61 | Are leaders born or are they made?| The Leadership Debate Unveiled: Justin Deese

Show InformationEpisode Number: 61Date: November 18, 2024Duration: 23:54Host Contact InformationHost: Justin DeeseWebsite: JustinDeese.com Contact: [email protected] this episode of the Freedom Blueprint podcast, host Justin Deese explores the age-old question of whether leaders are born or made. He discusses the importance of leadership in today's world, particularly in the context of the gig economy and the increasing options available to individuals. Deese outlines various traits that contribute to effective leadership, such as charisma, confidence, emotional intelligence, resilience, empathy, problem-solving abilities, adaptability, and team building. He concludes that while some traits may be innate, most can be developed through experience and effort, emphasizing that great leaders are ultimately made through hard work and determination.TakeawaysLeadership is more important now than ever.The gig economy has changed the landscape of work.Charisma can be both innate and learned.Confidence is often a learned trait.Emotional intelligence is crucial for managing teams.Resilience is developed through experience.Empathy can be cultivated over time.Problem-solving skills are essential for leaders.Adaptability is a learned skill necessary for growth.Leaders are made through hard work and determination.Chapters00:00 The Leadership Debate: Born or Made?07:02 Traits of Effective Leaders19:29 The Journey of Leadership DevelopmentKeywordsleadership, born or made, traits of leaders, leadership development, emotional intelligence, resilience, adaptability, team buildingTranscriptJustin Deese (00:06.465)Are they born or are they made? And I want to go over kind of some different approaches to thinking about it and have a good conversation with you about it.Justin Deese (01:02.552)Are leaders born or are they made? So today we're going to talk a little bit about leadership, specifically the question of, they, are leaders born or are they made? you know, this, this topic comes up pretty, pretty frequently. And, I really think it would just be a really good conversation and topic for us to talk about. And first off, I want to say this leadership as a, as a topic is just a, it's a huge topic, right?and it covers a lot of different areas and a lot of different angles. And so again, specifically, we're going to go into just a couple of things to kind of dive into more of the born or the made side of it. But here's my statement for you. My statement is this leadership right now is more important than it's ever been.I repeat that again to make sure you got that in your ear. It's leadership now is more important than ever. Now. I bet you're asking yourself the question, why, why would I say that? And to be honest with you, I'm glad you asked and I'm glad we're having this conversation because it's a it's a really good it's a really good question to ask. So I think one of the big topics on this is because.of what we have now in our world is people have more options than they have ever had before. I think a lot of times people talk about this gig economy, right? And they're like gig economy and if you don't know what that means, I'll give you the quick cliff note version, which is basically short-term work, right? So a gig economy is either short-term or freelance work as opposed to thatpermanent traditional job employment. And you know, now some examples of people that are, that are utilizing that gig economy for their employment or their income. mean, think about Uber and Lyft and DoorDash. Fiverr's another one Upwork. There's one that's called TaskRabbit for, you know, things around the house that you could use. So there's a lot of different apps out there that you canJustin Deese (03:26.257)participate in this gig economy. And, it's, easier now than ever, right? If, if you, if you go to work and you're like, I don't like my boss or I don't like whatever, and you decide to leave, there's a good chance you can get on an app. before you drive away in the parking lot, you can probably have picked up a gig to do something, to make some money. you know, I feel like it used to be, I'm going to say 20, 30 years ago, you know, people worked at the same job for however many years to get that gold watch.And it's just not the world we live in anymore. That's not, it's not the world we live in. And not only that, I think that next generation coming up, you know, we, we talk a lot about this, but I think flexibility is one of those things that they cherish like off, you know, being off flexibility, you know, a lot of those things are things that are very important to them that in the past and traditionally that hasn't been as important. Sothink a lot of times when people talk about the gig economy, think business leaders and the home service industries, they don't really take that into consideration, right? They think more about, mean, yeah, there's a gig you can go to for Uber and Lyft and DoorDash, but you know, who wants to do that? And my challenge to you is I would probably reshape your thinking just a little bit. So the reason I say that,is one, you have team members that have a lot of different skills and work in different roles in your business. And I know a lot of times when we talk about home service space, we traditionally think about the technician, right? Like the revenue generating technician. But let's be honest, there's a lot of different roles that happen in your business. whether you're a really large business or a small business, there's these roles that are happening, whether it beyou know, the CSR role or the dispatching role or the accounting side of it or marketing or even sales. I mean, there's a lot of different types of variety of backgrounds that people have that work for your business, not just the one thing they do. A lot of times people like to do other things as well. And two, technicians are not really able to participate as much as technicians in this gig economy right now.Justin Deese (05:48.785)Now, trust me, when I say this, the big banks aren't the only people taking notice of our industry. They're not the only ones paying attention to what's going on in the home service space. mean, Google is paying attention. Amazon is paying attention. Walmart is even paying attention. And believe me, they're working diligently right now to figure out how they can have a piece of the pie. Now Google obviously has a giant, giant, giant.Piece of the pie is anybody who deals with marketing or does any type of digital marketing knows that Google's got a huge part of it. But I can promise you they're trying to figure out along with the Amazons and the the Walmarts of the world. How can they be a part of this industry? How can they be a part of this? This industry and and I think that's probably going to shift towards kind of a gig economy, so to speak. so with those things, that's really why.That's really why I make the statement of leadership now is as important as ever. And again, it comes down to people just having more options than they've ever had before.Justin Deese (07:02.802)So let's get back to the question hand. So I wanted to make that statement, but I want to get back to the question, which is, are leaders born or are they made? And so I want to go over a couple of traits. So I want to go over eight different traits of leaders and leadership, and then we can kind of talk through each one and figure out together if we feel like these are traits that people are born with, or are they traits that people learn?And I don't know, my goal for today is for us to get through this together and then go, yeah, we can make a definitive decision on are leaders born or are they made? So one of the number one traits I feel like that is really important when it comes to leadership is charisma, right? I think charisma is really important. People want, people are attracted to people that areyou know, influential people and a lot of that has to do with charisma. So, you know, to answer the question, are they born? Is it made? you know what? I think the answer is a little bit of both. mean, certainly people, naturally are more charismatic than other people. but I mean, let's be honest, there is a, there's a book for just about anything or a YouTube channel, or dare I say a podcast, there could be even a podcast for, you know, being more.charming or influential or inspiring or motivating to a team. So, so number one being charismatic, I'm going to say both. I'm going to say that yes, you can be born with it, but you can also learn how to be a little bit more charismatic. So that's my, that's my first thing. I'm curious to know what your answer on that is. Tube, let's go to the next one. So the next one is going to be confidence.Confidence is very, very important when it comes to leadership. Now, confidence is not the same as arrogance, as I'm guessing anybody who listens to this would agree with me. There's a difference between being confident and being an arrogant person. right, so confidence. you know, confidence...