I took my team leaders to Dave Ramsey's Entreleadership 1 day event in Dallas Thursday. I was a bit apprehensive about their reactions to Dave and the material when I decided to invite them to join me at the event. I ended up asking them to buy their own tickets. This added more pressure but they now had a vested interest in getting their money's worth. I believe in the material and Dave's delivery always get's the point across.
Nearly 48 hours later, I have had an opportunity to get feedback from each team member. I found that each of them got something completely different from the lessons. One of our top managers, who is in a leadership position said that the goal setting and section on business plan basics resonated with him. In fact, we had a 20 minute discussion about how we all need to sit down and write our small business plans and KRAs (Key Results Area). This also led to an important discussion about goal setting and the importance team members' personal budgets. Our team is on commission, if we partner with them in their personal financial walk, we can help them avoid financial crisis that would affect their production.
During the live lesson, I noticed our head recruiter and director of marketing was making notes like a madman on the Delegation and Time Management sections. We've since sat down to discuss strategy modifications going forward. These are minor course corrections in the process we currently employ. We both agree that some people need to "get off the bus".
Another of our team who is one of our top managers and in-house team motivator is tweaking our current goal-setting process. He noticed the significance that Dave placed on goal-setting while I was reminded that goal-setting is essential to winning.
I believe our next leadership meeting will be extremely productive.
At the end of the day, Entreleadership 1 Day event is a solid product (as is the Master Series). Similar to when the iphone was introduced, I promote great products that improve lives. I like buying great products. When I was a DJ, I sought out quality music and introduced it to the masses. When I sell insurance, I make sure it is the highest quality and I make sure to sell it to as many people as possible. When I build a team, only the best will do. That is why I brought them to Entre 1 Day Event. I care about improving their lives and that of my the folks in my organization.
You can read about my experience at Entreleadership Cancun (6 Day Event) here...
It's a culture thing.
Lance Cashion