Centering Leadership Around the Span of Care—with Anthony Coppedge- EP40

To grow a business, be it a large corporation or entrepreneurial venture, you need systems and processes.

But when those systems and processes start to override the people involved, you have a problem.

So, how do you lead in a way that recognizes that people are not widgets? How do you honor your vision without discounting the very people who are bringing it to life? 

Anthony Coppedge leads the vision for how business agility is infused in Digital Sales at IBM and fuels his heart by mentoring, writing, teaching and coaching a variety of audiences.

Anthony started applying agile values from software development to marketing in 2009 and has been iterating how to reframe the dynamic between marketing, sales and product management ever since.

On this episode of Leading Visionaries, Anthony joins Anjel to differentiate management from leadership, describing how he thinks about leaders as someone people choose to follow.

Anthony explains why trust is a much better long-term motivator than fear and how business agility creates a culture of constant learning.

Listen in to understand the relationship between curiosity and trust in a business setting and learn how to shift from the span of control to a span of care, empowering your team to perform at a high level.

What You Will Learn

How Anthony thinks about leaders as someone people choose to follow

Anthony’s distinction between management and true leadership

Why trust is a much better long-term motivator than fear

Anthony’s shift from the span of CONTROL to a span of CARE in leadership

The concept of business agility characterized by constant learning

How Anthony applies an entrepreneurial mindset to leading corporate teams

How to scale a business without letting processes override people

The relationship between trust and curiosity in a business setting

Why figuring out what not to do comes before figuring out what to do

How building internal culture in a company impacts the external culture

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Resources

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

Google’s 5 Elements of a Great Team

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet

Brene Brown

Be Heard by Millions and Live Your Destiny: A Creative Age Leader’s Guide to Speak, Sell, Serve & Succeed by Anjel B. Hartwell

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