by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog
I have a rule of thumb for my coaching business: I only do things for it that I enjoy. For the other stuff, I let go and hire good people to handle it. For example: While I enjoy podcasting, I don’t enjoy the editing part, so I don’t do it. While I love my...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog
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...
