Die Führungskraft ist immer das Problem

0:00If there's ever a problem in an organization or department or a line of revenue, look at the leader. And here's the here's the rule. The leader is always the problem. Not sometimes. The leader is always the problem. So, if a function's mediocre, it's because the leader is mediocre, period. Full stop. No questions. So, it's either the leader and the team or just the leader, but it's never just the team.

0:28So, if the leader is mediocre and then they brought in mediocre people, it's the leader and the team. If the leader is mediocre and you've got a great team, the leader will turn the great team into a mediocre team. And so, I had a a conversation with a business owner the other day and he had four locations. Two of them were doing well, two of them were doing poorly. I asked a zillion questions to finally get to the the the the the fun fact, which is that he had somebody in the company who was running them, who was a long-time friend, and also, we'll just say an addict. I'll just say that. And every day he was coming up to work messed up, inebriated, whatever you want to say. And he was asking me for tactical business advice when I was like, "There is no tactical business advice. There is nothing that will matter because every No one will listen to somebody who they're like, 'Well, why don't you show up to work sober? Why don't we start there?'" Right? No one will respect that. Imagine that guy coming in and being like, "Hey guys, let's pick up the pace." What? Like, what are we talking about? And so, it's like all these questions like pricing and sales. I was like, "Dude, none of this matters until we fix the leader problem, right?" But the thing is is that's obviously an extreme example, but it happens at every level. If your your media team's not working well, the leader. If the if if your sales team isn't good, the leader. The question is after you pull the leader out, is the team also screwed? Got a 50/50 shot there. If they did a low bar and brought in low bar people, that sucks. Now, if you have Now, it's like, "Well, what happens if you had a bad team and you put a good leader in place?" Have you ever seen a good coach turn around a bad team? Pretty sure there's a ton of movies about it. Yes. if you have a great leader they can turn a great they can turn a mediocre team into a great team. So, I I think I spent too much time early in my career trying to find pinpoint problems. Straight up, there's a problem with a function, leader's the issue.

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