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- Tamron Hall has been
a respected journalist

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for nearly three decades,
but it was when she became

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the first black female co-host
of the Today Show in 2014

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that she became a household name.

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And after a highly publicized
exit from the show in 2017,

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she took the time to
build and launch her own

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self-titled talk show.

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I met up with her during a
break from filming her show

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in Central Park, New York.

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What's maybe the one thing that
you would advise someone now

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about the business?

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You know, they look at
you maybe and think,

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I want a talk show, I want
to be on a daytime show.

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What would you advise them
from a business perspective?

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- I'll tell you, there's
great responsibility

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when you are the leader and
when your name is on the door.

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I've always led with my heart, I'm-

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Wait, no, let me hold
your hand, let me hug you.

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I am just that way and
that will never change,

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but understanding the
business relationship of it,

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the responsibility of being the leader

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during a pandemic, when your
entire team is uncertain

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if the show will continue, right?

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And they're worried about
their families and their jobs,

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and I'm worried about my family,

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but I have to stop and take care of them.

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When you are the leader, it doesn't mean

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that you're the boss, it means
that you're the comforter,

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you're the friend and sometimes, you know,

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I'm now 25 years older than some of my

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younger staff members, I'm
probably a mother figure

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and I embrace that.

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Nothing could have prepared me for that.

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So now, in my third year of this show,

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I believe and I hope I
have faced the biggest

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of the leadership challenges.

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But when I started this show,
I gave the team sweatshirts

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and it said, we have each other's backs.

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And as a business person,
as a business woman,

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I think that that is
critical for me to share

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with the next Tamron or the
next journalist who says,

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now I want to start my own-

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Whatever the version of
the podcast is, you know,

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40 years from now.

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What does that look like?

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And it's been overwhelming at times,

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but it's been exhilarating.

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And I hope that I remain the leader

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that my team wants me to
be and needs me to be,

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and I can share those lessons
with more and more journalists

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who start to venture into being

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their own business, their own brand.