How to Communicate to Get Results

summary

Branden Sewell shares insights on leadership, the power of words, and how to cultivate respect and value within a team to help business owners get off the ladder and lead effectively.


 keywords

leadership, team management, communication, respect, personal development, business growth


 key  topics

The importance of leadership in getting off the ladder
The influence of words and communication in leadership
Different leadership styles and their impact
The value of respect and honor in organizations
Recognizing and cultivating employee gifts and skills
The importance of a flexible, respectful leadership approach


 takeaways

Leadership is foundational to getting off the ladder.
Words have immense power to influence and steer circumstances.
Respect and honor should flow both ways in an organization.
Every team member has unique gifts that should be recognized.
A flexible, respectful leadership style fosters loyalty and growth.


Titles

The Power of Words in Leadership
How Respect and Honor Transform Your Team


 sound bites

"Leaders moved toward a coach model."
"The key to peace is a puzzle of words."
"Everyone has unique gifts and skills."


Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Leadership and Business Growth
01:52 The Power of Words in Leadership
05:40 Respect and Honor in Leadership
09:02 Cultivating Potential in Team Members

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Transcript

Branden Sewell (00:01.944)
Hi, my name is Brandon Sulli. I'm the owner of SEAL Pro Painting and the host of the Off the Ladder podcast. And we exist to help home service business owners learn so that they can lead well and ultimately live life off of the ladder. these episodes are daily episodes that are shorter, that are meant for you to be able to get some quick leadership tips or advice to get off the ladder and or to stay off the ladder.

on your ride to a job site, maybe while you're working or on your ride home. this is meant to be quick and actionable. I will also just re-emphasize, and I say this often, that I believe the number one thing that you need to get off the ladder is leadership. You have to build your leadership skills. You have to have a foundation personally

to be able to get off of the ladder. If you don't invest in yourself, if you don't invest in your own leadership ability and mindset, then you will struggle to get off the ladder. and ultimately business is challenging no matter what. So you need to be investing in yourself at any level in business. that'll only help you to get better and

to avoid some of the common challenges and struggles that you might face in business. Well, let's jump into today. I've been reading from Leadership Promises for Every Day. It's a daily devotional by John Maxwell. Today it says, How do you expect people to respond? Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 1821.

Few muscles in the body wield more power than the little one inside the mouth. Leaders who understand this can greatly increase their influence. Many have said the American culture has witnessed four styles of leadership since nineteen fifty, each having different expectations concerning how followers should respond to words. The first is military commander.

Branden Sewell (02:22.306)
Leaders came out of the army and expected unquestioning obedience from subordinates. Next one is chief executive officer. Most leaders migrated to a different style driven by vision and shared by everyone. Yet it was still top down, possibly very narrow in scope. Next, coach. Leaders move toward a coach model.

Where they saw employees as players on a team, this produced even better results, but still limited the possibilities to the vision of the coach. Poet. Today, leaders see the need to express the heart of the team as a poet gives words to the heart of readers. They develop players using encouragement and direction. They recognize the power of words and they use them.

wisely. I love this. You know, I I had this saying that I used to write all the time when I was in high school. I loved poetry and I actually loved writing. I loved journaling. I have all my journals here in my office. and if I stack them up they probably reach you know a little over two feet. But one of the things I used to say is the key to piece is a puzzle of words.

And what I was acknowledging is just the power of of your words, right? what you say matters, how you say it matters, and makes a bigger difference than what you may realize. And you know, your words have the ability to steer the direction of your life. they have the power to steer the direction of circumstances, a conversation, a situation with an employer.

Employee. and so one thing that I I have realized in my leadership with my employees is one, I I think I spoke about this in yesterday's episode, is one to pause, be slow to speak, slow to anger, and abounding in love. so pause and take the time to like try to take emotion out of your response. And then when you do respond, respond with wisdom.

