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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In this episode, Leila (@LeilaHormozi) opens the vault on one of the hardest seasons of her career, leading three companies and over 120 people through the chaos of COVID. What you’ll hear isn’t theory, it’s a tactical playbook for any leader facing uncertainty, fear, or pressure to perform. From shifting into wartime mode, to overhauling priorities, to staying grounded when emotions run high, Leila shares the exact frameworks she used to keep her team alive and her business intact.
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0:00.0 | And so when you're going through a crisis, you have to remember that in front of your team, |
0:06.3 | be the person who anchors them. Be the person who grounds them. Be the person that they can rely on. |
0:11.5 | Be the person who calms them. And you can't do that if you're indecisive, if you're uncertain, |
0:16.0 | and if you don't show up with confidence. |
0:20.4 | What's up, guys? |
0:21.3 | Welcome back to Build. |
0:22.3 | And today I want to talk about something that every leader faces at some point in |
0:26.7 | their business, which is a crisis. |
0:29.0 | Okay, so whether it is a business crisis, it's a life crisis, I think we can all |
0:33.6 | agree that crisis is test our ability to lead, to think clearly, to make good decisions, |
0:38.4 | because it usually feels like everything was going really well, and then crisis occurs, |
0:44.3 | and then suddenly it feels like there's no certainty and there's no predictability. |
0:47.7 | And here's the thing, is that when that stuff occurs, what I want you to remember is this. |
0:52.6 | What separates a great leader from an okay |
0:55.4 | leader is not their ability to avoid crisis. Okay, it's how you handle it. I think a lot of the |
1:01.1 | times people think, if I was such a great leader, I'd be able to avoid this. I would have made |
1:04.9 | decisions. I could have, like, there is no possible way. I'm telling you right now, I would do it if I |
1:09.8 | could, to avoid crisis in business. If you're in a tough you right now, I would do it if I could, to avoid crisis in |
1:11.7 | business. If you're in a tough spot right now, or if you just want to be prepared for when a |
1:16.1 | crisis happens like me and maybe you're a little paranoid, then this episode is one that you want |
1:20.4 | to listen to. I have been through a number of different crisis situations. I have lost 100% of |
1:26.0 | the money that we've had in the business. I have had a partner |
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