The Performance Multiplier Leadership is Overlooking

What’s the difference between being liked or a ‘good communicator’ - and building genuine ‘connection’.    And does it really matter? We’ll be unpacking that and more in this episode. According to Blake Devillier:  "Connection is a performance multiplier, not a soft skill." Blake spent 30 years in leadership roles at Old Navy, Taco Bell and Carl’s Jr.   He’s parlayed what he learned during those years into his Genuine Connection Model, a framework built around creating psychological safety and interpersonal alignment in the workplace - which based on his experience leads to measurably better performance outcomes. In this podcast Blake will be discussing: The Two Things Every Productive Relationship Needs: It's about interpersonal alignment and psychological safety.   [00:03:57 → 00:04:03] Why Leaders Hear Less Truth: "The higher you move in an organization, the less honest, the more filtered, the more censored, the more packaged information becomes when delivered to an executive, because people are afraid that if they really say what they think and feel, that that will have a negative impact on them."   [00:07:27 → 00:07:56] The Truth About Building Genuine Connection: Connection doesn't grow quickly, and it also doesn't necessarily deteriorate quickly. It's sort of both happen over time and with intention, or quite honestly, a lack of intention.   [00:09:09 → 00:09:22] The Lost Art of Paying Attention: You have to put the phone down. You can't multitask. You can't be in a space where you are formulating your response to what the person across the table is saying to you. You've just got to zero in. [00:10:13 → 00:10:27] Survival Mode Is Killing Teamwork: There is a mindset of survival of the fittest and sort of natural selection.  [00:14:00 → 00:14:17] Leadership Is Measured by Growth, Not Paperwork: Success is less about that and more about what you actually do to guide the growth of your direct reports. [00:19:01 → 00:20:19] The 4-Zone Framework for Stronger Stakeholder Relationships: "You're going to be in a different zone with likely each of your key stakeholders and just need to be intentional about what do I need to do specifically in this relationship to move us towards genuine connection?"  [00:26:58 → 00:27:13] How to Measure Employee Engagement:  I'd first want to understand where their organization is from an engagement standpoint.  [00:28:23 → 00:28:30] The Leadership Superpower Nobody Expects: When a senior leader in a relationship, in a conversation with a stakeholder, can buck that trend and really show up in that conversation and be highly engaged, You get a lot more credit for that because it sort of really bucks the trend of what people believe a senior leader is capable of based on all that they are constantly carrying on their shoulders. [00:36:38 → 00:36:38] The First 90 Days Can Make or Break Your Success: what you do in the first 90 days has a tremendous impact on your overall productivity and success in your role over time.  [00:38:37 → 00:38:49] __________________________________ About Blake Devillier   / blakedevillier   https://blakedevillier.com/    • Blake Devillier I Keynote Speaker I Connec...   ___________________________________ SEND US A MESSAGE (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1293362/fa...) THE CONSISTENT MARKETING SYSTEM Stop starting over again each month. We'll work together one-on-one to build a tailor-made system you can repeat each quarter.  Marketing gets done - on easy mode.  Get the details about the Consistent Marketing System (https://seat.fm/consistent-marketing-...) . More resources for B2B marketers at our website at seat.fm (https://seat.fm) Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm