I've been developing leaders for the last 5 years.
Bad leaders all struggled for different reasons.
The best leaders all focused on these 7 principles:
Bad leaders all struggled for different reasons.
The best leaders all focused on these 7 principles:
The Flywheel
Building a great team is like pushing a flywheel. It's really tough at first but builds momentum with each push.
Take this approach with your team, do the hard things now that will make your life easier in the future.
Building a great team is like pushing a flywheel. It's really tough at first but builds momentum with each push.
Take this approach with your team, do the hard things now that will make your life easier in the future.
Radical Candor
Radical Candor means you care personally and challenge directly. It is how you build trust. (Shout out @kimballscott)
Care Personally by being empathetic and grateful.
Challenge Directly by being straightforward and sincere with your feedback.
Radical Candor means you care personally and challenge directly. It is how you build trust. (Shout out @kimballscott)
Care Personally by being empathetic and grateful.
Challenge Directly by being straightforward and sincere with your feedback.
5 Steps of Execution
Step 1: Clear Communication
Step 2: Clarify Expectations
Step 3: Trust but Verify
Step 4: Coach to Opportunities
Step 5: Recognition and Accountability
Step 1: Clear Communication
Step 2: Clarify Expectations
Step 3: Trust but Verify
Step 4: Coach to Opportunities
Step 5: Recognition and Accountability
Fail Fast, Fail Forward
Great leaders encourage their team to take chances and use failures as an opportunity to help their team grow.
Success is built on failures.
Great leaders encourage their team to take chances and use failures as an opportunity to help their team grow.
Success is built on failures.
Prioritize Developmental
Great leaders give their team space to grow, tools to succeed, and hold them to a high standard.
Effective Development requires all three of these components.
Great leaders give their team space to grow, tools to succeed, and hold them to a high standard.
Effective Development requires all three of these components.
Focus on Strengths
The best teams focus on the value each person on the team brings.
People who focus on strengths are 6x as likely to be engaged in their work and 8% more productive.
If you see someone being great, let them know!
The best teams focus on the value each person on the team brings.
People who focus on strengths are 6x as likely to be engaged in their work and 8% more productive.
If you see someone being great, let them know!
They Focus on Outcomes
Great leaders make sure their teams understand the mission and connect their work.
Once your team understands the desired outcomes, give them guidelines to work within and impactful incentives so you can watch them be great.
Great leaders make sure their teams understand the mission and connect their work.
Once your team understands the desired outcomes, give them guidelines to work within and impactful incentives so you can watch them be great.
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