The Seven Issues Behind 95% of Leadership Pain | Dorothy & Garland Vance - E53 - Leadership Unlocked

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Dusty sits down with Garland and Dorothy Vance - co-founders of Unleashed Leadership - for a candid and insightful conversation about the difference between being remembered as a hero or a villain in the lives of those you lead. Drawing from decades spent researching, testing, and refining leadership development - from running a 15-year “leadership laboratory” inside a nonprofit to building their own firm - the Vances unpack the core philosophies that shape their work: humility, character, courage, and the responsibility leaders carry at the dinner tables of the people they influence. Garland introduces the provocative lens that every leader will be talked about in heroic or villainous terms, while Dorothy emphasizes honoring every person with dignity and respect, regardless of role. Together, they explore the tension between being liked and being needed, the courage required to have hard conversations, the shift from leading teams to leading leaders, and the seven root issues - character, competence, capacity, clarity, community, culture, and consistency - that drive 95% of organizational pain.

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