No Talent Required: Building Culture, Trust, and Courage with Lynne Ghelfi

okay so thank you by the way i like that title a lot too at first i was like i don't want to start a book about positivity with a no and then i thought okay well It truly is.

Everyone thinks that you can learn some talent skills or leadership skills, but that it takes talent, but it really doesn't.

You can learn to be a good leader and not have a talent skill base.

You just have to be intentional.

So the book is No Talent Required, The 12 Leadership Practices That Drive Culture, Trust, and and productivity.

So when we're talking about this, it's the basics, right? Attitude, gratitude, courage, empathy, adaptability, direct communication skills, community outreach.

You know, there are so many parts of being a leader, right? But not everyone does them consistently.

And when you don't do them consistently, you'll never be the leader that you have within, right? You have to be a consistent leader every single day to be a great leader.

And when you practice empathy with every team member, when you practice accountability with everyone, including yourself, when you hold yourself to the highest standard and show that, all of that shows and is amplified within your culture.

and then your culture starts to shift because it truly does start with you when you slow down and take the time to show your gratitude the others will show their gratitude right when you pay it to your your teammates your teammates will pay it to each other but then also to the customer base and it will show in their performance which leads to that productivity component because happy customers it's through stats, through all the data and research that happy, healthy work environments drive higher productivity.

And so with that higher productivity, you see things like higher gross margins, net margins, more sales, Faster turnaround, less mistakes, less burnout, less PTO for, for illnesses and, and health events caused by stress and anxiety.

So this book truly is for everyone because you are a leader, even if you don't think you are.

Because you always have to be leading yourself.

It starts within and the attitude that you hold.

And once you have that mindset that I'm leading myself, I'm leading a small team, I I'm leading my family, then things start to shift and you can become more focused on the intentionality of everyday behavior.

That takes no talent.

It takes no talent to be a kind person and show gratitude, right? Or to have a good attitude.

Those are things that you can just choose.

I'm going to be good.

I have a good attitude today or not.

A hundred percent.

Yes.

I'm not going to get cynical.

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hundred percent.