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May Samali

Sep 28, 2026

8:40
What do you think a leader really needs to understand about themselves really well before they can become a great leader to other people?
8:48
Yeah, great question.
8:50
So I believe this, like regardless of if you never have any intention of managing anyone or even leading an organization, this is still a critical thing to do.
8:59
So it's almost like this is a criteria that makes you a good human.
9:03
And then on top of that, good leadership.
9:06
But I would say, and I love your point around often we don't even have these moments to stop thinking because we're taken by the tide of whatever the corporate ladder is or other ladders.
9:16
I do think that it's often when we get it wrong, we're stuck.

34 MINS LATER

43:20
So
3:16
in venture capital firms, um, you know, really opened your eyes to some of these red flags, so to speak, that are impacting big business.
3:25
Definitely.
3:25
And so look, I think part and parcel of this is the fact that it's systemic.
3:31
Leadership used to be something that was more directive, autocratic, you know, in terms of the Industrial Revolution, we needed productivity.
3:41
The expectations of workers have ev- has evolved, and so I think some of those management techniques or leadership doctrines no longer resonated, and what you see is the human attrition side of it.

14 MINS LATER

17:43
Mm.
17:43
Maybe at a weekly level, a rotating facilitator.
17:47
Maybe people need to send their ideas in beforehand, right? Maybe you have it in a way that allows those who are hybrid to co- communicate right at the start.

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