Meet Traycee Mayer

 

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Traycee Mayer a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Traycee, you’ve got such an interesting story, but before we jump into that, let’s first talk about a topic near and dear to us – generosity. We think success, happiness and wellbeing depends on authentic generosity and empathy and so we’d love to hear about how you become such a generous person – where do you think your generosity comes from?

My generosity comes from my parents and somehow with my exposure to leading others at a very young age I have managed to kick it up several notches.

I remember from a young age that my parents where generous, involved in the community, church, cub scouts and girl scouts. Not only was my dad always prepared (and then some) for a garage sale, camping expedition or to help a neighbor, he instilled in us a sense of responsibility to anything we would come across.

Later in my years I realized I felt it very normal to give something to someone, not because it was their birthday or a special occasion, but just because they liked it, or their life might have been easier because of it.

I remember my dad telling me once that something can only be yours if you give it away. I have a tremendous amount of responsibility for what I can do for others, sharing what I have with those less fortunate and often hearing my friends and family tell me it would not hurt for me to sometimes be more selfish.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

My passion is in other’s leadership development and a sense of impact… I feel they might have on their employees to help them  all be exponentially successful.

In my 40 plus years of experience in leadership and leading large teams in full-service hotels, venues, convention centers and business facilities I have always felt it was the support and connection to the employees who made or broke the level of success in a business. Financially, retaining top talent, succession, positive growth and so on are all areas that would be affected by the strength of the leader getting the best from their employees and everyone around them.

In my style of human connection which I also call leadership it is caring enough about those you lead and how they lead others that makes a difference. It is treating each person uniquely, not just fairly, so that they could thrive and succeed. All of this positive forward movement in the company through human capital is the trajectory of success.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

The journey of making choices in my leadership path of over 40 years is outlined through short stories in my newly published book, The Leadership Contradiction. Therefore, being conscious of choices you make is an important skill.

Secondly, making a genuine human connection with each person you work with, no matter the relation, is crucial to your own success but even more important to theirs. In this universe, we do impact others whether you notice it or not. Being qualified, credentialed and well-practiced as a leadership and business coach helps the odds be more favorable.

Finally, knowing that loving myself, taking the time to level up my own skills as well as breathing and staying healthy will lead to me being the best leader for others, both directly and as a mentor.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

I firmly believe that it takes a village so to speak, or at the very least a very open mind and sense of listening and observing those around you. As humans we do not have to make every mistake that is out there and still have plenty of opportunity to grow from others if we pay attention.

Friends of mine who I admire and have been strong leaders share lessons with me so that I don’t have to make the same mistakes, and I can still learn. I believe in paying it forward so that I can also share my lessons with others. I try to pay it forward, backward and anyway I can in order to be a good human and help others level up faster than they might otherwise.

This is where true love and kindness come in. It is a simple human behavior. Simple, though not always easy for some of us but it gets easier when we learn to celebrate other people’s success.

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