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Whether you lead a team of one or one hundred, it’s critical to think about your role as a leader and how you’re going to lead based on your values. For our guest today, that comes down to having the courage to acknowledge past mistakes and use them to learn and grow. Today on the Real Food Brands Podcast, host and Food & Bev Brand Strategist Katie Mleziva talks to Sadie Scheffer, CEO and Founder of Bread SRSLY, a gluten-free vegan sourdough bread company based in Berkeley, CA. In this episode, we talk about how Sadie leads through shared values, and the big lesson she learned about how her team can grow faster by learning together. In This Episode: How a crush led Sadie to drop out of MIT and get into gluten-free baking. Why leadership starts with who you are and what values you have – for yourself and your business. How Sadie thinks of company culture. The values statements Bread SRSLY uses to keep aligned and why they are all verbs. Why Sadie encourages her team to make mistakes. What Sadie realized about her own leadership style that was getting in the way of her team’s growth. How being a confident leader helped Sadie step onto multiple Pitch Slam stages in the past few years. Resources: Bread SRSLY @BreadSRSLY on Instagram Dare to Lead by Brené Brown Connect with Katie on LinkedIn Real Food Brands Brand Checkup Scorecard Real Food Brands Marketing Roundtable Facebook Group Real Food Brands website