Aug. 23, 2026

Leaders NEVER Grow With These Habits

Leaders NEVER Grow With These Habits
The Manager's Mic With Paul Leon, MBA
Leaders NEVER Grow With These Habits

Paul Leon, MBA, breaks down the habits that quietly erode trust, rapport, and psychological safety within a team. Paul draws on his experience interviewing more than 20 leaders, working with over 500 teams, and studying organizational leadership to explain what to stop doing and what to do instead. In this episode, he focuses on five common leadership mistakes and offers practical replacements, from how you give feedback to how you talk about change to how you protect work-life balance.

Paul Leon, MBA, breaks down the habits that quietly erode trust, rapport, and psychological safety within a team. Paul draws on his experience interviewing more than 20 leaders, working with over 500 teams, and studying organizational leadership to explain what to stop doing and what to do instead. In this episode, he focuses on five common leadership mistakes and offers practical replacements, from how you give feedback to how you talk about change to how you protect work-life balance.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:17 - Criticizing Everything

02:52 - Don't Let People See You Sweat

03:31 - Working With People Who Are Only Like You

04:49 - Expecting People to Work While Away.

6:08 - Believing You Cannot Learn Leadership

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