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Thomas Rechtien, President of Nance Steel Sales LLC is driven by a passion to help people become the best versions of themselves and run great meetings that drive impactful results.
We learn about Thomas's framework, which helps leaders foster trust, improve communication, and drive results in their organizations. He emphasizes the importance of well-run meetings in achieving better team dynamics and organizational success, offering practical strategies for leaders looking to elevate their meetings and leadership practices.
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Run Great Meetings With Thomas Rechtien
Good day, dear listeners, Steve Preda here with the Management Blueprint Podcast. And my guest today is Thomas Rechtien, who is a good friend of mine. He is the president of Nance Steel Sales LLC, and he is also a certified Summit OS guide. He's part of our guide community. Thomas, welcome to the show.
Thank you for having me, Steve.
Well, it's great to have you. So, Thomas, let's start with what we start with on all recent conversations. What is your personal “Why” and what are you doing to manifest it?
My personal “Why” is I'm kind of at the point in my life and career where I want to give back based on some of the things that I have learned throughout my journey. And I really want to help people become the best versions of themselves.
Okay, that's huge, the best versions of themselves. What does it mean? How do you do that? How do you help people become the best versions of themselves?
Well, I've been through the co-active coaching training and some things I've picked up there are really, really like where, for example, it's, they call it level three listening. So you just sit, put your tongue to the roof of your mouth so you can't say anything and you just listen to people. And when I went through that, I really found out that I tend to interrupt people. So my wife is right when she blames me for that. And it's really a huge tool. Listen to them, address the whole person, kind of be in that very moment with everybody that you talk to and really pay attention to what's being said. And not only that, on a surface level, that what can be level one, level three is okay. Also, listen between the lines and listen to what's behind the words that are being said.
Yeah, I agree with you. This is huge, because the most important things are often left unsaid, and you kind of have to listen between the lines of what people say and tap into some sort of stuff that they might not even articulating mentally to themselves. And if you can reflect this back and help people see it, then this can be very, very powerful and life changing. So take a step back. So what's your general coaching philosophy? How do you look at coaching and what do you think makes for good coaching?
I think some of the stuff that we've talked about already, Steve, I think real good coaching is addressing the whole person when the agenda comes from the client and they come and whatever, they come with a symptom and they want you to put a band aid on. Real good coaching goes way beyond that and it fixes it for good, meaning you dig deep with the clients, you go through some powerful, painful, good and bad emotions usually in those processes. And yeah, you're always there for them the way they need it. But the client is in the driver's seat. So it's not about the coach advising all the time in the first place.
It's about the clients coming up with everything. Well, we also say that every person is naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. And what that means is that they have everything they need. Everybody has everything they need to fix their problems. They just don't know how to get to it. And that's what a coach or a guy does, kind of draw that out and help the client to draw it out and discover it themselves. And then there's a true accountability piece to that as well, that the clients in the end have to walk the talk on, right?