The Engaging Leader podcast is an audio program where host Jesse Lahey and his guests share communication and leadership principles and tell stories that illustrate putting those principles into practice.
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What does it take to lead a team that builds a startup into a nationally recognized company in less than three years, with an annual growth rate of more than 1,000%?
In this interview, Josh shares his personal story of failures, successes, and the lessons learned along the way. Josh will share how he built a winning team, how he uses a combination of high-touch and high-tech to cultivate the company’s culture despite its explosive growth, and how he leads a workforce of not only several hundred employees locally but also 80,000 affiliates globally.
In addition, Jesse Lahey and Josh Kent discuss:
- Holding intentional events to strengthen a fun, healthy culture;
- How new employees are introduced to the culture;
- Developing leadership skills of managers, including foundational training as well as an ongoing weekly “book club”;
- How to conduct daily “huddles,” weekly “super huddles,” and monthly town halls;
- How to take advantage of the affiliation business model; and
- Managing task lists on a cascading basis, and inspecting what you expect.
Original article published here.