Episode 20

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Published on:

8th Nov 2023

Learning AND Growing From Your Mistakes – A Conversation with Sean Vanslyke

Imagine being a 22 year old in your first leadership role and making the decision to fire one of your employees.

Now imagine that you’re that same leader but now 30 years have passed.

How might that one event shape your career?

What perspectives would you have gained about people, about relationships, and about your leadership style would you expect to have?

That’s exactly what we’re going to dive into on this episode of Confidence Covered by Humility.

Discussion Points:

  • Leadership lessons at a very young age
  • Working 80-90 hours as a young husband & father
  • Firing an employee at age 22
  • Coaching young leaders
  • Treating people with dignity & respect
  • Leading with Humility
  • Leading with Confidence
  • Creating an organization that people WANT to work for
  • "My door is always open..."
  • The differences between being a CEO and "Head Coach"

Sean's Contact Info

Text/Call Sean directly at (573) 703-7694

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Sean's Bio

Sean Vanslyke is CEO and Head Coach of SEMO Electric Cooperative and GoSEMO Fiber. More importantly, he is a dad, a grandpa and founder of The Friday Feature. With more than 30 years of leading teams, Sean serves as a guide and mentor to individuals because he loves to see people do things they never thought were possible.

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About the Podcast

Confidence Covered By Humility
Lead your company, your small businesses, your team, and your home with humble confidence. James Mayhew partners with business leaders who want to build a culture that performs, inspires confidence in others, and serve with extraordinary excellence.
Leadership coach, James Mayhew, explores what it takes to lead your company, your small businesses, your teams, and your home with humble confidence.

James Mayhew partners with business leaders who want to build a culture that performs, inspires confidence in others, and serve with extraordinary excellence.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrmayhew/

High Performance Workplace Culture Video Series
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James Mayhew

James Mayhew is an expert on organizational culture and values-based leadership. He is the former chief culture officer for one of the fastest growing small business in the country leading them to also becoming one of the most attractive workplaces in the Midwest.
 
James partners with business leaders to build world-class workplaces through his Purpose Driven Teams framework which seamlessly integrates strategic direction, execution disciplines and organizational culture, helping company leaders have assurance they have excellent people doing exceptional work on the most important things.