Lead Like a CEO Without the Title 🚀

Learn how to lead like a CEO without the title! In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, Mike Phillips sits down with executive leadership coach and author Jim Saliba to uncover the secrets of stepping into your leadership potential, even if you don't have the formal title. Jim shares his inspiring journey from programmer to VP at a multibillion-dollar software company, his challenges in unlearning and relearning leadership skills, and actionable tips to start leading, delegating, and owning your space right now.

Discover the mindset shifts, practical strategies, and small experiments that can help you transition from a doer or fixer to a true leader. Whether you're an aspiring leader or a seasoned professional, this conversation is packed with insights to elevate your leadership game. Don't wait for the title—start leading today!

The big idea driving this conversation:
👉 Leading like a CEO without needing a new title.

Too many strong leaders get stuck in constant firefighting. Jim helps directors, VPs, and senior leaders shift from reactive mode to real leadership by building clarity, ownership, and strategic leverage inside the role they already have.

🔧 Tools of the Trade: Top Takeaways Leaders Can Use Right Now (5)
1️⃣ Seek your own leadership training - Promotions often come without preparation. The leaders who grow fastest proactively pursue development instead of waiting for the company to “fix” them.
2️⃣ Unlearn “doing” to make room for “leading” - If you stay the doer and fixer, you will keep getting doer and fixer work. Leadership requires stepping out of execution to build direction, systems, and leverage.
3️⃣ Ownership beats accountability - Accountability focuses on delivering tasks. Ownership focuses on building the system that delivers consistent results through the team.
4️⃣ Delegate, don’t dump - Delegation is not dropping tasks and disappearing. It includes clarity, checkpoints, milestones, and support so the team learns and grows.
5️⃣ Lead with questions, not just instructions -Questions create ownership, alignment, and thinking. Statements create compliance. Asking someone to repeat the assignment in their own words prevents costly miscommunication.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
01:17 - Training Program Overview
07:35 - Unlearn to Relearn Concepts
10:34 - Leadership Responsibilities
12:07 - Mindset Shifts for Effective Leaders
18:02 - Leading Like a CEO Without a Title
22:44 - Leadership Progression Strategies
25:10 - Personal Presentation in Leadership
29:17 - Leadership Experiments and Insights
30:30 - The Power of Questions in Leadership
31:47 - Leadership Training Approaches
36:00 - Connecting with Jim Saliba
36:50 - Building Legendary Leaders Podcast Insights
39:17 - Final Thoughts on Leadership
40:00 - Thank You and Goodbye

If you are leading a team, a department, or a growing organization and feel like you are doing everything but leading, this conversation is for you.

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