Episode:186

How to Get Your Team to Show Initiative and Take Responsibility For Their Work

How to Get Your Team to Show Initiative and Take Responsibility For Their Work

It’s the 5th time your team member’s called today... 

Claiming they “don’t know how to do it...”

Asking you the question...

Wanting you to solve their problem.

Something they should be able to figure out on their own.

And truth is... they can.

They just don’t have to.

Cause it’s easier if you do it.

So you get it out of the way.

Just to keep things moving.

Just to get the job done.

But now you’ve lost time.

They’ve learned nothing.

And you know exactly what’s going to happen tomorrow…

The cycle of stupid questions starts again.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST:

A killer method to get your team solving their own problems (and saving you time)
How to turn mistakes into learning opportunities (so they don’t happen over and over again)
The best way to stop being the business babysitter (without someone spitting the dummy)

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