Developing Your Rockstar Team
“Our job, as a leader, is to empower somebody to better handle and deal with the circumstances in their life.”
- Shelagh Cummins
No great business is built by one person alone. Developing a superstar team is a vital piece of the entrepreneurial puzzle, whether you’re bringing on contractors or employees.
But unless you’re very lucky, not every member of your team will perform perfectly right out of the gate. Sometimes, this can be solved through leadership… but sometimes, you need to let go.
In this episode, you’ll learn tips and strategies for dealing with both situations.
Setting quantifiable goals and expectations is the best way to assess the performance of your team — and figure out if they provide value.
If you keep someone on your payroll just because they’re facing challenges in their life, that may make you feel good — but it won’t do your business any favours. There are ways to offer support that won’t burn through your business’s budget!
Whether you’re just starting to hire or already have your dream team, the Road to Seven’s 9 Essential Profit Levers training is a vital tool to help you determine which levers you should be pulling right now! See the link below to access this free training!
In this episode of the Road to Seven podcast, you’ll discover:
How to know when to take the difficult step of ending a business relationship as a leader
The difference between empowering an employee and enabling them — and why sometimes “goodbye and good luck” is the kinder choice
The importance of having KPIs for each role in your business (with examples)
Highlights:
01:13 Introduction & 9 Essential Profit Levers
03:20 Low-performing team members
04:26 “Extraneous circumstances”
05:53 Empowering v. enabling
07:33 Being liked isn’t the most important thing
08:39 Quantifiable expectations
10:33 KPI/JEP examples
13:22 The bottom 20%
14:00 Handling the hard conversation
16:08 Leadership
Links:
9 Essential Profit Levers
https://cummins.kartra.com/page/R27Blueprint
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