Jody Holland Training & Speaking | Leadership
Leaders Lead Themselves First
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Leaders Lead Themselves First growth and development guidance influence leading by example self-discipline self-leadership Aug 04, 2026

The first step to becoming an effective leader is learning how to lead yourself. If you want people to trust your judgment, you need to be comfortable making quick decisions, you need to know how to regulate your emotions, and you need to understand what your values are and how they align with organ...

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Jody Holland Training & Speaking | Leadership
Your Ego is Not Your Strategy
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Your Ego is Not Your Strategy ego emotional control growth and development growth mindset influence leadership development leading by example personal accountability personal responsibility team development Nov 04, 2025

Whether you are the smartest person in the room, you are in a position of power, you have influence over your peers, or you just have an air of confidence, I can assure you that your ego is not an effective strategy for a successful life. Having an ego, which is a person’s sense of self-esteem or se...

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Jody Holland Training & Speaking | Leadership
The Best Way to Confuse Your People
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The Best Way to Confuse Your People accountability achievement alignment of actions and instructions leadership development leading by example management skills meaningful action organizational success workplace culture Sep 17, 2024

We follow the example of a leader more so than we follow their instructions. If the example the leader is setting is aligned with what they are telling their employees to do, people tend to fall in line quickly. However, when what the leader is demonstrating does not align with what they are instruc...

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