Leading to Fulfillment - Episode Zero
Adventures in Businessing
While there will not be new episodes of Adventures in Businessing, we are excited to announce a brand new podcast. Here is a sneak peek with our episode zero. Leading to Fulfillment is a weekly 30 to 40 minute podcast that highlights the impact of People-First leaders and teams where fulfillment is the true measure of success.. In each episode James Laws has conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, and other thinkers from all walks of life and kinds of businesses to find out how they think & lead differently and make decisions that lead to fulfilling work and fulfilled teams.
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- [0:00:47] Episode Summary | Intro
- F.I.T.ness Overview
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- Faculty
- Initiative
- Temperament
- A Place for Alliteration
- [0:04:45] Understanding Why Team Members May Be Unhappy in Their Role
- They may be in the wrong place, doing the wrong work, or have the wrong temperament for the type of work they’re doing.
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- You have to be flexible as an organization, hopefully without differing straight to letting the employee go.
- Though it’s important to acknowledge not every individual will be a fit for your culture and organization.
- [0:08:00] Does X Person Have the F. I. and T. to be on Your Team?
- Analyzing & Measuring Faculty, Initiative, and Temperament
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- Determining F.I.T. May Mean Something Different to You and Your Organization
- For Our Company, We’ve Found Temperament to be the Most Important Measurement
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- You Have to Determine What’s the Right Temperament Your Team
- Temperament is the Hardest to Teach...and Change
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- It’s Also the Most Sensitive Topic
- [0:16:26] Recommendation: Hire Slow, Fire Slow
- Take Time to Determine F.I.T.
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- You Can Train Over Most F.I.T. Challenges
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- You Should Be Trying to Help Team Members Through the Obstacles
- What Do They Have Going on in Their Lives, How Can You Help?
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- Even if we don’t want to admit it, personal life can and will bleed into work.
- Empathy and communication are key.
- You HAVE to ask questions about connection, collaboration, and clarity.
- [0:20:24] How Do We Measure & What Does F.I.T.ness Look Like in Practice?
- Recommended (Recurring) Quarterly Check-in
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- But keep the conversation going in between quarterly check-ins.
- F.I.T.ness Changes
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- It changes, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for worse.
- F.I.T.ness is never static.
- Confirm F.I.T. on the front end: during hiring and onboarding.
- [0:25:34] Closing Thoughts
- F.I.T. Operates with the ‘C’s and ‘P’s, Not in A Vacuum
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- Clarity
- Collaboration
- Connection
- Passion
- Purpose
- Progress
- If you don’t take the time to figure out your ideal F.I.T., you’ll end up putting square pegs in round holes.
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- This ultimately hurts the new hire, and the team at large.
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- The ripple effect here doesn’t stop when you let someone go.
- By acknowledging and keeping up with F.I.T. you can minimize the repercussions of not getting it right...because you’re not going to always get it right.
- Companies & Culture Change Over TIme
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- What’s F.I.T. Today May Not be F.I.T. Tomorrow