Leading Through External Forces with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What does it look like to lead your team through external forces and distractions in a powerful way?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is another one of those universal things that everyone is feeling right now. In this episode, co-hosts Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask share some personal examples from their own lives and work. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richard just got back from one of his first business trips in a long time. He gathered with 150  leaders/founders/executives for the War Room Mastermind, and all of them are feeling the strain of external forces wreaking havoc in their own lives and their employees’. Jeff says it’s a recurring theme with his coaching clients as well. Just as quickly as leaders feel like they’ve gotten a handle on it, a new distraction rears its head.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as they offer some grounding practices and habits that will enable you to be the leader of your life and the owner of your circumstances. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>How Can You Lead Well In Spite of What’s Going On?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a billion external forces, scenarios, you could be dealing with at any given time. Then each person who reports to you could be dealing with one of a billion of their own. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the past 10 days, Richard had every refrigerator in his home go out, multiple A/C units broke, his back fence fell down, one of his kids had multiple Covid tests, his car broke down, his wife’s car broke down, and he had to cancel a trip. And that was just at home. He still had to show up at work every day, lead at work, lead at home, and lead and serve at War Room.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How does he show up and maintain his energy with all these external forces at play? He has to be very careful not to bring his money problems from home to work and in