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Leading With Vulnerability: Radical Honesty, Facing Conflict & Less Authority with Keith Ferrazzi

Keith Ferrazzi is a renowned executive team coach, keynote speaker, influential thought leader and founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, where he has spent more than 20 years coaching Fortune 500 companies and unicorn startups. Keith challenges the way we work to achieve more connection and collaboration, with a revolutionary shift from leadership to teamship. His columns are regularly published in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine. Ferrazzi is also the New York Times Bestselling author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back. His latest book, Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship, (Harper Business, Nov. 12, 2024) draws on two decades of coaching experience and insights from 3,000+ diagnostic
assessments with leading organizations.


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You already know how important building your positive peer group is for your brain. The same principles apply to your team within the workplace. It’s common to look at your coworkers or employees as a group of individuals. But what if there was a way to turn your team into a cohesive, collaborative unit?

How do you build a team that genuinely cares for each other?

Our guest today challenges the traditional notions of leadership focusing instead on the power of teamship. Keith Ferrazzi is an executive team coach, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of the iconic book, Never Eat Alone. He’s here to talk about his latest book, Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship.

It isn’t important that everyone on your team has the exact same struggle. They just have to know that you all struggle together. Instead of committing to the same mission, you commit to push each other to higher levels as one group. Listen in as Keith talks about how to move beyond leadership to develop truly collaborative, supportive, and high-performing teamships.

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"The courage to step up and do things that feel anxiety driven, is entirely dependent on your peer community and your team."

Keith Ferrazzi

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**This week’s show notes are taken from the video — enjoy!**

This is how you build a team that genuinely cares for and trusts each other. [2:48]
What is a high-return practice? Keith explains. [6:25]
The book is structured to highlight this foundation. [13:21]
It’s important that your team feels they can challenge each other and senior management. Here’s how to create that dynamic. [15:23]
This is how you foster connection and teamwork in a digital and remote environment. [18:10]
You can build relationship and collaborative muscles by doing this. [21:50]
This is where you find the courage to do the difficult things at work. [24:51]
Keith hopes readers take this away from reading his book, Never Lead Alone. [28:24]
Is it possible to lead without authority? This is what Keith believes. [30:00]
This is what Keith is excited about right now. [32:14]

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Be sure to visit his website, here.

Don’t forget to grab a copy of his latest book, Never Lead Alone, here.

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