.Where To Go Next:Antonio’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniogarrido/ My Daily Leadership’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mydailyleadership My Daily Leadership’s Website: https://www.mydailyleadership.comMy Daily Leadership’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mydailyleadership Who We Are:We're My Daily Leadership. Most leaders we work with aren’t short on ambition - they’re short on clarity. They know their business won’t grow unless they do, but figuring out how to grow - intentionally, sustainably, and in a way that actually fits their reality - is where things stall.That’s where we come in. We work with ambitious CEOs, executive leaders, and business owners to build the mindset, habits, clarity, and leadership capability they need to get out of their own way - so their business can finally move forward. Not once a year. Not once a quarter. But every day - in ways that actually move the needle for you, your people, and your business.Creating the world’s best leaders one day at a time.#Leadership #LeadershipVsManagement #LeadershipCoach