<p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Catalytic leadership requires a fundamental shift from abdication to intentionality, focusing on the DNA of your team as your most important asset.</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dr. William Attaway of the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Catalytic Leadership Podcast</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> shares how leading yourself is the hardest task you will ever face, but scaling a business to the 6 and 7-figure mark demands developing leadership as a specific skill. By transitioning from a startup mentality to a CEO perspective, entrepreneurs learn that "what got you here won’t get you there," necessitating new systems, processes, and a commitment to hiring the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">right</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> people rather than just "warm bodies."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Attaway emphasizes that success in both leadership and podcasting comes from </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">evaluated experience</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">—the habit of asking what went right, what went wrong, and what to do differently next time. By amping his production to twice per week, he leverages his podcast as a high-value networking tool that builds deep trust with his target audience of marketing agency owners. This approach ensures that every conversation is an opportunity for relationship-building and authority-building, moving beyond "coasting" into a proactive pursuit of excellence that resonates with high-level leaders.</span></p>