Tanner SmithCEO Syndicate Marketing | Scaling 7, 8, & 9 figure businesses | Performance marketing for ecom, local, and info businesses

Why Business Leaders Are Coaches 🧢 🏢

3 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue aimed at small business owners, the speaker emphasizes the necessity of delegating responsibilities to key team members rather than trying to wear every hat themselves. He likens effective leadership to a sports coach, urging owners to adopt a coaching mindset that encourages hustle, speed, and clear direction. By establishing structured "lines" or playbooks, leaders can quickly recognize when issues arise and respond efficiently. The core message is that business owners should empower their teams, act as coaches, and implement clear structures to drive performance.

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You as a small business owner, you've gotta be able to delegate the responsibility to the people, the key players on your team, that you can then take and just have them run with different things. Yeah, and that doesn't mean you have to wear all the hats though. Like, don't get me wrong here, like, as a business owner, you're already wearing so many hats. I'm not saying that you've gotta do everything, but you have to be the coach. You know, when I used to play sports, like, I used to have a coach that'd say, "Hey, unhitch the piano." AKA, show more hustle. Like, be quicker, like, run faster. I have an issue with where you're going, the same thing goes goes with business, because if you have that structure, you know what lines you need to play with, you can then clearly and quickly determine when something is arrived.