Learning AND Growing From Your Mistakes – A Conversation with Sean Vanslyke

Imagine being a 22 year old in your first leadership role and making the decision to fire one of your employees.

Now imagine that you’re that same leader but now 30 years have passed.

How might that one event shape your career?

What perspectives would you have gained about people, about relationships, and about your leadership style would you expect to have?

That’s exactly what we’re going to dive into on this episode of Confidence Covered by Humility.

Discussion Points:

• Leadership lessons at a very young age
• Working 80-90 hours as a young husband & father
• Firing an employee at age 22
• Coaching young leaders
• Treating people with dignity & respect
• Leading with Humility
• Leading with Confidence
• Creating an organization that people WANT to work for
• "My door is always open..."
• The differences between being a CEO and "Head Coach"

Sean's Contact Info

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Sean's Bio

Sean Vanslyke is CEO and Head Coach of SEMO Electric Cooperative and GoSEMO Fiber. More importantly, he is a dad, a grandpa and founder of The Friday Feature. With more than 30 years of leading teams, Sean serves as a guide and mentor to individuals because he loves to see people do things they never thought were possible.

I’m James Mayhew and I am blessed to partner with leaders to build purpose-driven organizations that are filled with talented people doing exceptional work on the most important things.

Thank you for listening! 

– James