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What does real leadership look like when your STR company is growing faster than you can keep up?

In this episode of Get Paid for Your Pad, Eric Moeller (CEO of Freewyld and Freewyld Foundry) and Kaye Putnam (Head of Marketing at Freewyld) take you behind the scenes of what it takes to lead, scale, and sustain a high-growth short-term rental business, without losing your sanity or your team.

They share how to evolve from attack mode to strategic leadership, how to build a strong culture of A-player talent, and what it really means to lead with humility and curiosity in a remote-first hospitality company.

You’ll discover:

• Why “pressure is a privilege” for fast-growing STR leaders

• How to stop micromanaging and start empowering your team

• The real difference between managing and leading

• How to identify and elevate A-players in your organization

• What it takes to build culture inside a remote STR team

• How to have hard conversations without ego or conflict

Eric and Kaye also unpack the leadership shift from control to clarity, the role of overcommunication in scaling, and why defining culture early is the key to sustainable growth in hospitality.

💡 Topics Covered:

• Leadership in the short-term rental and hospitality industry

• Building culture and alignment in remote STR teams

• Servant leadership and the “humble and hungry” mindset

• From operator to strategic CEO in STR growth

• Leading through pressure, uncertainty, and rapid scaling

🔗 Relevant Links:

Learn more about Freewyld Foundry → https://www.freewyldfoundry.com

Follow Eric Moeller → https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmoeller/

Follow Kaye Putnam → https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayeputnam/

Follow Freewyld → https://www.linkedin.com/company/freewyldfoundry

Keywords:

leadership, Airbnb, short-term rentals, team culture, property management, hospitality, Freewyld, Freewyld Foundry, STR growth, scaling teams, servant leadership, conscious leadership, leadership mindset, vacation rentals, hospitality business, Airbnb host, remote leadership

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Leadership in STR: Building A-Player Teams That Scale

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