146. Developing Your Own Leadership Strategy with Kyle Pertuis

So we enjoy discussing leadership on this podcast, and I know you do on your podcast as well.

Back in episode 89, we talked about different leadership styles.

What do you think are some of the most effective leadership styles?

Gosh, it seems somebody produces something with a new one every few years.

And I don't know that there's There's probably one that I would lean towards and that would be probably more along the lines of situations, some situational, something that's flexible, right? And I think as leaders, we have to be able to adapt.

We can take a myriad of assessments that tell us things But I think what doesn't work is that control-focused autocratic type of leadership that was so prevalent for so long, right? And I think leaders have to incorporate a lot of those, maybe that laissez-faire, right? It's kind of that hands-off approach.

but really with the intention of being, let's create an opportunity for people to be autonomous and really flex and thrive with the skillsets that they have that we can trust them to perform and we can be their resource for them.

I have a client that I've had forever and as his father was transitioning out of their business, The terminology he kind of coined as he led from a distance was, I want to be useful, but not needed.

And I've always loved that because it says, I'm here, I'm here.

But I also believe y'all are going to figure this out.

And so how do we spend our time really being a people-focused leader, a servant leader, but also adapt and be flexible in that situational leadership style that allows people to know that we're available for them.

But not necessarily dependent on us.

Right.

I think leaders that believe their people depend on them are setting themselves up for some struggles and challenges.

Right.

Agreed.

Agreed.

Over the last few years as a coach and organizational consultant, I've seen many clients have trouble with designing their own leadership plans and strategies.

So from your perspective, what is the difference between a plan and a strategy?

That's a good question because I think there's some irony even when you put the two words together from the standpoint of strategic plan.

So I think a strategy really is the intentional steps to achieve, right? What's the approach we're going to take? How are we going to get there? And then how do we tactically execute based on the things that we either know or based on the things that we perceive we may face along the way and so forth, right? Yeah.

I think planning really comes down to the tactical A through Z, right? These are the things we know what we want.

Here's the things that we think have to happen.

And this is what we're going to do.

This is maybe the how, right? And then we need to incorporate that plan into how we execute the strategy in order to achieve whatever it is we say we want to achieve.