Branden Sewell (04:50.104)
Choose wisely the words that you'll use. And I think that really helps, you know, the outcome of your leadership with your employees. And the reality is, is I think we we live in a time, as John Maxwell was alluding to, where like a top-down, heavy-handed leadership style doesn't really work. And I think part of that is like,

where we are as a generation, where we are as people. you know, I think you have to understand, this is a principle I learned when I was younger, is that honor and respect don't just flow from the top down. You know, they flow from the bottom up in a healthy organization. And so in order to earn respect, you have to give it. And in order to get honor, you need to give honor.

Right. So it it's I think oftentimes we think that respect and honor is just supposed to flow from the bottom up. And we don't think of the top down approach. We don't think of how do I respect the people that work for me? How do I honor the people that work for me? How do I cultivate a a culture where it's not just a positional thing, right? that

everybody has authority, everybody has leadership, everybody has innate respect, everybody has deserves to be honored, and it doesn't matter what level somebody is at, right? So my greenest employees deserve respect and deserve to be deserve to be honored, and all the way up to my top level management. And I think that's

You know, it's important to to realize that and everybody's valuable, everybody plays a part on your team. just because somebody is green doesn't mean that they don't bring value. I I would even venture to say, like, if you see people's gifts and you don't just see you know, what what you think you need, right?

Branden Sewell (07:10.73)
You think you hire somebody for this specific skill set, right? But if you learn your people, you'll learn that every single one of your people has a unique set of gifts and skill sets, right? One person might be really great with making things more efficient and faster. another person might be really great with customer experience and communication.

another person might be really great at planning and production and you know, all of those different things come together and you can, you know, you can work those strengths that your team players have. And, you know, just because you have someone in a position and they maybe don't have you know, this one strength doesn't mean that they're not great. Just like

Tailor your approach to the gifts and the skills of your people. I mean, everybody has value. Everybody has you know a great purpose. And it it's I think it's our job as leaders to dig that out of people, help them see it, cultivate it, and then bring that value to the organization, right? it it, you know, everybody. There is not a single

person who doesn't have value, gifts, abilities, and skill sets that were God given. Some people don't know their God-given gifts. Some people don't know their skill sets. Some people don't know what they're passionate about or what their potential is. And that's sad because we see people waste time, waste their resources, waste their lives away because they don't understand that.

And so I think what we have a responsibility as a leader is to find those skill sets, find that potential in people, and then cultivate them as leaders in our organization. And if you just have this top-down heavy approach to how you communicate and you just expect people to just, you know, okay, here's your, here's your,

Branden Sewell (09:36.729)
Here's your job title. Here's your assignment. Just do it. And you have this hard approach to it. You have no flexibility. You have no ability to see that person just for who they are. you might be limiting yourself, limiting the organization, and limiting that person. so I would just encourage you to like take a step back and realize that in the like I realize for myself, right? If you would have told me at

you know, eighteen, nineteen years old that by the time I was twenty-three, that I would be starting a business and eventually running this business, I wouldn't have thought I had what it took to do it. Right. But that's the beauty is everybody, so many people are in that same situation. They just need someone to come along and give them an opportunity to see their skills, to see their abilities, and to give them an opportunity to use them.

And maybe show them how they can. So anyway, just want to encourage you with that. maybe you need to change up your leadership style, your leadership approach, and how you communicate and speak to your team. That might be a key in keeping great people and staying off the ladder. Well, I'm gonna bring this episode to a close. I hope you found that valuable and that you can put it to action.

If you did find this valuable, please share it with somebody else so that they can gain that same value too. Come back again for the next episode. Go back and listen to past episodes. If you need any resources for getting off the ladder or just running your business better, check the show notes below. I have some resources that I use. If you do choose to use any of those resources, please use my affiliate link. I do get credit and I get paid. So

That helps to support myself and the show and to keep doing what I'm doing here with the Off the Ladder Podcast and hopefully grow and continue to get better and help more people. hope you guys enjoyed today and I will see you guys next time on the next episode of the Off the Ladder Podcast.