On this episode, Bart Foster, founder of BusinessOutside, shares his insight into how taking your business outside its four walls fosters stronger relationships, happier people, and drives greater success. Get started now!

Key Takeaways:

1. To foster happier, healthier people in your business, you need to create an environment for authentic conversations. Being outside your business and in nature helps facilitate better conversations.
2. Consider doing your one on ones as Walkie-Talkies. Taking a walk through the park, on a trail, or just around the block.
3. Get started by listening to understand, not just to respond. Utilize empathy and assume good intent. Get deeper to the emotion of how both you and your team member feels. Great questions to use:
   1. What's giving or taking energy from you now?
   2. What brings you joy?
4. 4:3:2:1
   1. Four stories
   2. Three facts
   3. Two quotes
   4. One question
5. Implement Fresh-Air Fridays (or any day of the week) when you host your weekly staff meeting. Get your team outside to discuss the strategy and needs of the business.

What Bart is reading:

• The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz