Episode description
Welcome to another episode of Calm Talks where today your hosts provide you with tips and insights to help you become a better leader. In this episode, your hosts discuss the secret sauce to building a top team and share 5 essential tips for success.
- Tip 1: Character versus Competence
Although competence is crucial for success, your hosts discuss the trade off between character and competence, and what the ideal blend is when building a successful team.
- Tip 2: Communication Continuum
Keeping consistent open and honest dialogue within the team allows for accountability, development, fine-tuning and effective delivery, all imperative ingredients to a team's success.
- Tip 3: Shared Vision, Shared Success
Having a clear and shared vision will align your team's efforts and keep everyone motivated and focused.
- Tip 4: Commitment, Commitment, Commitment
Having the mindset to be constantly be committed to each other and to the shared goal leads to progress, which in turn leads to the team's success.
- Tip 5: Team of Leaders Over Team Leadership
Having a team where every member is their own leader, understands each person's strengths and weaknesses, manages their own responsibility, and keeps everyone accountable allows for the highest functioning team.
By the end of this episode, you'll have gained valuable insights into what it takes to build a top team. Tune in to Calm Talks and learn how you can become a better leader today.
Chapters
(0:00) Episode intro
(1:03) Why is a team important?
(8:58) When is it better to go alone?
(16:16) Tip 1: Character versus competence
(22:05) Tip 2: Communication continuum
(23:47) Tip 3: Shared vision, shared success
(25:03) Tip 4: Commitment, commitment, commitment
(26:16) Tip 5: Team of leaders over team leadership
(29:12) Episode Summary
Resources
Simon Sinek: Start with Why
Simon Sinek: Leaders Eat Last
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