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173: Startup Work Ethic: Match Yours and Your Team Members Work Ethic for Maximum Results
In this episode, Steli and Hiten tackle the topic of work ethic and how your team needs to be aligned. Having a collective team ethic results in an ability to get things done and establishes a smooth workflow, but misalignments can be disruptive. Listen as Steli and Hiten discuss their own work ethic and where it came from. They also delve into the very reasons why it is worth it for YOU to make sure you and your team’s ethics match!
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:27 – Today’s episode is inspired by a tweet Hiten posted on Twitter
00:54 – The tweet said, “Your own work ethic and that of the people around you need to match. If they don't, it'll make it harder to get alignment.”
01:00 – This topic has been discussed in past episodes already
02:16 – What triggered Hiten’s post
02:47 – The post came up because Hiten believes in a collective work ethic
03:13 –When your ethics aren’t the same, it’s difficult to figure out how to get things done
03:23 – “Alignment is used as a tool to get more stuff done ”
03:42 – If your work ethic doesn’t match, it doesn’t work
05:37 – Hiten learned his work ethic from his father and mother
05:55 – Ethics may also be a result of value systems
06:14 – When you have a job to do, do you take responsibility for that role?
07:03 – When you screw up as a team member, are you upset about it?
08:08 – Are you proud of the work you put out?
09:13 – Steli shares a story of their new hire in the team
11:43 – Steli’s team is a group of people who are passionate about their work
11:52 – Steli is concerned that his team members are getting overworked
13:18 – Match expectations with reality
14:15 – “As companies get larger, you start seeing their office empty”
15:31 – Work ethic defines your alignment as a team
16:15 – Misalignments cause people to feel pressure and that they have to do less or do more
17:00 – Steli mentions about growing up in the south of Germany where people are hard-working
18:00 – Certain parts of that region had a very different culture and mindset
19:32 – Steli cares a lot more than just relaxing and enjoying life
20:23 – Steli shares another work ethic misalignment story
22:31 – That cultural misalignment made Steli’s life more miserable
23:26 – Steli decided he would do the work he wants without thinking about the clock
24:08 – Compare your own work ethic to your team’s—write it out if you need to
25:37 – Steli shares about needing to work vs. choosing to work
27:36 – Communicate your work ethic to your loved ones
27:47 – That’s it for today’s episode!
3 Key Points:
It’s difficult to move forward without your team being aligned.
How you are perceived can be very different from own your perception of how you’re behaving.
Your team’s alignment depends on each one’s work ethic.
Resources Mentioned:
Hiten’s tweet – https://twitter.com/hnshah/status/815069438269476864
Hiten: Hi, this is Hiten Shah.
Steli: And this is Steli Efti. And in today’s episode of The Startup Chat, we're going to talk about work ethic. And this was inspired by a tweet you posted recently Hiten, that got a lot of responses. And that I thought was super fascinating, something that I’d love to kind of unpack with you on the podcast. Why don’t you – do you have the tweet in front of you? Why don’t you read us the tweet first?
Hiten: Yeah. I'll read the tweet. It got a pretty good response and it was interesting. So this was on December 30th, and what I wrote was, “Your own work ethic and that of the people around you need to match. If they don’t it will make it harder to get alignment.” And I know we've talked about alignment probably quite a bit now,
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By Steli Efti & Hiten Shah: Serial Entrepreneurs, Sales & Marketing Experts, Startup Investors & Advisors, CEOs running multi million dollar SaaS Startups
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In this episode, Steli and Hiten tackle the topic of work ethic and how your team needs to be aligned. Having a collective team ethic results in an ability to get things done and establishes a smooth workflow, but misalignments can be disruptive. Listen as Steli and Hiten discuss their own work ethic and where it came from. They also delve into the very reasons why it is worth it for YOU to make sure you and your team’s ethics match!
Time Stamped Show Notes:
00:27 – Today’s episode is inspired by a tweet Hiten posted on Twitter
00:54 – The tweet said, “Your own work ethic and that of the people around you need to match. If they don't, it'll make it harder to get alignment.”
01:00 – This topic has been discussed in past episodes already
02:16 – What triggered Hiten’s post
02:47 – The post came up because Hiten believes in a collective work ethic
03:13 –When your ethics aren’t the same, it’s difficult to figure out how to get things done
03:23 – “Alignment is used as a tool to get more stuff done ”
03:42 – If your work ethic doesn’t match, it doesn’t work
05:37 – Hiten learned his work ethic from his father and mother
05:55 – Ethics may also be a result of value systems
06:14 – When you have a job to do, do you take responsibility for that role?
07:03 – When you screw up as a team member, are you upset about it?
08:08 – Are you proud of the work you put out?
09:13 – Steli shares a story of their new hire in the team
11:43 – Steli’s team is a group of people who are passionate about their work
11:52 – Steli is concerned that his team members are getting overworked
13:18 – Match expectations with reality
14:15 – “As companies get larger, you start seeing their office empty”
15:31 – Work ethic defines your alignment as a team
16:15 – Misalignments cause people to feel pressure and that they have to do less or do more
17:00 – Steli mentions about growing up in the south of Germany where people are hard-working
18:00 – Certain parts of that region had a very different culture and mindset
19:32 – Steli cares a lot more than just relaxing and enjoying life
20:23 – Steli shares another work ethic misalignment story
22:31 – That cultural misalignment made Steli’s life more miserable
23:26 – Steli decided he would do the work he wants without thinking about the clock
24:08 – Compare your own work ethic to your team’s—write it out if you need to
25:37 – Steli shares about needing to work vs. choosing to work
27:36 – Communicate your work ethic to your loved ones
27:47 – That’s it for today’s episode!
3 Key Points:
It’s difficult to move forward without your team being aligned.
How you are perceived can be very different from own your perception of how you’re behaving.
Your team’s alignment depends on each one’s work ethic.
Resources Mentioned:
Hiten’s tweet – https://twitter.com/hnshah/status/815069438269476864
Hiten: Hi, this is Hiten Shah.
Steli: And this is Steli Efti. And in today’s episode of The Startup Chat, we're going to talk about work ethic. And this was inspired by a tweet you posted recently Hiten, that got a lot of responses. And that I thought was super fascinating, something that I’d love to kind of unpack with you on the podcast. Why don’t you – do you have the tweet in front of you? Why don’t you read us the tweet first?
Hiten: Yeah. I'll read the tweet. It got a pretty good response and it was interesting. So this was on December 30th, and what I wrote was, “Your own work ethic and that of the people around you need to match. If they don’t it will make it harder to get alignment.” And I know we've talked about alignment probably quite a bit now,
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