This is the Jocco debrief podcast episode five with Dave Burke and me, Jocco

Willink. Dave, let's debrief. What do you got? We've got someone that just got

promoted into a key position in a big company. She's now running operations.

First female ever to hold this position on this company. East Coast Company

Long been around for a long time and everybody in this position for her has been a man.

It's been kind of a male dominated organizational a little bit and she's stepped up into this role.

She's awesome. She is totally ready for this job and she's getting some feedback from folks

kind of helping her prep her how she's going to introduce herself. How she's going to

announce herself to the team. Hey, I'm the new head of operations. This is who I am and a lot

of the advice she's been getting is, hey, you got to go in their heart. You got to come in there

and I think the phrase that they're using is you got to announce your presence with authority.

You can't come in all timid and meager. You got to come in strong and let them know that you're

here to run this department and that you're going to make this happen. She calls me and she's like,

hey, I've got this thing coming up. This is the advice that I'm getting and she's, she's

aware she's like, I don't. I understand what they're saying but I'm not sure if that's right.

And of course, my percent is like, hey, actually, I think your instincts are on on the mark.

I don't think this is necessarily good advice. Now, look, the advice that she's getting,

it's coming from a good place. They're trying to get her, they're trying to set her up to be

successful and they understand that and they're right. She can't come in meager and meek and frail

and like, oh, I'm not sure this is right for me, but here I am. I said, but you don't need to

announce your presence with authority. I said, as a matter of fact, listen, if you don't want to,

you don't need to announce yourself at all. There's a literal announcement that went out to this

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