855: 7 Leadership Lessons From My Best Bosses and the Story Behind Boss Project

Today, we’re talking about seven important lessons I learned from incredible bosses before I started my business. What inspired this episode is that tomorrow, I am meeting my old boss for lunch! This isn’t just any old boss, it’s my boss from my very first job right out of college. I interned with him and then ultimately became a full-time employee inside his agency which he still runs today. I’m so appreciative of the lessons I learned, not only from him, but all of the incredible bosses I had before I got here.  Join The Co-op - The Membership for Online Businesses Connect with Abagail Instagram All the Links! I totally believe corporate was not ultimately right for me and the way I want to show up and see my career morph over time. But I also know that I had incredible opportunities to learn from amazing mentors who had gone before me and done amazing things. These people have made me the strong leader that I am today because I was able to witness them being thoughtful in their position and how they stood by me and helped me to grow. I don’t think that everybody has this positive experience.  Today, I want to focus on the lessons I learned while working for other people, and how that’s helping me to be a better leader now. When I say leader, I don’t just mean running a staff, I mean thought leader, someone who’s in charge of fostering community, and someone who is trying to put her ideas out into the world and have them be valuable to other people - tangible, actionable things that people can hold onto. Episode Highlights What it Means to Move Fast Towards Your MVP [0:07:08]  The Single Most Important Thing About How You Do Business [0:10:12] A Lesson I Didn’t Want to Learn And Why You Should Learn It Too [0:13:03] How To Give Your People The Freedom To Get Creative [0:16:43] Why You Should Only Present Options That You Want to Pursue [0:21:51] Relying On Those Who Know More Than You Do [0:23:41] What It Looks Like To Learn From The Experts [0:27:48] The Story of Boss Project And How You Can Be A Part Of It [0:31:13] Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to bossproject.com/podcast.