Sean GlazeWorkplace Culture Speaker | Facilitator, Great Results Team Building · Leadership lessons from the locker room that change how your people work together.

WHAT TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR TEAM

5 May 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Sean Glaze. This content was uploaded by Sean Glaze. This is a YouTube video titled "WHAT TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR TEAM" (published 2023-05-05T14:47:48+00:00). It features Sean Glaze delivering a short leadership monologue about team culture, contrasting two types of team members — "whiners" (excuse-makers, victims, slackers) and "winners" (self-responsible, helpful, hustlers) — and advising leaders to reinforce positive behaviors and address unproductive ones so winners stay and whiners change or leave.

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So what are the two types of people on your team? Well, as a trainer, I've certainly helped teams to understand personality styles, but this is even simpler. On any team, you're going to always have whiners and winners. Whining teammates are the ones that make excuses and point blame at others. Winners point at themselves. Whiners are victims waiting for help. Winners look for ways to be helpful. Whiners think about themselves, what's easy. Winners ask, "What does the team need?" Whiners are slackers. Winners are hustlers. And hustlers don't like slackers. So as a leader, you're going to get what you tolerate. And leadership is not about title, it's about influence. So in a great culture, people will share appreciation for positive behaviors to ensure that winners feel valued and stay. And people will address unproductive behaviors to ensure that whiners feel uncomfortable enough to change or leave. I'm Sean Glaze. That's what effective leaders do.