Unlocking Team Performance At Scale With Bryan Howard

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Today on the show we have Bryan Howard. Bryan is an expert in helping leaders influence large teams of hundreds or thousands of people effectively and creating the freedom in their own lives to really do what is important to them.

Today we are going to hear Bryan’s story about a big life change that really had him think really hard about how he was spending his time, how he was working, and what he was valuing, the incredible transformation in his own life, and the impact that he is making in other people’s lives as a result. This is a great episode for anyone leading teams or wanting to grow their teams and especially if you want to grow your teams to a very large scale.

We discuss:

[02:01] Bryan shares her defining moment. On New Year’s Eve in 2009, he was having shortness of breath problems. Two days later he had triple bypass surgery.
[03:55] We can’t do everything by ourselves. We need other people around us and we need help from other people.
[04:35] He lives by his 5 G’s: grit, growth, generosity, gratitude, and grace.
[08:49] His new goal was to have personal achievement that was meaningful and purposeful in his life and have a great relationship with his wife and family.
[11:56] Every choice we make in life has a consequence and those choices can be good choices with good consequences or bad choices with bad consequences.
[13:07] When you are very close to the action sometimes you get too close and you can’t see what is right in front of you. Managers need to respond not react.
[14:33] It is really all about putting people first and putting employees first. Happy employees make happy customers make happy stakeholders and stockholders.
[16:31] Embrace all five E’s: empathy, emotional intelligence, effective communication, empowerment, and ethical actions.
[21:23] We had been in a culture where it was an employer market for a very long time but now that is starting to shift.
[23:16] For people who are 100% remote and everybody is gone, it does present some challenges for people who want to be in front of leaders, prove their worth, and have a career.
[25:12] The possibilities are endless. Right now we have exciting times ahead of us.
[27:08] The three ways to engage employees and retain them are a way to grow, a chance to show, and a place to go.
[30:05] There is a long way to go before AI catches up with great copywriters.