Why High Performers Get Stuck and How Leaders Help Them Grow | Sarah Howard

What happens when being great at your job becomes the reason nobody lets you grow? If you are wondering how to manage high performers without trapping them in the role they already do well, this conversation offers a better path. Greg Aden talks with Sarah Howard, CEO and partner of Edenburg Hospitality, about her climb from hotel housekeeping to company leadership and the mentor who gave her permission to try unfamiliar work, make mistakes, and learn.

In this conversation:
- Why giving people permission to stretch and fail helps high performers become leaders
- How turning down the wrong project can serve a client better than saying yes
- What trusting employees to do the jobs you trained them for really looks like
- Why collaboration can accomplish more than compromise, and what leadership has in common with parenting

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Meet Sarah Howard
01:26 From Housekeeper to Hospitality Leader
04:39 Lessons from Red Roof
08:54 The Mentor Who Made Room for Growth
10:57 Taking a Career Risk During the Pandemic
12:43 Joining Edenburg Hospitality
16:16 Building a Business Around Service
19:34 Interaworks Sponsor Break
20:26 Learning Courage from an Unlikely Mentor
22:53 Why Good Sales Starts with Curiosity
25:08 Working as Partners
29:38 Where Hospitality Meets Audacity
31:32 Trusting Your Team to Do Their Job
32:50 What Parenting Teaches Us About Leadership
36:01 Collaboration Instead of Compromise
38:51 Believe You Belong
40:16 Greg’s Closing Thoughts

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