Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 464. AMMA — Why “Potential” Is The Biggest Trap For Growing Firms
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
464. AMMA — Why “Potential” Is The Biggest Trap For Growing Firms
At what point does believing in someone's potential stop being leadership and start being a liability?
In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill answer three listener questions about one of the hardest tensions in leadership: the gap between what you see in your people and what they actually deliver. They walk through how to handle a high-talent, low-output team member, how to recognize when a long-tenured leader has plateaued, and whether the popular idea of "unlimited potential" actually holds up. Believing in your team is valuable, but does it replace standards and results?
Here’s what you’ll learn:
You can want it for them all day long. If they don't want it for themselves, nothing you do will matter.
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:12) Earning the Right to Live a Little
(00:05:37) Q1: Talent vs. Output
(00:08:32) Potential Is Secondary to Performance
(00:09:47) The Outside-In Perspective Test
(00:10:50) Q2: Has He Hit His Ceiling?
(00:11:35) What Got You Here Won't Get You There
(00:14:24) Ceilings Aren't Failures
(00:15:23) Q3: Does Everyone Have Unlimited Potential?
(00:17:03) A Leader Removes Barriers
(00:20:48) Closing
----
Links & Resources:
----
Learn what sustainable growth can look like for your firm at crispcoach.com.
----
Do you love this podcast and want to see more game changing content? Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
----
Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more.
----
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like:
View all episodes
By Michael Mogill
5
532532 ratings
At what point does believing in someone's potential stop being leadership and start being a liability?
In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill answer three listener questions about one of the hardest tensions in leadership: the gap between what you see in your people and what they actually deliver. They walk through how to handle a high-talent, low-output team member, how to recognize when a long-tenured leader has plateaued, and whether the popular idea of "unlimited potential" actually holds up. Believing in your team is valuable, but does it replace standards and results?
Here’s what you’ll learn:
You can want it for them all day long. If they don't want it for themselves, nothing you do will matter.
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:12) Earning the Right to Live a Little
(00:05:37) Q1: Talent vs. Output
(00:08:32) Potential Is Secondary to Performance
(00:09:47) The Outside-In Perspective Test
(00:10:50) Q2: Has He Hit His Ceiling?
(00:11:35) What Got You Here Won't Get You There
(00:14:24) Ceilings Aren't Failures
(00:15:23) Q3: Does Everyone Have Unlimited Potential?
(00:17:03) A Leader Removes Barriers
(00:20:48) Closing
----
Links & Resources:
----
Learn what sustainable growth can look like for your firm at crispcoach.com.
----
Do you love this podcast and want to see more game changing content? Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
----
Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more.
----
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like:
More shows like The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill
View all
The Tim Ferriss Show
16,174 Listeners
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
10,788 Listeners
Money Guy Show
3,242 Listeners
The Knowledge Project
2,672 Listeners
EntreLeadership
4,424 Listeners
Founders
2,221 Listeners
The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell
594 Listeners
The Game with Alex Hormozi
4,471 Listeners
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
8,876 Listeners
Modern Wisdom
4,025 Listeners
The Dr. Hyman Show
9,194 Listeners
My First Million
2,660 Listeners
Huberman Lab
29,272 Listeners
BigDeal
950 Listeners
The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
3,131 Listeners