Leadership ROI: Why Hardship Builds Better Teams with Joe Schafbuch
Joe Schafbuch built one of the country's top real estate franchises on one idea: the best return you'll ever get is the time you put into your people.
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Think about how your team actually feels working under you right now. Are they being built up alongside you, or is the business getting built on their backs? Where, honestly, does it tilt toward the second one?
The Talent You're Sitting On
Who on your team is clearly capable of more than their current job, and you both know it? What's the bigger thing you can already see in them that they might not see in themselves yet?
Why You Haven't Let Them Grow
If that person leveled all the way up, something would change for you. Be honest about the quiet reason you've held back: is it that you'd lose them, that they'd outshine you, that it's easier to keep them where they're handy?
The Asymmetric Bet
Joe treated investing in a person like investing money: worst case costs you a little time, best case is unlimited. For the person from prompt 02, what's the most this would actually cost you if it didn't work, and what could it become if it did?
One Stretch You'll Hand Over
Pick one real responsibility, decision, or visible chance to shine that you've been keeping for yourself, and give it to the person you named. What is it, and what will you say to them this week so they know you're betting on them?