Good People Are in Short Supply

The war for talent is real.  It is global.  It is getting progressively worse each year.

One issue is highly skilled, experienced workers are retiring in large numbers as they age.

Too often people get promoted to leadership without any training.  Then they struggle or fail.  It’s not fair.  They were good or even superstar team members previously.  

Everyone has heard of Caitlin Clark.

The young basketball phenom recently led her Iowa Hawkeyes to the NCAA title match against South Carolina. To put it lightly, she is redefining basketball and women’s sports with her superstardom.

Why do top players join one team over another?

Think about the relationships in your life.  There are reasons why you’re in each of those relationships.  It’s more than having something in common.  From family members to friends, each person in your life provides value, meaning, and security.  As an organization, you need to do the same.

As we take a break to reflect and recharge, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate our most popular episodes ever on The Manage 2 Win Podcast.

Here are 5 tactics utilized by the Zen Master, Phil Jackson to become one of the greatest winners and leaders of our lifetime. You can pick up on these methods of managing to become a more effective leader for your team.

We have carefully curated our favorite, most listened episodes from 2022, with stories ranging from hiring and sales to anarchy and empowerment.

How are you doing on your priorities? Could you improve in 2023?

According to Malcolm Gladwell, the "tipping point" is

"that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire."

One of the reasons I wrote my first book, Success With People, is because of the realization that I had leadership tendencies rather than true leadership skills.

Years ago, I was speaking with a coworker about a particular manager. The coworker commented that the manager really felt he was a leader. After further consideration, we realized he was more of a competitor than a leader…

One important aspect of effective leadership is to make certain you and your people are focusing on key priorities each day. You can’t do that unless you are communicating with your team and hearing from them regularly.

The solution? A daily huddle.

Ask yourself, what are your biggest problems - employee or Client issues? Why do you have these problems?

Regardless of what they are, I’m willing to bet your problems are occurring because the experience your employees have working for you or the experience your Clients have buying and receiving services from you is not meeting or exceeding their expectations.

Years ago we worked with LaRae Que, a former FBI agent and author of the book, SECRETS of a Strong Mind (2nd edition): : How to Build Inner Strength to Overcome Life's Obstacles.

LaRae spent twenty years as an undercover and counterintelligence agent for the FBI and served as an FBI spokesperson in Northern California for four years. During her time as a counterintelligence agent, her primary goal was to identify foreign agents operating in the United States, find out what they were doing, stop them, assess their potential as an asset, and persuade them to work for the U.S. government.

Too often people get promoted into leadership without any training. Then they struggle or fail. It’s not really fair. They were good or even superstar employees previously. Why not train them on the essentials of being a great leader so they can thrive?

Join me, Adam Goller (oversees 450 people), Laura Berman Fortgang (as seen on Oprah), Bruce Eckfeldt (super entrepreneur and coach), and Jeffrey Tebele (guru of tech company - RCS Professional Services) as we explain how to fully engage your employees onsite and remote… ESPECIALLY your people working REMOTELY!

Do you have leaders with one of these three issues?

1. Leadership attributes, but poor habits and processes.

2. Individual superstar, but limited skills guiding a team, or

3. Average / low performance individually and/or of their team.

If you answered “Yes” that you or one of your leaders has one or more of these issues, then your leaders do NOT know the essentials of leadership.

Here is one way to start.

The mission of Yoko Co. is: Do Good. Better.

Does that honestly describe what you are doing today professionally and personally?

Yoko Co. is a digital marketing and creativity SWAT team. They reached 127 million people in 2020. Chris Yoko, the CEO, has worked with some of the planet’s largest and most impactful brands, such as Ritz Carlton, Pampers, and Living Social. He’s equally adept at positively impacting smaller brands, like FHI360, Life Sherpa, and Genomic Health.

It’s awesome! But that’s not why I’m mentioning him and Yoko Co…

What if you could follow a system to change a significant habit and OTHER PEOPLE would notice a difference in as little as 1-2 weeks?

Here’s a conversation overflowing with advice on how to have awesome team bonding events, get to know job candidates at a deeper level, and have more effective performance improvement plans (“PIP”). We use Manage 2 Win Talent Assessments as a tool. However, there’s a lot of valuable insights here separate of our assessments.

Check these two podcasts I recently did with some amazing leaders on hiring.

Polish My Pitch with Chala Dincoy is a great example for you to consider how to improve how you introduce your services to someone new.

The second is an interview with Dr. Katrina Burris on her MKB podcast discussing the challenges of hiring and how to be your best at it.

It’s been four years since we launched Dave's Charm School’s online platform and many people have benefited from the courses, not least of which is the Communications 101 course covering active listening, body language, communicating respectfully, and more.

One of the lessons in the course is titled “Email, IM, Texting Standards” and includes my Dirty Dozen Email Rules. These rules are incredibly helpful for any executive, manager, or front-line employee that wants to present themselves professionally and communicate effectively via email.

Every rule may not apply to you, but most of them probably do. Feel free to copy and edit my list to create your own list that works at your company.