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Stop Trying To Be A Leader (Do This Instead)

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Stop obsessing over being “more strategic”—start building a team people would actually choose to follow if titles disappeared tomorrow.

Most leadership advice teaches you how to act like a leader.
In this episode of Heartbeat, I sit down with speaker, coach, and author Antonio Neves (Stop Trying to Be a Leader) to unpack how to become someone people actually want to follow—especially when your title and authority aren’t enough.

If you’re a CIO, CTO, or tech leader trying to “be more of a leader,” this is your pattern interrupt. The real move isn’t more leadership content—it’s shifting from performing leadership to building something worth following: clarity, standards, systems, and trust.

In this conversation, we cover:

  • Why trying to “be a leader” creates leadership theater, not real change

  • The hidden cost of being the hero: decision bottlenecks, burnout, and fragile teams

  • How great CIOs lead by building clear systems, not louder personalities

  • The difference between influence you own vs. influence you rent from your title

  • A practical shift from “How do I show up as a leader?” to
    “What system am I building that others can trust?”

Resources

📖 Antonio’s book: Stop Trying to Be a Leader on Amazon
https://a.co/d/dFIkejR

  continue reading

23 episodes

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Content provided by Mike Sommer. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Mike Sommer or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Stop obsessing over being “more strategic”—start building a team people would actually choose to follow if titles disappeared tomorrow.

Most leadership advice teaches you how to act like a leader.
In this episode of Heartbeat, I sit down with speaker, coach, and author Antonio Neves (Stop Trying to Be a Leader) to unpack how to become someone people actually want to follow—especially when your title and authority aren’t enough.

If you’re a CIO, CTO, or tech leader trying to “be more of a leader,” this is your pattern interrupt. The real move isn’t more leadership content—it’s shifting from performing leadership to building something worth following: clarity, standards, systems, and trust.

In this conversation, we cover:

  • Why trying to “be a leader” creates leadership theater, not real change

  • The hidden cost of being the hero: decision bottlenecks, burnout, and fragile teams

  • How great CIOs lead by building clear systems, not louder personalities

  • The difference between influence you own vs. influence you rent from your title

  • A practical shift from “How do I show up as a leader?” to
    “What system am I building that others can trust?”

Resources

📖 Antonio’s book: Stop Trying to Be a Leader on Amazon
https://a.co/d/dFIkejR

  continue reading

23 episodes

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