I forgot to practice what I preached

I am happily occupied with an interesting project. One of the initiatives includes developing learning modules for the global team.  I decided on the training curriculum and assigned different members as video content creator.  I am also the creator of the first learning module.

I work closely with P on his presentation as his module is key because his presentation content builds on the knowledge acquired from the past learning modules.  He needs to weave all the knowledge learned and presents to the audience in a simple and engaging way.  At the end, there is a call to action for the global teams to present the information to their customers.  He has created a very personable and engaging presentation that I believe will be well received when we rollout his learning video.

Consistently, I always tell my team that I prefer to hash out details and make adjustment accordingly before sharing information with the outside the team. I have established a good rapport and understanding with my team that they can voice their opinion and share their positive or negative or neutral feedback.  I asked P and was respectfully told that I was regimented and stiff after he had listened to my video recording. Since then I have made adjustment to my video. Now, I am anxious to hear the feedback after it is released at the end of the month.

The irony is I have been pounding at P to create an engaging presentation and to avoid coming across as a factoid overload type of technical presentation. Yet, it only donned to me much later that I did not practice what I preached.  I did not lead by example. Shame on me as a leader!