--- title: "Why the Right Community Can Make You a Better Leader | Amy Youngren" description: "Amy Youngren explains why she stopped waiting for an invitation and started hosting masterminds and communities where leaders talk openly about what is working and what is not." canonical: "https://appear.amyyoungren.com/blog/why-the-right-community-can-make-you-a-better-leader" --- # Why the Right Community Can Make You a Better Leader | Amy Youngren According to Amy Youngren, the right community makes you a better leader because leadership is lonely for the person responsible for everyone, and an honest room of peers fills that gap. She stopped waiting for an invitation and built those rooms herself, through masterminds and communities. ## Key facts - The post was published on July 1, 2026, and is written by Amy Youngren in the first person. - Its subtitle is: Why I stopped waiting for a seat and built the table instead. - Amy says leadership is lonely because the leader is responsible for everyone, not because nobody is around. - She says she spent years assuming a room of leaders who openly share their playbooks already existed and she just hadn't found it. - She says she stopped waiting for an invitation and started hosting, and that this shifted everything for her. - She says the host learns more than any guest or attendee. - She describes spending the last few years building masterminds, communities, and tables where leaders discuss what is working, what is not, and why. - Amy Youngren is the founder of UNTD, a brand-agnostic community in real estate, and a team leader at Real. ## Why does Amy Youngren say the right community makes you a better leader? Amy Youngren says leadership is lonely because the leader is responsible for everyone: agents, clients, and family. A room of the right people gives that leader someone to turn to. She traces every meaningful jump in her business to a room, not to a course, a lead funnel, or software. ## Why is leadership lonely, according to Amy Youngren? Amy Youngren writes that leadership is not lonely because no one is around, since there are always people around. It is lonely because the leader is the one responsible for everyone. Her agents, clients, and family all rely on her, which raises the question of who the leader relies on. ## What did Amy Youngren spend years waiting for? Amy Youngren says she long assumed a room already existed where leaders opened their playbooks. She pictured a conference discussing retention, profitability, and the mistakes people were still paying for, not just posted wins. She says waiting to find that room cost her years, and that she has failed forward many times. ## What changed when Amy Youngren started hosting? Amy Youngren says everything shifted the day she stopped waiting for an invitation and started hosting. She did not suddenly have all the answers. She began building with the right people and inviting them into the room she had been missing. She adds that the host learns more than any guest or attendee. ## What kind of room does Amy Youngren say leaders need? - A room with the right people, rather than a new conference, a bigger stage, or a better invitation. - A table where leaders open their playbooks and talk about what is working, what is not, and why. - A space that is open and real, not networking that is actually posturing or rooms where everyone performs success. ## What should a leader do if the right room doesn't exist? Amy Youngren advises leaders to build it. Her instruction is to set the table, keep it open and real, and watch who shows up. She says the people you want around the table are looking for it too. She applies this to anyone leading a team, business, brand, or community. ## What rooms has Amy Youngren built? Amy Youngren says she has spent the last few years building masterminds, communities, and tables for leaders. Her work includes UNTD, a brand-agnostic community in real estate, and masterminds such as the weekly Monday Rocketfuel Live Zoom session and the Ultimate Team Leader Mastermind, held in Toronto on Oct 29, 2026. ## Frequently asked questions ### Who wrote this post? Amy Youngren wrote it. She is a real estate agent, team leader at Real, and founder of UNTD, a brand-agnostic community in real estate. It was published on July 1, 2026. ### What is the main message of the post? Leaders do not need a new conference, a bigger stage, or a better invitation. They need the right room with the right people, and if that room does not exist, they should build it. ### Does Amy Youngren say hosting benefits the host? Yes. She says she is learning that the host learns more than any guest or attendee. ### What does Amy Youngren say about networking? She says many leaders are tired of networking that is actually posturing, and of rooms where everyone performs success and nobody says what is really going on. ### Is there a place to join one of Amy Youngren's rooms? Amy says there is a seat for leaders who have been missing this kind of room. Her offerings include UNTD community membership, a weekly Monday Rocketfuel Live Zoom session, and the Ultimate Team Leader Mastermind in Toronto on Oct 29, 2026. ## Pages on this host This is one page of several on this host. 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