Start cultivating curiosity in your team. A team without curiosity is a team that’s vulnerable. A curious mind is essential for learning and growing, so make sure to foster this in your team.

I host Jim Weaver, Chief Operating Officer at The Onin Group, who shares three powerful strategies to increase and sustain curiosity in yourself and your team.

The Onin Group grew from $10 million in 2001 to a projected $800 million this year, Jim’s role evolved, and the scope of responsibility grew exponentially over the next two decades.   

They have a 10+ office staffing group listed as one of Staffing Industry Analysts fastest growing and largest staffing firms.  Since 2001 the company achieved an average annual top line organic growth rate of 25% while increasing gross and net profit margins and remaining debt-free.   

A strong corporate culture is the key to Onin’s sustained growth and has earned the company recognition as The Best Staffing Firm to Work For 2021 by Staffing Industry Analyst and by Birmingham and Nashville Business Journals as a perennial Best Place to Work in our home office markets.  

Jim’s other career was a professional rock n’ roll drummer with a music degree from Berklee School of Music.

LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-weaver-36457418/

Company Link: https://www.oningroup.com/

What You’ll Discover in this Episode:

• What it is like living out of a van for three years.
• What being a rock-band drummer taught him about leadership.
• Why you should lead with values, not rules.
• How your team can thrive in “Winter”.
• The day someone wanted a day off, and how it ended with serving a prison sentence.
• Three ways to accelerate curiosity in yourself and your team.
• The “Modern Elder”.
• What he learned from Ju Jitsu.
• Why loving your job requires an investment.
• A tool every leader can benefit from.
• His two favorite drummers of all time.

Resources:

Music video from the Onion Group's band, Sour Cream and Onin https://www.facebook.com/rickorcutt/videos/1018213242283438

The Making of a Modern Elder, Chip Conley https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Work-Making-Modern-Elder/dp/0525572902/ref=asc_df_0525572902/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312049124368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2486059935840607713&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010492&hvtargid=pla-526547590749&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61851652213&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312049124368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2486059935840607713&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010492&hvtargid=pla-526547590749 

Blinkist https://www.blinkist.com/ 

Tony Williams, Miles Davis drummer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Williams_(drummer) 

Vinnie Colaiuta, Sting drummer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Colaiuta 

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