From the course: Grammy Award-Winning Producer Tricky Stewart (Thirty Minute Mentors)

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Managing big egos

Managing big egos

- Something else that I want to hear from your perspective which I also think is applicable to leaders, across industries. Has been your experience managing people who may have big egos, certainly have big names, are collecting big paychecks. Your job as a manager, as a leader, is to bring out the best in the talent that you're leading. And you shared a few of your thoughts around how you approach that. But the people who you're working with, are household name entertainers. How does that impact how you ultimately manage the people around you, and what advice do you have for other leaders on how to manage people who might have big egos, might be collecting big paychecks, might not necessarily be the easiest people to manage. - I think the biggest thing is for me, is to not have an ego myself. So I have to check my ego at the door always. But one of the things is to be prepared. You're handling big egos. Preparation of…

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