The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex - Mastering Leadership in High-Stress Environments: Insights from Law Enforcement to Business

Episode Date: April 22, 2024

“Your Network is your NETWORTH!"Make sure to add me on all SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulalex/Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/realpaulalexFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealPaulAlexYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialPaulAlexLooking for a secondary source of income or want to become an entrepreneur?Check out one of my companies below to see if we can help you:www.ATMTogether.comwww.Merchantautomation.comFREE Copy of my book “Blue to Digital Gold - The New American Dream" www.officialPaulAlex.comLeave a review, like and share to help others and let’s level up together!Explore the dynamic world of leadership in Episode 39 of our podcast, where our host shares invaluable lessons gleaned from navigating high-stress situations in law enforcement and corporate America. Drawing from seven years of experience as a former detective, he emphasizes the importance of maintaining composure and leading by example amidst chaos. Learn how to make critical decisions swiftly and decisively, even when faced with limited time and intense pressure. Discover the significance of earning respect and trust from your team by demonstrating resilience and accountability. Transitioning seamlessly from law enforcement to the corporate realm, our host illustrates the parallel between commanding respect on the streets and in the boardroom. Gain practical strategies for effectively addressing challenges, whether it's handling customer service complaints or boosting sales performance. Tune in now to elevate your leadership skills and thrive in high-stakes environments!

Welcome to the Level Up Podcast. I'm your host, Paul Alex. I went from being a cop to an eight-figure entrepreneur that helps average people like you and me make money every single day. I created this podcast to help you get motivated and to crush your goals. Let's win together.

Remember, I have your six. Get ready to level up right now. Let's talk about leadership and then also dealing with high stress situations. Look, I come from the law enforcement world where specifically I worked in the city of Oakland. The city of Oakland, as you guys know, and a lot of people reference that as a third world country, essentially. We were dealing with everything you could think about, robbery, shootings, murders, to just seeing the weirdest situations ever.

Okay. Now, what I've learned from being a police officer in that specific city for the past seven years, when I was a former detective, former cop, is that being cool, calm, collective, but then also leading by example is absolutely everything, especially in high stress situations. When there is chaos, people are always, especially when you're the police or you're a first responder, they're always looking at you for the answer. So even if you don't know, you got to know with the best intention forward. Okay. You got to make those critical decisions with a limited amount of time. And guess what? People are going to criticize you no matter what. The same thing transitions

into corporate America, guys. I've been in situations where my sales team during our monthly sales team meetings, they'll go ahead and it'll be like, well, boss, you know, we're getting shitty leads from the marketing team. And I'm like, but wait a minute, we haven't changed anything in the marketing since you guys have all started. And they're like, well, they're making a million excuses why they can't close the deals. Well, this is where I lead by example. And let's say that you are used to making half a million, a million, $2 million a month from your businesses,

guys. And this month you're in a shitty situation where you're like, oh my God, we are extremely low in sales. What are you to do as a CEO, as a founder, as an executive, whatever you are, okay? Supervisor, you lead by example. So this is what I've taught my executives, get in the trenches and show them who the best person is. And that's what we're good at here at my companies, at my organizations. We lead by example. If our guys are saying marketing is shit and we're getting shitty leads because of that reason, I'm going to go ahead and test those leads. Hey, they better be sorry if I come back after 10 sales calls and my closing ratio is at 80% and they haven't closed shit all week, okay? Because now they don't have an excuse if the boss is closing the deals. It's the same thing that goes with every situation. No matter how stressful it is,

you have to take command as a leader and lead by example. The transition from law enforcement to business is the exact same thing. You're going to get criticized. You're going to have to make decisions in a snap. In business, things go very fast and you have to transition no matter what happens, whether that's a customer service complaint or whether you're not closing deals or whether your marketing is shit, you have to make decisions very quickly and also spring into action when your team needs a leader to go ahead and lead the pack. Hope this helps. Remember, I always have your six. Make sure to share this episode with your family, friends, and anyone you care about.

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