ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Shannon Waller is with us for today’s episode of Leverage Ladies. Shannon is an expert on entrepreneurial teams, and creator of the The Entrepreneurial Team Program. She is also an author of The Team Success Handbook: 12 Strategies For Highly Productive Entrepreneurial Teams. Integrating entrepreneurs with their teams is what Shannon is truly passionate about.
Additionally, she’s written Multiplication by Subtraction: How To Gracefully Let Go Of Wrong-Fit Team Members. Entrepreneurs often need support identifying right-fit team members and knowing what to do with them, which is exactly what this book can guide them through.
Subjective information isn’t enough to establish whether or not someone is a right fit in your business. This is precisely why Shannon emphasizes the importance of establishing profiles. The best way to approach this is to have it be a part of your hiring process. The kind of person you are looking for should always be considered with their specific potential role.
There are four different kinds of unique abilities: unique, excellent, competent, and incompetent. Pairing people with work they find endlessly fascinating is the best possible scenario. Unique ability gets more concentrated and more defined over time. It grows deeper, rather than leading to disinterest.
As an entrepreneur, it’s important to create a team of self-managing individuals. In three terms, that looks like: clear vision, clear values, and unique ability. Conversations create priority, but always keep in mind the best ways you and your team members receive communication. We’re all unique in our needs, so we can’t assume other people think like we do.
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