The Indispensable Leader Problem: Can Your Gym Run Without You?

We've all known that manager who knows everything and they are like, Captain, fix it all.

And I think that their worth is measured by how many days off they don't take and how many things that they do.

And for other people and how many things with their family they miss and the unfortunate thing that I think a lot of us see, and you see it all over LinkedIn too, is the industry just loves that person.

And it's kind of gross.

I don't understand why does the fitness industry celebrate these people that are, in essence, they create themselves into a position where they're indispensable.

The business cannot function without them.

And they're like, oh my God, everything relies on me.

But then their leaders are rewarding them and promoting them and praising them.

And I just, it boggles my mind, Annie.

But here's the dealio.

In my opinion, that is not great leadership.

That is a...

It's a narcissistic, need-based relationship.

And that's toxic, professionally and personally.

I think it's honestly one of the biggest problems in the business.

And it gives me the ick factor.

I find myself...

I look back on different phases of myself within the industry and...

What I'm not saying is I'm anti-hustle.

I'm not saying that we should just kick our feet up and eat bonbons all the time.

But essentially, we are in the health and fitness business.

And part of health and fitness is knowing yourself first.

and your areas of weakness.

And I think that there are a lot of savior syndrome people that flock to the industry.

And yeah, we're going to get into what happens when you have built this business operation.

We've all known that manager who knows everything and they are like, Captain, fix it all.

And I think that their worth is measured by how many days off they don't take and how many things that they do.

And for other people and how many things with their family they miss and the unfortunate thing that I think a lot of us see, and you see it all over LinkedIn too, is the industry just loves that person.

And it's kind of gross.

I don't understand why does the fitness industry celebrate these people that are, in essence, they create themselves into a position where they're indispensable.

The business cannot function without them.

And they're like, oh my God, everything relies on me.

But then their leaders are rewarding them and promoting them and praising them.

And I just, it boggles my mind, Annie.

But here's the dealio.

In my opinion, that is not great leadership.

That is a...

It's a narcissistic, need-based relationship.

And that's toxic, professionally and personally.

I think it's honestly one of the biggest problems in the business.

And it gives me the ick factor.

I find myself...

I look back on different phases of myself within the industry and...

What I'm not saying is I'm anti-hustle.

I'm not saying that we should just kick our feet up and eat bonbons all the time.

But essentially, we are in the health and fitness business.

And part of health and fitness is knowing yourself first.

and your areas of weakness.

And I think that there are a lot of savior syndrome people that flock to the industry.

And yeah, we're going to get into what happens when you have built this business operation.