# Ep. 016: Patience Pays: Why Slow and Steady Wins the Leadership Race

An episode of [Bred To Lead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6822899168), 21 Aug 2024, 48 min.

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YOUR PREPARATION BEFORE THE PROMOTION DECIDES WHETHER YOU SHINE OR BURN Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs tells the story of Alex and Jamie, who start in hospital administration together. Alex jumps at every promotion, reaches senior management first, then struggles with imposter syndrome. Jamie spends three to five years mastering each role and walks into the executive seat ready on day one. IN THIS EPISODE • The four levels of skill development: confidence, efficiency, proficiency and mastery • Five reasons patience pays: skills, relationships, organizational understanding, credibility and less burnout • What King David's road from shepherd to king teaches about being number one at every role • Why you should already be able to do 70% of the next job before you take it YOUR CHALLENGE Before you chase the next title, ask yourself honestly: am I the best at the job I have right now? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Bred To Lead is powered by SIPS Healthcare Solutions. BredToLead.com SterileByDesign.com SIPSHealthcare.com

## Transcript

Ep 016 Patience Pays: Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, bridge builders, to another amazing episode of Bread to Lead. I am your host, Dr. Jake Taylor Jacobs, and today we're diving into a topic that's crucial for every aspiring healthcare leader, which is the power of patience in your leadership journey. and before we jump into our main topic, let's take a moment to reflect on last week's episode about next up leadership. Many of you have actually reached out with aspiring and inspiring stories about how you're implementing these principles in your organizations. It's truly heartening to see so many of you taking proactive steps to develop the next generation of healthcare leaders. Your commitment to building bridges and fostering growth in your teams is exactly what we need in today's healthcare sex landscape. So give yourself a round of applause. Give yourself a round of applause. For all of the hard work that you're implementing as a bridge builder in this space. So if you want to leave comments of successes of you listening to this podcast and seeing change within your organization, please do not hesitate to go to breadtolie.com and on the site, you will see where you can actually leave your responses and testimonials of what you're implementing so that we can give you a shout out on the show. It is a top 50 podcast show in the entire country, United States of America. So it's definitely a great place for you to build your brand, say your name, and talk about the great things that you're doing at the facilities and organizations that you're currently at. So listen, this podcast is founded by SIPS Healthcare Solutions, a workforce management and staffing firm that specializes in Turning around central sterile processing departments within healthcare systems and providing support in other areas and perioperative services before, during, and after a patient surgery. But although this podcast isn't a healthcare leadership podcast, we believe that this

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