270: Natasha Miller - You Trust Them, They Trust You

Natasha Miller isn’t your average CEO. She sits at the helm of Entire Productions, which has been an Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row! Natasha is the author of the soon-to-be-released book, Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving The Entrepreneur Dream. She also has an excellent background in music as a violinist. Natasha studied entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School and MIT. She now resides in San Francisco, where she is a member and is on the regional board of EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization). In this episode, we get to pull right from her expertise on building trust as a leader.Dive right in, grab this wisdom, and let’s learn what happens when you give your trust to your team and receive trust in return!On this episode:Learn how learning music saved Natasha’s life and how playing the violin at a young age shaped Natasha into the leader she is today. Natasha gives an analogy of how leading an orchestra is like leading an organization. How being a concertmaster solidified Natasha’s leadership skills.Natasha shares how her role model, a female conductor, stood out because she presented herself and how she believed and inspired her students.Big organizations tend to suffer from forgetting about their own people. Natasha talks about how people are the most critical piece of your organization.Leaders need to be changing and understanding what’s happening around them. The future is here now. Natasha shares how you need to hire people that you trust implicitly. When you trust them, they trust you.Key Takeaways:Leadership can come with a lot of pressure and push backLeaders sometimes have to make uncomfortable decisionsHow you present yourself can make a difference to how you’re receivedThe people in your organization are like gems that need to be protected The future is now, not tomorrow When you trust your people, the reward is trust in youTweetable Quotes:“The people in your organization are the most precious gems to protect and develop.” - Natasha Miller“I think bigger success happens when you’re able to let go of that mask and that ego.” - Natasha MillerConnect with Natasha on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Scale, grow and optimize your business by going to https://www.officialnatashamiller.com/. Resources:RelentlessAsk Denis: Take Both Masks OffEmail: [email protected]: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/Leadership is Changing LinkedIn...