The High Cost of Transition with Jerry Jones

There are challenges other than being expensive in bringing people from different places and making them do one thing. How do you then uncover the hidden cost and reduce it to get your resources, energy, and time to more meaningful investments? 

Hiring qualified people is helpful. And it is best to tap into your current pool of talents to avoid dealing with adaptation issues. The concept of ‘divide and conquer’ comes in handy in this regard. 

Jerry Jones is a Leader, trainer, coach, consultant, and communicator whose passion is partnering with people to do their thing better. He has worked with entrepreneurs, global educators, executive leadership, trainers, teachers, coaches, families, and individuals who have a vision for what could be but struggle to get there in both professional and personal capacity. 

In this episode, Jerry talks about how challenging it is to deal with transient organizations. To seemingly solve the problem, they try to provide perks and fancy things to their people which don’t help as problems are beneath the surface; that’s where they failed to look into. Jerry shares how he peels off the layers where hidden costs are found and help reduce it to lessen the cost of doing international business. 

What you will learn from this episode: 

• Find out the common transition problems so you learn to channel your money, resources, energy, and time to the right investments and people 
• Learn how to hire qualified people so as to avoid problems of adaptation all over again 
• Find out the concept of ‘divide and conquer’ to help you create a solid plan and move forward 

“It's taxing to bring people from different places and to get them to try to do one thing. And so, I tried to uncover what those costs are, whatever they are, and reduce them.” 

 - Jerry Jones 

Topics Covered: 

01:46 - Jerry defines his ideal clients 

02:22 - Robert shares about the problem his clients encounter and which he helps solve 

03:28 - How miscommunication and mistrust add up to the symptoms in the transition problem 

04:26 - What people do wrong in trying to solve problems on their own and before consulting Jerry 

05:04 - Jerry sharing his thoughts about the ‘wrong-end investment’ 

06:32 - Free resource to help you deal with transition problems. Head over to https://geerthofstede.com/landing-page/ 

07:15 - Jerry sharing the concept of ‘divide and conquer’  

08:01 - How can people connect with their people?  

Key Takeaways: 

“It's taxing to bring people from different places and to get them to try to do one thing. And so, I try to uncover what those costs are, whatever they are, and reduce them.” - Jerry Jones 

“They think that if they give more perks or more fancy things along the way that it'll take care of people's problems, but the problems are really beneath the surface. And that doesn't help.” - Jerry Jones 

“They're investing a lot of money, energy, time resources into people who haven't been through the process of adjustment and adapting yet. And if they would move that investment to the other end and really invest in the people that they already have, it's a much higher return.”  - Jerry Jones 

Resources: 

• Free resource to help you deal with transition problems. Head over to https://geerthofstede.com/landing-page/ 

Ways to Connect with Jerry Jones: 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-jones-621ba227/

Ways to Connect with Howard Whiteson: 

• Website: http://www.wealthwithoutborders.net    
• Podcast: https://wealthwithoutborders.net/podcast/  
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardwhiteson