Weekly Live Show Recap - Ep. 22 - Choosing A Leadership Style - Ft. Rick Davis

Introduction:

Leadership seems to be a really hot-button topic these days, especially with so many people leaving their jobs, looking for new jobs, and/or starting their own businesses. Now, they get a chance to be their own bosses or they are looking for better leadership in other organizations. 

In this discussion, we talk about what does true leadership look like? What is good and effective leadership? What are the qualities of a leader that leads their team through pretty much any type of circumstance or situation?  

 
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Who is Rick Davis?

• Rick started in the fire service very young - with his first ride on a fire truck at 3 years old. 
• His father, also a firefighter, gave him his badge to keep. 
• He’d get catalogs for fire fighting as well as special
• opportunities to visit the local fire department. 
• His father passed away at 41 of his 5th heart attack. Rick was the one who found him. Upon seeing the ambulance take his father away Rick decided he’d have a care in firefighting. 
• Joined the fire company in Cedarville at 18. 
• Enlisted in the Air Force fire department, joined the civilian fire force, and transitioned into the marines later on. 
• When he was sent back to North Carolina he was introduced to his wife and they will be celebrating their 35th anniversary in September. 
• Spent 15 years as a Battalion Chief in the Fire Department. 
• When he retired from the fire department he started the Impactus business in June and started teaching leadership to businesses and organizations.  

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Different Leadership Styles: 

• You attract from within. You attract who you are. Self leadership has to come first. 
• You do not have to have a title or position to be a leader. And a title or position of authority doesn’t make you a leader. 
• Don’t get stuck with the false notion that you have to pick ONE leadership style and that it defines you. 
• When you are exposed to different leadership styles and you experience them you can then turn around and implement them. 
• Leadership is influence. You can influence someone from the humane side or from the inhumane side. 

There’s a difference between leadership and management. 

- Leadership is people. You lead people. 

- Management is for things. You manage commodities. 

• Too many people try to manage people and treat them like commodities. That’s where the breakdown happens. 

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Servant Leadership: 

• There’s a difference between a Public Servant and Servant Leadership. 
• True servant leadership is about seeing the needs of someone else and contributing to them and their needs. 
• Servant leadership is like making a cake. You need to have various different ingredients and leadership styles. 
• You have to have a variety of tools to be able to apply to various circumstances. 

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Finding A Leadership Style That Works: 

• To be a good leader you have to be a student of leadership and have continued personal development. 
• Bad leaders make you feel bad. Good leaders make you feel good. 
• Good leaders lead by example and behavior. 
• Keep a leadership journal of all the things you’ve experienced from your leaders that you’ve liked or did not like. 
• People don’t necessarily do things because “they have to”. It’s not enough of a motivating factor. 
• Leadership doesn’t require micro managing. It requires trust and supervision of those you are leading. 

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Individualized Leadership: 

• G-d fixes his leadership style to what we as individuals need. 
• People make look the same and be performing similar jobs. But each person has their own individual personality. 
• Your leadership personality will resonate differently with each of the members of the people you’re leading. 
• A good leader has to take the time to learn how those they lead operate and what speaks to them. 
• 5-10 Minutes of speaking to those you’re leading and asking them about what they like and dislike about their job will go a long way.

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Applying Leadership Style:

• Invest time in the people you are leading. 
• See those you lead as important individuals. 
• Leadership starts with yourself. 
• You need to own your mistakes. If you can do that people will respect you. And then learn from your mistakes. 
• Learn through seeing and reading and then applying. 
• Ask those you lead for feedback. 
• Leadership involves human behavior. And you have to understand human behavior to be a leader.

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The Bottom Line: 

The 3 main takeaway points were: 

• To be a good leader, one must dig within themselves and become hyper-self-aware.
• There is no one style that works - a good leader knows how to apply themselves to the surroundings and circumstances that they find themselves in.
• A great leader listens, pays attention, and leads based on how the people need him or her to lead   

Contributors to this article include:

Rick Davis - Rick Davis is the president of Impactus! Cultivating Today’s Leaders, author of The Furnace of Leadership Development, a member of the Maxwell Leadership Team, and a retired battalion chief from the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, Colorado. He served as a firefighter for thirty-seven years and with Loveland Fire for thirty-years. Originally from New Jersey, Rick is a veteran of both the United States Air Force and United States Marine Corps. 

You can learn more about Rick and connect with him by visiting his LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Website.   

Boruch DuBrow - Boruch is an Exceptional Development Coach with over 13 years of experience as an educator. Boruch has helped hundreds of people feeling lost in life to discover their path and reach their potential. Today, Boruch educates and empowers individuals and organizations to discover their path, define their purpose, and create an “Exceptional” future for themselves, their families, and their organizations.

To learn more about Boruch DuBrow feel free to follow him on LinkedIn, or Instagram, You can also reach Boruch by emailing him at [email protected]

Yermi Kurkus - Yermi has spent most of his career helping people at their lowest find meaning and purpose through proven methods that are built from psychology, philosophy, and mystical teachings. Yermi's approach is pragmatic and down to earth, thus coining the term Practical Mindfulness. 

Today, Yermi partners up with business owners, professionals, and individuals that want to become more "irresistible" in their personal and professional lives, as well as helping founders build "irresistible" systems in their businesses.

To learn more about Yermi Kurkus feel free to follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. You can also reach Yermi by emailing him at [email protected]