The leader who says they do not have time to develop people has already decided who leaves next.

In this episode of A Student of Leadership, Robert Adams explores The Spoon, the fifth piece of the Place Setting Framework, and what it actually means to pour into the people around you without keeping score.

Development is not a luxury. It is the leadership act that determines whether you have a team worth leading in twelve months.

In this episode:

- Why the most impactful leadership act is also the most consistently neglected

- Tim Etherington-Judge and the story of Healthy Hospo: what happens when a leader decides to pour into an entire industry

- Monica Rothgery: from mopping floors at KFC at fifteen to COO of KFC US, and the development culture that made it possible

- Three development conversations every leader needs to have monthly, and why ten minutes each is enough

- The hardest version of The Spoon: developing someone who eventually surpasses you

- Where AI genuinely helps with development and where the human act remains irreplaceable

The three development conversations:

01. The direction conversation. Where is this person headed, and is the work moving them toward it?

02. The obstacle conversation. What is actually in the way right now, from their perspective?

03. The recognition conversation. Specific. Observed. What it says about who they are becoming.

Referenced this week:

Tim Etherington-Judge: founder of Healthy Hospo, a movement built around genuine investment in the wellbeing of hospitality workers. Verified via multiple hospitality publications.

Monica Rothgery: started at KFC at fifteen, rose to COO of KFC US. Development philosophy documented via Nation's Restaurant News and multiple leadership publications.

Episode 62: The Daily Act Is the Leadership Act. Available now in your podcast feed.

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