While many of us may think successful leadership is about scaling and making huge profits, effective leaders understand one thing better than anything else: People. To truly lead, you need to have insights into what makes your employees tick, otherwise, your business will continually fall short of any of its goals. In this episode, Chris unpacks the relationship between basic needs like due recognition, certainty, and effective leadership. By fulfilling these needs, as a business leader, you are far more likely to get the best out of your employees. Chris shares some of his leadership mistakes along with actionable steps you can take today to turn your leadership around for the better. If you are feeling stuck as a founder, business owner, or manager in any way, this is the show for you.
Key Points From This Episode:
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“Your employees are not showing up for just a paycheck. Yes, that’s part of what they want, but what they really want is whatever that paycheck is going to do for them.” — Chris Goodman [0:08:26]
“You just have to have something to give these people hope and inspiration to hold onto, something, a signal that says, ‘I genuinely care about you beyond your employee relationship. I care about you as a human.’” — Chris Goodman [0:10:45]
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