The CEO Sage

High-performing leaders with high-performing teams are able to replicate that over and over again. That's not luck; that's a system, and here are the elements of that system for building high-performing teams.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. As a leader, you have to have your own expectations of high performance.
2. You have to be self-aware. You have to understand who you are and how you affect the team.
3. Recognize that there is a process to attracting great talent. You must be clear with what you expect of people who work for you. Additionally, there's the accountability piece – you have to take ownership.
4. Think about what you do and why you hire the people that you hire. You have to be building a team for where you're going and not for where you've been.
5. A high-performing team attracts high-performing players. This requires a leader who is willing to audit her team and trim it when necessary.

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© 2020 Kris Plachy

Is it your belief that you can't manage people's performance and hold them accountable unless they're sitting in the same building as you? Nothing could be further from the truth. Here's how to ensure that performance has nothing to do with location.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Kris' story about managing remotely 2. Kris's blueprint – the five steps to managing a remote team. (Note: this applies whether they're in the building or not.) 3. If you've switched to a remote culture, you should be doing lots more communicating. 4. "You aren't paying people for time. You're paying people for results." 5. How you hold people accountable has nothing to do with where they sit, and it has everything to do with your leadership philosophy. 6. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO – why she had a leadership problem.

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At some point in the trajectory of a founder's business growth, she inevitably finds that some of the people she's working with haven't kept pace… the business has outgrown their skillset. Here's how the "re-offer" can help.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. This is a good time to re-evaluate why you do what you do, what it is that you do, what the reason is to continue doing it and who the people are that you want to surround yourself with.
2. Detailed steps to the re-offer.
3. How to use the re-offer in a "culture reset."
4. Using the re-offer to address poor behavior performance, someone who has never had a job description or someone who isn't fulfilling the needs of their position.

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Is your business being steered by your opinion or is it being guided by clear, measurable, well-defined performance expectations for people on your team?

As we're in this great reset, this is an incredible opportunity for you to look, with total objective perspective, at every single person on your team. Filter them through a decision-making process and determine who should stay and who should go.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Now is an incredible opportunity for you to look, with total objective perspective, at every single person on your team. 2. About filtering employees through a decision-making process to determine who gets to come with you. 3. Details about my upcoming live workshop for female founders who are running 7 figure businesses. 4. That 90% of what I coach clients on are performance issues related to behavior, not production.

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

In today's interview, Kris talks with Ali Brown, the Founder + CEO of the women's business empowerment company We Lead. She is one of the most recognized entrepreneur coaches in the world and the founder of The Trust – the new, private, premier network for 7- and 8-figure women leaders.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. What Ali is noticing in her own clients around reinventing.
2. Why now is a good time to give yourself permission to "let this go."
3. Who knew that employees not wanting to come back to work would be "a thing"?
4. Why now is a great time to evaluate where you're going to spend your energy for the rest of the year.
5. The three "amazing questions" posed by Ali.
6. What does it mean to "fire the Sherrys"?

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

People have mistaken effective leaders for somebody who can make a lot of money or come up with products. Real leaders have invested in learning how to lead and are the ones who are able to rebound and pivot during times like these.

What you'll find in this episode: Leaders ...

1. Are the ones who are able to rebound and pivot.
2. Have learned how to establish and communicate a clear vision.
3. Know how to communicate and hire and fire by values.
4. Have learned how to set, clarify and communicate expectations for performance.
5. Know how to have difficult conversations.
6. Are able to help people and have empathy while still holding accountability and expectations for performance.
7. Have learned how to manage their own minds so they don't get swept up in hysteria, overwhelm or confusion.
8. Have to have work and rest hours.

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

I have terrible anxiety. I had my first panic attack when I was 20 years old. At least half, if not more, of the people I know, who are also entrepreneurs, are negotiating this as well. I want you to know you're not alone.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. 1. Kris' personal story about her anxiety.
2. Assume a leadership position with your anxiety.
3. Talk to a professional and ask for help.
4. Use the Thought Model.
5. Demonstrate self-compassion.
6. Have your own ritual for self-care. See Angela Jia Kim owner of Savor Beauty.
7. Take work breaks and have work hours.
8. Know the best way to recharge.

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

In today's interview, Kris talks with CEO and co-founder of The Life Coach School, Brooke Castillo. Listen, learn and laugh as they discuss ideas for navigating these crazy times.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. What Brooke's first thoughts were once she realized the pandemic was going to last more than a couple of weeks.
2. "When you don't have control over what you get, you have to take control over what you can give." ~ Brooke
3. "Value is in my mind and not in the world." ~ Brooke
4. Brooke's thoughts and advice on pivoting now.
5. "Create some virtual solutions that will serve you long-term." ~ Brooke
6. Kris' "Stop. Start. Continue" exercise.
7. "All of your power as a business owner, as a leader, is in your ability to make decisions." ~ Brooke

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

Kris interviews an amazing team. Tami Ramsay and Krista Nye Nicholas are partners and principal interior designers of Cloth & Kind, a nationally recognized residential and commercial interior design studio.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. What their first thoughts were once they realized the pandemic was going to last more than a couple of weeks.
2. How they are engaging with, and communicating with, their team now that so much has changed.
3. What they are doing, and how they are using this time to make the best of it.
4. Do they think selling is still okay? There's a lot of shaming going on right now.
5. What they're doing that is helping their business pivot to adapt to the situation.
6. Why now is a wonderful time to think about the future of your business.

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy

Kris interviews another amazing woman who shares how she's leading through these crazy times. In this interview, Kris talks with Leila Hormozi, Co-CEO for three separate companies; A.L.A.N, Prestige Labs, and Gym Launch Secrets.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. What Leila's first thoughts were once she realized the pandemic was going to last more than a couple of weeks.
2. The common practices that she has as a business that operates with everybody in their own part of the world.
3. Some of the things that she's doing right now that are helping her business pivot.
4. What her thoughts are around being prosperous and generating revenue right now.
5. Leila's company's core values.
6. Leila's advice for leaders who are trying to hold it down and keep it going through all of this.
7. The importance of looking at your WCS – worst case scenario.

Visit: The Lead Your Team Podcast for show notes and available downloads.

© 2020 Kris Plachy