Why Do You Want to Be a Leader?—with Andy Karesa - EP040

Career Confessions

English - September 20, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
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We don’t expect runners to win a marathon the first time they lace up their shoes. And yet, most of us are waiting for a promotion to start practicing our leadership skills.

What if you started showing up as a leader regardless of the role you have right now?

Andy Karesa is a successful engineer with a decade of experience in the oil and gas industry. He also runs Karesa Consulting, a leadership coaching practice dedicated to equipping and empowering the next generation of leaders.

On this episode of Career Confessions, Andy joins me to explain how playing high-level sports taught him what good leadership looks like and challenge you to show up as a leader no matter what title you have right now.

Andy discusses the importance of understanding WHY you want to be a leader, describing how it helps you ‘embrace the suck’ of making difficult decisions once you do have the corner office.

Listen in for insight on employing the be-do-have methodology for achieving your goals and find out if Andy is the right fit to help YOU grow your leadership competency.

Key Takeaways

Andy’s mission to equip, enable and empower the next generation of leaders

How playing high-level sports taught Andy what good leadership looks like

Andy’s advice on showing up as a leader no matter what title you have right now

How Andy defines leadership as providing direction without force

How to employ the be-do-have methodology for achieving your goals

Why Andy focuses on helping clients understand WHY they want to be a leader

How your WHY helps you ‘embrace the suck’ of making difficult decisions

What questions to ask to make sure you want to lead for the right reasons

Why it’s crucial to determine what success means to you

How Andy serves young people who want to grow their leadership competency

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