The cost of a bad hire
Hiring mistakes aren't cheap. I read a study that said that the cost of hiring a bad employee is $7,000 to $10,000 (and it can be over $40,000 for some positions). Since these kinds of costs can be a killer (especially for small business), Talmar Anderson has been...
Is it time to hire?
A brand new episode of "Natural Born Coaches" was just released, with my guest Talmar Anderson from Boss Actions. In this episode, we covered things like: Learn to let go, delegate and hireThe boss provides the tools, but the team builds successIdentifying what your...
Escaping the “Hiring Loop”
Jim Collins once talked about the right way to build a team, using seats on a bus to make his point. When discussing great companies, he said: "They start by getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats" At...
What happens when you focus on the wrong things
There's a famous study that illustrates how people miss things when they're focusing on something else. For it, participants were shown a video of basketball players (half in white shirts, the others in black ones) passing a ball back and forth. The viewers were asked...
A rant from an angry Blue Jays fan
It's been a rough start to the 2019 baseball season for my Toronto Blue Jays. Until the last two games, they couldn't hit the ball or score, and wins have been rare. At times they've resembled the Bad News Bears, and it's been embarrassing to watch. I admit, I'm...
Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton walk into a bar …
You might hate someone's guts with a passion, but that doesn't mean that you can't learn something from him/her. Take the world of politics, for example. The mere mention of Donald Trump's name could make a person froth at the mouth and fly into a rage, but coaches...
When Parkinson’s Law grabs hold of your discovery calls
At one time, my discovery calls were an hour long … Then I decided to cut them down to 30 minutes each (and often the calls were wrapped up in 15 or 20 minutes). Surprisingly, I got just as much done with the shorter calls. Why? When they were an hour long, the...
No free coaching doesn’t mean no value
Discovery calls can be a tricky thing for coaches. You want to help the person on the other line, but if you're not careful they can become a one hour (or longer) free coaching call or brain-picking session. You could knock their socks off, and have them decide at the...
About authenticity (and a whole lot more)
I had Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani, the co-founder of Mindvalley Russian, on the podcast today. Besides talking about authenticity, you'll learn: Kristina’s choice mode of content, and how she uses this to engage with her communityHow working with Mindvalley led Kristina to...
The $1 million per month myth
My "10 Clients In 90 Days" program is (you guessed it) all about helping coaches get 10 new clients in the next 90 days. Sometimes a coach who's interested in joining seems disappointed by the whole 90 days thing, since that's a "long time" compared to what some other...