Why Your Team Feels Heavy

4 Thoughts

1. Average people require supervision. Drivers require direction.

2. If you are constantly reminding someone to do their job, that is a systems problem or a hiring problem.

3. High performers are usually frustrated in low standard environments.

4. Talent rarely lives on job boards.

4 Lessons

1. The best hires move through relationships, not resumes.

2. Your network determines the caliber of people you can access.

3. A single driver can change the speed of your entire company.

4. Weak environments repel strong people.

4 Challenges

1. Audit your current leadership team. Who actually drives outcomes without chasing?

2. Identify one role where you have been tolerating average.

3. Strengthen one relationship this week that could lead to better talent access.

4. Explore the DM Alliance and see if your current circle matches the level you say you want to operate at.

Quote of the Week

“A players hire A players. B players hire C players.” — Steve Jobs

Standards compound.

So does tolerance.

If you want different results, you need different people in the room.