How to Be Awesome at Your Job

944: Becoming a Leader that People Want to Follow with Jon Rennie

Mar 14, 2024

Former submarine officer Jon Rennie shares leadership principles for gaining followers, including deepening team connections, letting colleagues fail, and standing out. He emphasizes shared responsibility, teamwork, and bridging gaps in leadership. The podcast explores becoming a leader worth following, earning your place, and leadership quotes and personal habits.

31:07

Episode guests

S. Chris Edmonds

Jon Rennie

Angela Duckworth

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Quick takeaways

Effective leadership focuses on people and mission, not just tasks and meetings.

Embracing shared responsibility can enhance teamwork and business results.

Deep dives

Importance of People in Leadership

Leadership is a people business, emphasizing the vital role of people in leadership positions. It highlights that true leaders focus on the mission and the people, rather than getting caught up in emails and meetings, stressing the value of leading over simply doing tasks.

Ownership of Mission and People in Leadership

00:30

Introduction

2min

Lessons in Shared Responsibility and Teamwork from Submarine Experiences

2min

Bridging the Gap: Fridays on the Floor

4min

Becoming a Leader Worth Following

12min

Earning Your Oxygen

7min

Leadership, Quotes, and Personal Habits

5min

Former submarine officer Jon Rennie outlines the leadership principles that make people want to follow you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to deepen your connection with your team

2) Why to let your colleagues fail more

3) Your fastest path to standing out

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— ABOUT JON —

Jon is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Peak Demand Inc., a components manufacturer for electrical utilities. He is a former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer who made seven deployments during the end of the Cold War.

Before starting Peak Demand, he led eight manufacturing businesses for three global companies. He is the author of three best-selling leadership books and hosts the Deep Leadership podcast.

• Book: All in the Same Boat: Lead Your Organization Like a Nuclear Submariner

• Book: I Have the Watch: Becoming a Leader Worth Following

• Website: JonSRennie.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

• Book: First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Jim Harter, Marcus Buckingham, Gallup Organization

• Past episode: 149: Getting Consistently Good Behavior with S. Chris Edmonds

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