Succession Secrets

Succession Secrets

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Succession Secrets episodes

  • 037 - How Can You Get Grittier

    Grit is one of the strongest indicator of success, for entrepreneurs and other leaders. A Gritty person is tireless, strives to always do a good job and gets things done.

    I have found that there excelling in four distinct areas makes for a gritty individual.  These are: Resilience, Comfort with Discomfort, Embracing the Fear of Failure and three specific Beliefs.

    Listen to this episode of the Succession Secrets show to learn what the underlying skills are that help you become grittier and more successful.

    Question of the Day: What is Your Goal That Scare You?

    Don’t forget to tweet your question to #asksuccessionsteve or message it through Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.

    Your Succession is Success!

    9 min
  • 036 - Triplex Listening
    Succession requires growing people in your organization so that they can step up to bigger and bigger roles over time.  We as leaders achieve our success through the work of others. Therefore, our most valuable skill is coaching our leaders and the most important tool of coaching is good listening.

    In this Episode, Steve explains the skill of Triplex listening, he learned from Dave Buck, the CEO of Coachville.  “Triplex” refers to the three levels of listening:  
    1. What is being said
  • What is not being said (reading between the lines)
  • The energy of the speaker.

    • Listen to this podcast episode to learn what each level represents, together with examples of each.

    Question of the Day: Are you a “Monoplex”, a “Duplex” or a “Triplex” listener?

    7 min
  • 036 - Triplex Listening

    Succession requires growing people in your organization so that they can step up to bigger and bigger roles over time.  We as leaders achieve our success through the work of others. Therefore, our most valuable skill is coaching our leaders and the most important tool of coaching is good listening.



    In this Episode, Steve explains the skill of Triplex listening, he learned from Dave Buck, the CEO of Coachville.  “Triplex” refers to the three levels of listening:  
    1. What is being said
    2. What is not being said (reading between the lines)
    3. The energy of the speaker.




    Listen to this podcast episode to learn what each level represents, together with examples of each.



    Question of the Day: Are you a “Monoplex”, a “Duplex” or a “Triplex” listener?


    7 min
  • 035 - Malfunctioning Employees
    In this episode, you can learn about how most employees lose their value proposition eventually. With the words of Dan Kennedy: “They all go lame….”

    According to the “Peter Principle” of the Parkinson Laws, “Every employee is eventually promoted to his own level of incompetence”.  

    Successful and productive employees tend to get carried away with their own greatness and the company’s apparent dependence on their services. Compensations do not increase indefinitely and when the excess bucks stop coming employees often respond by holding back performance and developing and “attitude deficiency”.

    Listen to the story of a former high-flying employee who stopped growing and eventually became a liability for my organization and how I dealt with him in what turned out to be a mutually advantageous solution.

    Question of the Day: How do You manage your valuable employees who have stopped growing?
     
    Visit Us: https://entrepcoaches.com/getting-started/
    9 min
  • 035 - Malfunctioning Employees
    In this episode, you can learn about how most employees lose their value proposition eventually. With the words of Dan Kennedy: “They all go lame….”


    According to the “Peter Principle” of the Parkinson Laws, “Every employee is eventually promoted to his own level of incompetence”.  


    Successful and productive employees tend to get carried away with their own greatness and the company’s apparent dependence on their services. Compensations do not increase indefinitely and when the excess bucks stop coming employees often respond by holding back performance and developing and “attitude deficiency”.


    Listen to the story of a former high-flying employee who stopped growing and eventually became a liability for my organization and how I dealt with him in what turned out to be a mutually advantageous solution.


    Question of the Day: How do You manage your valuable employees who have stopped growing?
     
    Visit Us: https://entrepcoaches.com/getting-started/
     
    9 min
  • 034 - When is Your Protected Time?
    Growth requires a proactive compared to a reactive approach to entrepreneurship and leadership. Listen to how proactivity manifests itself in attitude and behavior.

    An indispensable ingredient to proactivity is a regular slot of quiet time protected from the whirlwind of workday activities. In this episode, I discuss how not to schedule our protected time and how Edison leveraged his afternoon naps to generate ideas.

    Learn the best times of the day to plan, strategize and reflect and my story of how I used to get 90% of my output done by the time I hit the office.

    Question of the Day: When is Your Protected Time?

    9 min
  • 034 - When is Your Protected Time?

    Growth requires a proactive compared to a reactive approach to entrepreneurship and leadership. Listen to how proactivity manifests itself in attitude and behavior.



    An indispensable ingredient to proactivity is a regular slot of quiet time protected from the whirlwind of workday activities. In this episode, I discuss how not to schedule our protected time and how Edison leveraged his afternoon naps to generate ideas.



    Learn the best times of the day to plan, strategize and reflect and my story of how I used to get 90% of my output done by the time I hit the office.



    Question of the Day: When is Your Protected Time?


    9 min
  • 033 - Force Yourself to Delegate
    Delegation is hard. It requires letting go of perfectionism and stepping out of your comfort zone.

    It requires developing new skills and tackling the possible feeling of inadequacy, fear of failure and forgoing the gratification upon leaving the comfort zone tasks behind.

    Delegation is necessary, as growth is not possible without it. There are only so many hours in the day and you can undertake new project only in place of tasks foregone.

    Listen to the two ways of delegation and why one trumps the other for most people.

    Question of the Day:  What is your “old cloth” ripe for discarding?

    8 min
  • 033 - Force Yourself to Delegate
    Delegation is hard. It requires letting go of perfectionism and stepping out of your comfort zone.
    It requires developing new skills and tackling the possible feeling of inadequacy, fear of failure and forgoing the gratification upon leaving the comfort zone tasks behind.
    Delegation is necessary, as growth is not possible without it. There are only so many hours in the day and you can undertake new project only in place of tasks foregone.
    Listen to the two ways of delegation and why one trumps the other for most people.
    Question of the Day:  What is your “old cloth” ripe for discarding?
    8 min
  • 032 - Succession Cures Addiction
    Success is addictive, which is a good and bad thing. It’s good when after you have tasted success, you want more and will strive for it. Success begets success.

    It can be bad if you stop being successful the way you used to be and hurt yourself trying. Listen to the story of an athlete friend who suffered that fate and how his situation gets played out in business.

    In this episode, I also talk about ways Succession can solve success-addiction and make it safe.

    Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes Podcast App, to allow the show reach a wider audience.

    If you would like your questions answered on future episodes, tweet them to #asksuccessionsteve.
    9 min

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