1193: How to Build a Team That Can Thrive Without You with Bill Flynn
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Your job as a leader of Team or teams of teams. Is to fire yourself from the day to day as much as possible because your job eventually is to look out. To the future of the business or the team. Not down into running it.
That's Bill Flynn. Bill's been described as the pragmatic version of Simon Sinek, guest of the show. He's collaborated with Alan Malale and Amy Edmondson, other guest of the show, pitched Steve Jobs, accomplished much, failed often, and learned many useful lessons from thirty years of studying the science of success. His new book, The Hero Trap, The leadership from doing to designing helps leaders guide their teams to become better decision makers and collaborators without micromanaging them. So learn one, why you shouldn't play the hero. Two, how to build a self-sufficient team, and three, how to delegate authority. Not just tasks.
And if you want a quick summary write up of the actionable wisdom that Bill shares, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesome at your job.com. I'm Pete McKitis, this is how to be awesome at your job, and now here's Bill. Bill, welcome! Thanks, Pete. Glad to be here. Well, I'm excited to chat about your latest The Hero Trap. Could you kick us off with a particularly
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