935. Operating In Transaction Mode vs. Your Calling: Attaining Category Leadership And The Ultimate Competitive Edge
The Kelly Roach Show
Kelly Roach
4.9 • 965 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly examines a crucial factor for success: the distinction between operating in transaction mode and fulfilling your calling to achieve the ultimate competitive edge for category leadership in your industry.
From personal experiences as a Fortune 500 leader, Kelly shares invaluable strategies to navigate obstacles, avoid common pitfalls, and maintain long-term success. Discover why those who operate with a sense of purpose and passion from within consistently outperform their extrinsically motivated counterparts. Highlighting the importance of a growth mindset and leadership development during challenging times, our host shares how to navigate obstacles, avoid common pitfalls and maintain success in the long term.
Also in this episode:
- Current trends in Fortune 500 companies.
- Why individuals motivated by external factors may struggle when faced with difficult tasks.
- A growth mindset, strong leadership skills, and dedication to personal development are key to success.
- Achieve category leadership by delving into your soul and focusing on purposeful work.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Kelly Roach Show, the place for no fluff easy to implement 20 minute or |
| 0:10.8 | less business and leadership lessons to help you build a sustainable business that scales. |
| 0:17.6 | Lead with integrity and create a lasting legacy. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Kelly Roach, former NFL cheerleader and Fortune 500 executive turned 8 figure entrepreneur. |
| 0:28.1 | Let's get started. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey, welcome back to the Kelly Roach Show. Today, we are talking about the difference between |
| 0:34.2 | operating in transaction versus calling and how to get the ultimate competitive edge to elevate |
| 0:42.2 | in your industry and to achieve category leadership. So let's break it down. |
| 0:50.1 | When I was leading and managing people for the first time and I was growing my career in the |
| 0:56.0 | Fortune 500, I learned a very important lesson about people and that lesson was that there are |
| 1:03.9 | people who are intrinsically motivated and there are people that are extrinsically motivated |
| 1:11.2 | and the people that are intrinsically motivated because they have drive and fire and accountability |
| 1:18.1 | and passion from within always and I mean always outperform people that are extrinsically |
| 1:28.4 | motivated. What are people like that are extrinsically motivated? They want the carrot, |
| 1:34.5 | they want the pad on the back, they want the achievement, they want the outcome, they want the |
| 1:43.8 | money, they want the promotion, all of those things. Now, is being extrinsically motivated bad? |
| 1:52.0 | No, it is not bad to want to make more money, it is not bad to want to elevate your career, |
| 1:57.9 | it is not bad to want people to see you in a certain light. There's nothing wrong or bad |
| 2:04.1 | about any of those things but the problem is that they're unsustainable. The problem is that |
| 2:12.7 | there are going to be times in your career where you're not getting a pad on the back. |
| 2:18.2 | There are going to be times in your life where you're doing all the work and you're receiving |
| 2:24.0 | no external reward. There are going to be times in your career where no one is clapping for you |
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