Dan Martell - April 09, 2024


I Care More About Giving My Leaders Creative Freedom Than Them Following Systems To a T


Episode Stats


Length

53 seconds

Words per minute

208.08606

Word count

187

Sentence count

6


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about the importance of owning the process and the tools and systems you need to have in order to scale a business. If you want to grow a business, you have to own the process.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 If you're selling a commodity like a burger,
00:00:02.240 having a checklist to make it foolproof
00:00:04.100 that you can take unskilled labor
00:00:05.700 and have them produce a work product like a burger,
00:00:08.700 you need a documented SOP franchise manual
00:00:12.560 like a McDonald's or a Burger King.
00:00:14.340 You gotta be careful how much systems you create
00:00:17.160 because when you create a system,
00:00:18.520 you're essentially locking in a process.
00:00:21.040 And if you wanna innovate,
00:00:22.280 then nobody's allowed to challenge the process.
00:00:24.760 A lot of the tools and the systems,
00:00:26.440 I allow the leaders to own
00:00:27.920 because I care more about their hearts, not their hands.
00:00:30.240 I care more about the people development
00:00:31.840 and them showing up and creating
00:00:33.420 than I care about a system that they follow every time.
00:00:35.820 That is the balance that when you're trying to scale
00:00:39.120 companies with owners and leaders,
00:00:41.580 the systems are required,
00:00:42.880 but do I care more that I have the right people
00:00:44.840 that have an understanding of the vision
00:00:46.540 that are showing up dedicated to a mission
00:00:48.900 versus somebody that's capable of following a checklist?
00:00:51.860 Which one's gonna produce the biggest outcome?