#96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership

When we study really fabulous leaders and we ask that question, what do they do that other people don't do? How quickly you can find certain things, but I'm always surprised. of how many leaders who don't know each other have come from different places, different experiences, different generations, and they all do some of the same things that you and I have never been taught to do. And so that's always surprising to me. Every time I find a new admired leadership behavior, I'm always shocked that I couldn't see it before, didn't see it before, and how ubiquitous it is across most of the leaders that I've ever studied. I just couldn't see it until the pattern emerged. And uh but once it emerges, it's pretty It's it's both surprising and and very empowering.

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This week I'm talking with Randall Stutman, the founder and co-head of the Leadership Practice at CRA and the Admired Leadership Institute. Now Randall is one of the most incredible executive coaches in the world. And like a lot of extraordinary people, he generally prefers to remain behind the scenes. I could give you a roster of his clients, but it would seem like I'm name dropping. Leadership is a bit of a tricky topic. It seems like everybody has an opinion. You know, what attracted me to Randall in the first place is our shared belief that leadership is about what we do Not what we say.

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