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Surrender.

It's not a word most leaders want to associate with their leadership style, but workplace culture expert Jessica Creagle thinks it might be the most powerful tool they're not using.

She has the data to back it up.

The reality is control is an illusion.

You can't control anything outside of yourself.

The only thing you can't control is the way that you show up.

In this talk, Jessica makes the case that the leaders who drive the best results aren't the ones who control the most.

They're the ones who surrender, not in weakness, but in strategy.

Because sometimes the most powerful thing a leader can do is let go.

To surrender is not passive.

It is not giving up.

It is a radical acceptance of what you need to do in that moment that you actually have control of.

That's coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the Day.

Every time I give one of these talks, I have a routine.

Okay, I start by showing up early and I do the sound check, I get the mic, and then I go in the halls and I walk around and I look at the audience because I want to get a sense of the vibe.

And really where my mind starts to go as I prepare, you know, get backstage, I sit down,

and I start to think about all the things that I wish were a little bit different.

You know, the things that are, they would be better if they were my way.

So I wish the room was a little bit cooler.

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