Welcome to episode 48 What the All Blacks can teach us about the business of life. We are really pleased to have James Kerr back on the show with us today. Last week we explored the principles of what makes a team great. We explored the shift the All-Blacks made in their leadership approach, pass the ball, as they call it to shift ownership to the team. We explored the the teamwork journey the All-Blacks went on. Their focus on playing with purpose and creating a learning environment. Let's get into the episode.

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Quotes

05:10min Have you got a culture in which complaints really go upwards? Or does everyone just kind of smoke cigarettes in the bike shed and kind of complain about the teachers? 

10.30min And it's always that balance between the freedom to have the autonomy to individuate to become everything that we want to be to be our own person, balanced with our responsibility to collective action.

Key Takeaways

1.     Leaders create leaders – pass the ball.

The first takeaway is from the leaders create leaders statement James made. Right the way down to the front line in an organisation, this is a leader’s role. In James book legacy, he writes about the All Blacks Pass the Ball lesson. The job of a leader right down to front line employees is to create leaders. People who are empowered, focused on their goal, motivated and leading the way forward.

2.     Sweep the sheds – humble leadership.

The second takeaway, sweep the sheds, is about humility in leadership. One of the All-Blacks lessons in leadership is that senior players and leaders sweep down the change room at the end of each game. They do not leave it to the cleaners or get the players to do it; they do it themselves. This behaviour demonstrates and creates a culture of humility, unity, and respect. It is incredible how one simple leadership behaviour can create so many positive outcomes. These are called Capstone behaviours, behaviours that have a positive flow on to many other benefits. A great approach as a leader is to think about the culture you are looking to build or improve. Think about the behaviour you and your team could focus on that you predict would have many other positive cultural flow-on effects.

Thanks again for your time, knowledge, and energy James, I look forward to the upcoming books and hopefully getting you back on the show to talk about these in the future.

Links

Linked in: linkedin.com/in/james-kerr-09a70bb
Email: [email protected]
Book: Legacy, 15 Lessons in Leadership - What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life. 

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