This is the read to lead podcast, episode 497.

Building empathy and building these soft skills, we don't want to do it because it takes time

and it takes emotional capital.

And quite frankly, I'm screwed up.

And so I don't have time to work with your junk to you.

And so we just create and manifest these organizations that are terrible to work for.

No matter how many seminars we attend, books we read, or classes we take that promise to make us good leaders,

studies show that an overwhelming majority of employees leave their jobs due to poor leadership.

In a society so obsessed with leadership, why are we still so bad at it?

Hi, I'm Jeff, and this is the Read to Lead podcast, the podcast dedicated to your personal and professional growth.

I believe that if you want to achieve true success in business and in life,

then intentional and consistent reading is a must.

That's the first step.

Taking what you learn and putting it into action, of course, comes next.

Between this podcast and my note-making mastery course,

I try to make sure you're qualified to tackle both of those very, very well.

Today's book is one I'm very excited to bring you. It's co-written by someone who's been a friend

of mine for probably 15 or more years. His name is Chris Mefford and his co-author on this book

is former Navy SEAL Kyle Bucket. Their book is Leadership is overrated, how the Navy SEALs

and successful businesses create self-leading teams that win. I'll be asking Chris and Kyle about

why they say every organization has to learn to kill its leader before it's too late, how each of them defines

culture, vision, and values, the seemingly counterintuitive message of self-leading teams

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