425: Jon Gordon - How To Be A Great Teammate (Row The Boat)

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Jon Gordon is the author of 23 books including 10 best sellers. His books include the timeless classic The Energy Bus which has sold over 2 million copies, The Carpenter which was a top 5 business book of the year, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, The Power of a Positive Team, The Coffee Bean, Stay Positive, and The Garden.

• How to be a great teammate:
  • Put the team first
  • "We not me"
  • Superstars make the people around them better
• Get tactical (be a great teammate):
  • Look for opportunities for the betterment of the team
  • Work hard, build a foundation of trust, communicate well, connect with each team member, CARE about them
  • Encourage means to "put courage into them."
• "Leadership is a transfer of belief."
• Use 'positive discontent." "Love tough instead of tough love."
  • "Trust is the currency of leadership."
• Change Management (learned from Dabo Sweeney)
  • Know what the culture stands for
  • Know what you value
  • Set standards (non-negotiables)
  • Create your vision and purpose -- WHY are you doing it?
  • Get buy-in
  • Optimism and belief are vital
  • Must develop relationships
    • "People follow the leader first and the vision second."
• Ask: "Are they connected and committed?"
  • A great leader wants their team members to get promoted
• Culture is not static. It's dynamic. It must be built every day. "It's not one thing. It's everything."
• Jon wrote The Energy Bus in three weeks. And it changed the trajectory of his life.
• Don't be carrots or eggs... Be coffee beans. Be able to "transform the environment."
• 10 Life Rules of Row The Boat:
  • #2: Trained behavior creates boring habits, boring habits create elite instincts.
  • #3 You win with people, not just players--- people who make their life about others.
  • #5 The hardest part about being the standard is that you are the standard all the time.