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The StoryBrand Podcast

#34: Stephen Mansfield—10 Warning Signs of a Leadership Crash (and How to Fix Them)

The StoryBrand Podcast

StoryBrand.com

Business, Marketing

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Why do leaders crash and burn, taking their companies and families down with them? Is it the inevitable result of pressure or a character flaw? Or can it all be prevented?

In this episode of the Building a Story Brand podcast, Donald Miller sits down with leadership expert Stephen Mansfield to talk about the 10 warning signs of a leadership crash -- and how to fix them.

The list will surprise you. Listen today and discover how to protect yourself from a leadership crash.

Get the worksheet that goes along with this episode at http://buildingastorybrand.com/34

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Building a Story Brand podcast where we believe if you confuse

0:10.6

you'll lose. Noise is the enemy and creating a clear message is the best way to grow

0:15.4

your business.

0:16.4

I'm your host Donald Miller.

0:17.4

I'm joined with my co-host, J. J. J. J. J. J.

0:20.3

how are you?

0:21.3

I'm doing fantastic.

0:22.3

I'm doing terrific. Listen, you? I'm doing terrific.

0:23.2

Listen, we've got an incredible interview today with Stephen Mansfield.

0:25.9

And actually goes a little bit long. I mean, you know, we just got into the groove on this one.

0:29.9

And it's 10 signs that you're going to crash as a leader.

0:34.1

And you're going to take a lot of people down with you.

0:36.1

And these signs are not things you would think about.

0:39.2

But they're incredibly practical.

0:40.5

You listen to you and you go, yeah, it's exactly what happens yeah and you know I'm not

0:44.1

gonna tell you anymore but I will tell you this one of them is you're isolated you

0:48.6

don't have good friends yeah and that I mean I've not it's kind of a sentimental moment.

0:53.0

You're one of the people that I kept thinking about

0:55.4

as I talked to Stephen.

0:56.9

Because he talked about how leaders will often surround themselves

1:00.0

with people who won't tell them the truth.

1:03.0

And one of the things that you and I have developed,

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