Hey, welcome back to another episode of the Craig Groschell Leadership Podcast, and I want to say,

Happy New Year.

And this month is a little bit emotional for me because this month marks the 10-year

anniversary since we released the very first episode. And I am humbled and

blessed to hear about the different ways this podcast has impacted your leadership. And I want to

just tell you sincerely, you are why I do this. I believe with all my heart that your leadership

matters. And when you get better, it helps everybody get better. So

for 10 years, I've been pouring my heart into this, and I hope to do it for 10 more because I care

about you and your leadership. As I look back over the last decade, we know so many things have changed.

COVID hit. There's new values and work rhythms. Attention span is decreasing. Trust in organizations is

collapsing a whole new generation of people who are entering the workforce with different values

and expectations. You've had AI and many other things. And so when it comes to leading, if you're not changing, you're probably not

growing. And as one who's led now for over three decades, when I look back at my own leadership,

while my values haven't changed, my views on leadership, they're continually evolving and

changing in many times in big ways. And so what I want to do

in the next couple of episodes, I want to dig into some of those changes, some of the things

that I got wrong. And in this episode, I'm going to talk about five times I was wrong and what it

taught me. In the next episode, we're going to deal with some other more

specifics that I believe can help you grow in your leadership. So first of all, when I started

three decades ago in leadership, I used to believe some things. I'm going to tell you what I

used to believe and I'm going to tell you what I believe now. These are some of the things that I got

wrong. I used to believe that great leaders needed to be confident and right. We needed to stand up and

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