Centering Leadership Around the Span of Care—with Anthony Coppedge- EP40
To grow a business, be it a large corporation or entrepreneurial venture, you need systems and processes.But when those systems and processes start to override the people involved, you have a problem.So, how do you lead in a way that recognizes that people are not widgets? How do you honor your vision without discounting the very people who are bringing it to life? Anthony Coppedge leads the vision for how business agility is infused in Digital Sales at IBM and fuels his heart by mentoring, writing, teaching and coaching a variety of audiences.Anthony started applying agile values from software development to marketing in 2009 and has been iterating how to reframe the dynamic between marketing, sales and product management ever since.On this episode of Leading Visionaries, Anthony joins Anjel to differentiate management from leadership, describing how he thinks about leaders as someone people choose to follow.Anthony explains why trust is a much better long-term motivator than fear and how business agility creates a culture of constant learning.Listen in to understand the relationship between curiosity and trust in a business setting and learn how to shift from the span of control to a span of care, empowering your team to perform at a high level.What You Will LearnHow Anthony thinks about leaders as someone people choose to followAnthony’s distinction between management and true leadershipWhy trust is a much better long-term motivator than fearAnthony’s shift from the span of CONTROL to a span of CARE in leadershipThe concept of business agility characterized by constant learningHow Anthony applies an entrepreneurial mindset to leading corporate teamsHow to scale a business without letting processes override peopleThe relationship between trust and curiosity in a business settingWhy figuring out what not to do comes before figuring out what to doHow building internal culture in a company impacts the external cultureConnect with Anthony CoppedgeAnthony on LinkedInConnect with Anjel B. Hartwell Leading Visionaries PodcastJoin the Leading Visionaries CommunityMake a Donation to Support the ShowCreative Age Consulting GroupAnjel on XAnjel on InstagramResourcesThe E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. GerberGoogle’s 5 Elements of a Great TeamAtomic Habits by James ClearTurn the Ship...