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Firing, Hiring, Fake Best Places to Work & More w/ Krysta Van Ranst

Mass Construction Show

CHAPTER

Redefining Leadership Dynamics

This chapter examines the dynamics of leadership in organizations, highlighting the influence of individuals without formal titles who earn respect through authentic contributions. It critiques traditional promotion practices and calls for peer feedback in leadership selection, aiming to unveil the often overlooked 'unsung heroes' of the workplace. The discussion also addresses the authenticity of awards and recognition in organizations, emphasizing the need for genuine evaluation over superficial accolades.

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For me, for me,
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i would say the big umbrella is honesty. And it doesn't always come and i'm not always honest, but it is how i try to live now, whereas before, i probably tried to live dishonestly. So attempted to ask all questions. Onoong o, do
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it. Molly. What about you?
Speaker 1
I mean, i love, oh, i'm gon i'm going to give a long, in won od answer, but i'm not going to do it. Em. For me, think honesty is huge. That is huge. Because if you're not honest, that's what leads us to want to hide from ourselves, or abandon ourselves, or nom otis when we can't live with the truth. So i think honesty is huge. But i would also add consistency. You're able to be the same person and continue to build on that person every day, whether it's in your, you know, wellness practices, your workout routines, your 12 step skin care regiment, your friendships, like, you can show up consistently and do those healthy habits that you can do to grow consistently. And that's what builds self esteem overtime. So i used alcohol for confidence and for social anxiety and all those things. And only when i had to take alcohol away did i force myself to actually learn those skills without leaning on a substance. So it really, like taught me to grow up and be who i figure out who i was. That's as short as i can do it. Say that. That's fine. I
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love it,
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sand. What about you? Ye, you
Speaker 4
know, i thought i was born on the wrong planet, you knowan
Speaker 1
and i really did case i didn't belong, you know. And i lived with that for 30 years. You know. I got sober at 38. I'm sure i started drinking at us n was 13. Or 14. You know, in turns out i was wrong, you know, n an recovery revealed that for me, that being said, possibilities infinite.
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You
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know, in having opportunities to nourish those possibilities means everything. You know, i got sober, so i wouldn't diead an as tay, sober to live.

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