Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast
Jun 4, 2026 · 22 min · 7 segments
Get the learning guide from today's episode here! In this episode, Perry Holley and Chris Goede answer key leadership questions submitted by listeners, offering practical advice for real-world…
So I have young leaders on my team who always use the word I or me, the words I or me, when telling me what the team is working on and it is driving me crazy.
Um, well you do need to, um, open up their, their perspective on what it's like to be on the other side of that, of that communication.
So it's a self-awareness of, of how they are communicating to it, uh, maybe how they're reflecting on a certain situation.
Because one of the things for us on our team is that we are big about teamwork and it is the team.
And as leaders grow, it has to be more about the people that are around them when we're succeeding and working on things, but when things fail or go sideways, you then as a leader take ultimate responsibility.
And so because they're young, as you started out, I would encourage you to, to understand where they're at, meet them where they're at to understand why they're using that language, be curious about it.
But then take that as a coaching moment to coach them what it is like to be on the other side of that communication and I think they'll, hopefully they would be surprised by that.
Well, I just, I think it's great that you noticed this and it's a, uh, we just did a podcast a couple of weeks ago called Stop Being Nice [laughs].
The, as Chris said, this is a great coaching moment I believe to, uh, begin to alert them as young leaders, uh, if they wanna become old leaders that they- [laughs]
So I have young leaders on my team who always use the word I or me, the words I or me, when telling me what the team is working on and it is driving me crazy.
Um, well you do need to, um, open up their, their perspective on what it's like to be on the other side of that, of that communication.
So it's a self-awareness of, of how they are communicating to it, uh, maybe how they're reflecting on a certain situation.
Because one of the things for us on our team is that we are big about teamwork and it is the team.
And as leaders grow, it has to be more about the people that are around them when we're succeeding and working on things, but when things fail or go sideways, you then as a leader take ultimate responsibility.
And so because they're young, as you started out, I would encourage you to, to understand where they're at, meet them where they're at to understand why they're using that language, be curious about it.
But then take that as a coaching moment to coach them what it is like to be on the other side of that communication and I think they'll, hopefully they would be surprised by that.
Well, I just, I think it's great that you noticed this and it's a, uh, we just did a podcast a couple of weeks ago called Stop Being Nice [laughs].
The, as Chris said, this is a great coaching moment I believe to, uh, begin to alert them as young leaders, uh, if they wanna become old leaders that they- [laughs]
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