What happens when the person you answer to isn't seeing your value, or isn't someone you fully trust?

In this episode of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast, host Ralph E. Owens II and co-host Terry Baylor sit down with Lawrence Scott, a United States Military Academy at West Point graduate and former Army officer, for Part 2 of their conversation on leading under pressure.

Lawrence breaks down why every leader above you is a "giant, not a god," how trust with a superior is built through excellence in small, unglamorous tasks long before you're ever handed a big idea, and why understanding what actually motivates your leader (data vs. results) is the key to being heard. This conversation also unpacks resilience, why you need a reason before you need a method, and how to stop letting past betrayals write the story of who you are.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why the people you answer to are fallible, not untouchable
- How trust is built through small tasks before big ideas
- How to identify what motivates your specific leader
- Why resilience requires a reason before it requires a method
- How to stop being incapacitated by past betrayal
- Why telling the truth is the most overlooked leadership skill

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:06 Giants Are Just Giants, Not Gods
03:44 Awareness, Arrogance, and Knowing Your Value
07:34 Adaptive Change and Leading in the Middle
09:51 Trust Before Technique: Leading Your Leader
13:26 What You Do After: Owning Your Response
16:19 Fall Out of Love With Your Story
19:47 Injured vs. Incapacitated
20:23 Bleed Awhile: Fight, Fall, Bleed, Rise
22:08 Resilience Requires a Reason

ABOUT LAWRENCE SCOTT:
Lawrence Scott is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, a former Army officer, and a certified member of the John Maxwell Team. He has spent over a decade coaching executives, teams, and professional athletes on leadership, communication, and purposeful living.

Full episode & show notes: https://www.leadershipsovereignty.com/ep187

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