The Next Generation - Fractional C-Suite Retreat - Episode # 017

Joshua Bylsma is the Founder, CEO at Tradion. He believes that leadership is all about investing in others. He sees the importance of trusting those in your team for their input or perspective. He joins host Joseph Frost to talk about some of the interesting aspects he is seeing in the c-suite space. 

 

Takeaways 

 

• There is an opportunity for younger people to step up and get into the c-suite world. It can be a struggle for younger people to connect but they bring in fresh ideas. 
• Take the time to listen to others and be invested in what they are saying to you. You never know who you may inspire. 
• The most successful CEOs are the ones who are helping prepare the next generation of c-suite executives behind them.
• It’s easy to become jaded or cynical when dealing with meetings all day and constantly being bombarded but it’s important to keep being optimistic and be excited.
• You have to learn to trust your team. You hire people and surround yourself with people who are good in areas you are not and you need to trust their judgment. 
• It’s critical that you as the c-suite professional set the bar for how the employees should treat work. The work ethic, hours put in and values all stem from you.
• Leaders need to inspire and influence. You can’t be a good leader without decision making skills and influencing those around you.

 

 

Quote of the Show:

 

5:21 “I've found it's helped me even think through my own things I'm dealing with and I've learned to be a little more vulnerable, even when having those conversations with the younger generation. And I've found that just having this conversation sometimes helps me solve problems I didn't realize I needed to solve yet.”

 

26:52 “I often come back to it's my responsibility to. The bar, everything from how many hours I put into my work ethic to what's important. Um, and then communicate that out verbally, as well as my actions to the team and model that I think that's been critical. And I think it is critical.”

Links

 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshb/
• Website: https://www.tradion.io/

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