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Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Lessons - Why Command & Control Is Dead | Stephen M.R. Covey - Speed of Trust Author

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

How To, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.6326 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory     In this "Lessons" episode, Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust, explains why the traditional command-and-control model of leadership is no longer effective in today’s world of work. He breaks down the shift toward “trust and inspire” leadership, highlighting why trust alone isn’t enough without purpose, meaning, and genuine inspiration. Stephen explores how inspired cultures outperform merely engaged ones, why modern employees need to feel valued and connected to a larger mission, and how leaders at every level can learn to inspire through care, empathy, and purpose-driven leadership.   ➡️ Show Links https://successstorypodcast.com   YouTube: https://youtu.be/5X4jg557ecY  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stephen-m-r-covey-bestselling-author-keynote-speaker/id1484783544  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1O0HMmuFTmmcrHqELoKUXo    ➡️ Watch the Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/scottdclary

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0:00.0

In this lesson's episode, explore why leadership is moving beyond command and control in today's workplace.

0:05.3

Discover why trust, without inspiration, limits performance,

0:08.3

understand how purpose-driven leadership fuels deeper engagement,

0:10.9

and uncover how inspired cultures unlock higher commitment and lasting impact.

0:27.6

I think that what you're trying to solve for are the most difficult things to solve for in leadership. And if we look at one of the points that you make, you've spoken about it on past podcast in your book as well,

0:33.6

we're migrating from this traditional command and control model, which actually,

0:38.4

it's unfortunate, but when you're in a command and control model, you don't actually need a ton of

0:43.2

trust because people are just, you say, do this and they say yes. And you say do that. They say yes.

0:49.0

So there may be internally, they don't trust your decisions, but ultimately they're still going to do what you're telling them to do, which is not, again, this is not a sustainable business model.

0:59.3

We see it more and more.

1:00.5

So if we look at the future of, well, first, I'd actually just like to get your opinion on where leadership actually lies right now to date.

1:08.8

In 2022, what are the observations that you see about businesses?

1:12.9

Do you still see businesses trying to succeed with a traditional command and control model?

1:17.7

Or do you see that being a business strategy and a leadership strategy that is going away very

1:23.7

quickly?

1:25.0

Both.

1:26.0

It's still, in spite of all our progress, we are still trapped a bit in the old command and

1:33.5

control model.

1:34.3

We become better at it, though.

1:36.5

More sophisticated, more advanced.

1:38.5

I call it enlightened command and control.

1:41.4

So it's a lot better version of it.

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