21. Stop Being the Only Leader in Your Community

Brianna Leever
Jul 8
2 min read

In this episode, we’re hearing from Burnt Out and Bound by Dependency. Our letter today deals with the exhausting dynamic where you're the one person everyone is dependent upon for value in the community, and how to shift away from that.

To better help Burnt Out and Bound by Dependency, I invited Pia Silva as my guest expert. She's the founder of the No BS Agency Mastery community, which has been running since 2021. During that time she managed to leave the place where she was the main source of value and develop community leaders to also provide value.

So, tune in for lessons on how to transition between platforms, reset expectations, gracefully deal with internal drama, and leadership development done the right way.

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In this episode:

(03:23) The communitea: Burnt Out and Bound by Dependency’s letter

(04:56) Pia's No BS Agency Mastery community

(06:08) Transitioning from Facebook to Circle and resetting expectations

(12:33) How Pia developed her star students into leaders and support coaches

(16:37) The compensation model for Pia's community leaders

(17:53) Gracefully handling an issue with a misaligned leader

(23:49) The importance of honesty and transparency within your community

(25:52) Find your ideal vision for your community and work backwards

(27:32) How Pia is scaling her community while maintaining the feeling of intimacy

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Noteworthy quotes

“Above all else, how can I protect everybody in this space and make everyone feel like I'm putting their best interest at heart?” - Pia Silva

“ It's very tempting to sweep those messy relationships, those messy dynamics under the rug and just hope that they don't affect the rest of the community. But I think when you do that, it gives the situation way more power rather than if you nip it in the bud." - Bri Leever

Pia Silva

Pia Silva is the founder of No BS Agency Mastery where she teaches 1-2 person branding agencies to scale to $30k months without employees. She’s a TEDx speaker, host of The No BS Agency podcast, and the author of Badass Your Brand.

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Bri Leever

Bri got her start building a community and growing it to a multi-million dollar revenue stream for a social enterprise in Portland, OR. Now, she supports folks used to running their business on content, coaching, and consulting to create their community offer. She's a Community Strategist by day and a Campervan host by night on the Big Island of Hawaii and you'll usually find her on, in, or under the water.

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