You Can't Lead What You Can't See

What does it really mean to lead with perspective?In this episode of Lead With More, Tom DeBell sits down with leadership consultant and former CPA firm CEO Dennis Sherrin to unpack one of the most overlooked — and most critical — skills in leadership: the ability to shift perspectives.Using a photography-based framework, Tom and Dennis explore three practical concepts every leader needs to develop:Lens-switching — moving between big-picture thinking and ground-level detailFilters — changing how you process and communicate information depending on your audience and contextCamera-switching — stepping completely outside your own vantage point to see what others seeTogether, Tom and Dennis share real-world stories from careers in engineering, accounting, and executive leadership — including what it cost them when they couldn't shift perspectives, and what changed when they finally did.Whether you lead a small team or a large organization, this episode will challenge you to examine the lens you're leading through — and give you practical tools to expand it.Timestamps:00:00 Why Perspective Is the Most Overlooked Leadership Skill01:31 Guest Host Introduction: Leadership Lessons From 40 Years In Business06:02 How Leaders Build Team Buy-In Through Shared Perspective07:43 Lens-Switching: How Leaders Shift Between Big Picture and Ground Level14:51 Leadership Filters: Changing How You Process Information as a Leader19:44 The Leadership Filter: Redefining Success Through Your Team, Not Yourself23:35 Vulnerable Leadership: Why CEO's Need to Take the Filter Off30:45 Direct Communication: When Strong Leaders Remove the Filter Entirely33:27 Camera-Switching: See Your Leadership From a Completely Different Angle41:33 How to Practice Perspective-Shifting and Grow From Leadership Failure44:31 Character-Driven Leadership: Why Knowing Your Audience Changes Everything47:35 Closing Thoughts: Leading With More by Seeing More⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻Tom DeBell, the founder and president of Modern Leadership Solutions, is a Certified Maxwell Coach/Speaker/Trainer, a Full Focus Certified Pro, and a Certified Facilitator in the Six Types of Working Genius.https://www.modernleadershipsolutions.com⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻MUSIC & MEDIA⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻With permission from:Music by HitsLab (https://www.youtube.com/@hitslabmusic)from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/)