SUMMARY
Today’s episode draws on the wealth of experience of GLN President and CEO, David Ashcraft, as he and GLN VP of Marketing Whitney Putnam cover a variety of topics related to working with teams. This conversation ranges from values, to empowerment, to conflict, and is absolutely full of practical leadership gems.
IN THIS EPISODE
0:00 Intro
02:00 What it’s like to be a Cowboys fan.
03:40 The advice David would give his younger self on leading teams.
06:00 How to come up with values.
08:40 Why leaders hesitate to unleash others.
11:00 What happens when teams just aren’t working.
25:00 Outro
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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS
- The advantage of teamwork is that you can compensate for each other’s weaknesses and truly be well-rounded.
- Power comes from working with teams.
- Teamwork means elevating others so that they can become experts.
- Often, you learn and discover values as you work and grow.
- Fear is usually at the root of failing to empower others.
- If you want to grow as an organization, you have to downplay the need for control, and lean into trust and empowerment.
- Leaders that are more concerned about their own platforms will erode the trust of others.
- If you elevate the organization’s platform first, your own personal platform will follow.
- Although some tension within a team is good, sometimes a leader needs to acknowledge that personnel on a team may need to change.
- There needs to be unity on the big picture issues (“Are we a train, or an airplane?”).
- Don’t bring “enemies” on to your teams.
- Conflict—even hard, challenging conflict—is fine, but keep short accounts with other team members.
- If you can resolve conflict publicly, it saves time in needing to go to individual team members.
- Consider the price someone is willing to pay to criticize you.
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