The Grounded Leader Podcast

There is a tendency for leaders to surround themselves with these “yes men” and it spells disaster for teams big and small.

How do you know when an employee is ready to go to the next level? Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training!

Is competition healthy in every culture?

Making a bad call is the result of a narrow perspective. Sometimes, it happens because you’re trying to solve a complicated problem quickly. Other times, you haven’t received all the information to make a justified decision.

If we don’t even know what success looks like, how can we expect others to know how to achieve it in our teams and organizations? I know a lot of managers who set expectations without people knowing it. It’s bad for business and it’s terrible for leading teams.

When I ran a shop, I always told my team that we were different and so we needed to do things differently than other stores. We set standards of excellence unique to our abilities and our customers' needs. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Understanding the intended result of teamwork is crucial to creating team alignment. Follow me on LinkedIn.

It won’t matter much why your team is struggling to anyone other than your team. That’s why coaching and developing your team is your first priority as a leader. Follow me on LinkedIn.

As I’ve discussed previously, employees become self-reliant when they can hold their own - these employees need little supervision, the manager views them as an asset and they’re viewed as a leader by their co-workers. But that doesn’t mean they are ready to go to the next level. Follow me on LinkedIn !

I spent my first years running a shop doing it all. I didn't realize that I had the key to developing and training a staff in front of me all along. Follow me on LinkedIn

Let's face it, you can get a lot done as a manager when you are directly involved. Sometimes, that’s the only way it will get done. The problem is, you can't get stuck doing everything. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stanfill/

The key to sustained growth in your company or store is to bring new people up to speed…fast! You’re going to lose them if you don’t. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stanfill/

Looking for the silver bullet for hiring, training, and keeping employees?

Something I learned about hiring early on is that most of the qualities of great hires are attitudes, such as being committed, helpful, trustworthy, hardworking, a team player. And I couldn’t train attitude. At least not consistently.

As I honed my own management-style, I realized that rather than enforce policies handed down by the folks at corporate, I would share values with my team.