Hey Leader 🙌
Here is a paradox that separates good leaders from great ones: your people are all the same, and all different, at the exact same time.
Same, because human nature is universal.
Everyone wants to be seen.
Everyone wants to matter.
Everyone fears being exposed as not enough.
Miss those universal truths, and you will never connect with anyone.
Different, because the way each person is wired is specific to them.
What motivates one person drains another.
What one reads as support, another reads as micromanagement.
I watched this land in real time recently.
Our HQ team went through a Clifton StrengthsFinder training led by Barrett last week, mapping each person’s strengths and blind spots.
It was a game changer!
By the end, we understood how we each operate, where we are strong, and where the gaps sit.
The commonalities gave us a shared language.
The differences told us how to actually lead each other.
Weak leaders pick one lens.
They either treat everyone identically, or they treat everyone as an unsolvable mystery.
Strong leaders hold both.
This Week’s Challenge: Pick one person you lead. Name the universal need you are meeting, and the one specific thing about how they are wired that you have been ignoring. Then adjust.
Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body, Inc.
The 5 Immutable Rules of Leadership
- Take Extreme Ownership: Everything is your responsibility, even when it’s not your fault.
- Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Lead yourself before leading others.
- Wield Influence Through Moral Authority: People follow who you are, not what you say.
- It’s Not About You, Never Was, Never Will Be: Elevate others, build legacy.
- Turn Adversity Into Advantage: Pain is your power, use it.