The CEO’s Support Teams - Mark Mascia - Leadership in Action- Episode #026

CEOs put additional pressure on themselves by attempting to be invincible, omnipotent leaders for their employees to look to for the perfect answer to every question. However, this simply isn’t realistic nor is it sustainable. Mark Mascia knows a few things about leadership and running a company which you’ll hear all about this episode. Get ready to learn about constructing support teams around yourself, when to listen to the experts and when not to, and what to do when you’re not the smartest person in the room.   Takeaways: The mythic “lone-leader” CEO who knows all and does everything does not actually exist. They are putting up an unsustainable facade of invulnerability and omnipotence. For CEOs, finding peer group support from other CEOs in organizations like EO or an industry-specific group allows them to have a space where they can be comfortable sharing their vulnerabilities. Instead of giving everyone around you the answers, allow them to find their own conclusions even if they may differ from your own. As long as they are making progress towards the goal allow them to fail if they fail, this helps with actual learning. CEOs can develop themselves and their business by creating a framework of four teams: 1. Work Support Team; 2. Self Improvement Support team; 3. Support of Community; 4. Personal Relationship level. You should try to hire the smartest people available, even if they are smarter than you. With employees specialized in one aspect, you can ask them how they would solve the problem and that can help inform your decision, regardless of if you go with that. Often, the experts that you hire for one area of the project won’t see or aren’t expected to see how one decision impacts other areas which is where the project manager or CEO comes in. The self Improvement team can include a therapist, a physical trainer, an executive coach. This is important in taking care of the other parts of your life outside of work which, if neglected, can negatively impact your work.   Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masciamark/ Company website: https://www.urbnphx.com/   Quote of the Show: “If you can't, to some degree, celebrate your wins, what's it all about?” - Mark Mascia   Book Recommendation: Principles by Ray Dalio   Ways to Tune In: Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leadership-in-action/id1585042233 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2t4Ksk4TwmZ6MSfAHXGkJI Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/leadership-in-action Google Play - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGVhZGVyc2hpcGluYWN0aW9uLmxpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4263fd02-8c9b-495e-bd31-2e5aef21ff6b/leadership-in-action YouTube - https://youtu.be/AoEs-rP9ys8