Jason provides insights and alternative views of coworker relationships. He was generous with his time as he talked with me about his work focused on building deep levels of trust and extraordinary coworker relationships. Jason is an author, TEDx speaker, team building facilitator through the product he has launched, and a leadership consultant. Employees in every role will benefit from listening to this episode and considering how you can apply Jason’s guidance as you strive to build stronger relationships with the people in your life and retain your most valuable employees.
Here’s a pledge every employee has to agree to before starting work at WD-40 (no matter what their level). I really like it as a tool. Any organization can set up something similar and make it apart of the hiring process. I’d give to any prospective hire and tell them it’s a requirement to agree to this before you start your first day.
“I am responsible for taking action, asking questions, getting answers, and making decisions. I won’t wait for someone to tell me. If I need to know, I’m responsible for asking. I have no right to be offended that I didn’t ’get this sooner.’ If I’m doing something others should know about, I’m responsible for telling them.”
I think it sets a particular tone about how people communicate, collaborate and engage. It sets a standard the first day any employee starts to work.
It also does two important things for WD-40:
Sets up learning a priority so employees don’t get stagnant. What worked yesterday and today won’t work tomorrow.
Focused on accountability and taking action. Employees are required to be proactive.
How to Become a Leader on your Sales Team – Outside Sales Talk with Jason Treu
Jason Treu coaches executives, managers and their teams to maximize their leadership potential and operate at peak performance. He’s the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on, building extraordinary business relationships, which has sold more than 45,000 copies. In this episode, Jason reveals his tips on how to become an extraordinary leader.
About the Guest: Jason Treu is a leadership, culture change, employee engagement, team building, and motivational keynote speaker. He provides coaching, speaking & workshops to develop great leaders and maximize employee engagement.
He had helped thousands of people achieving their most ambitious goals by becoming more self-aware, resilient, creative and confident. He advised leading organizations such as Google, Amazon, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CareHere, E&Y, Worldwide Express, Gillette, Oracle & SMBs on how to improve leadership.
He was a featured speaker at TEDxWilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game “Cards Against Mundanity”
One vitally important question to ask each team member [17:42]
A great way to give constructive feedback [21:54]
Ways to brainstorm more effectively with your team [24:55]
Jason’s donation to the Agent Success Toolbox [31:30]
How to break through your goals.
Plus so much more.
Jason Treu
Jason Treu coaches, conducts workshops (leadership, management and team building) & keynote speak for executives, managers & employees that are fueled by a passion for accomplishing seemingly impossible goals and building extraordinary teams that perform at the highest level.
Bottomline: Jason helps individuals and teams show up on their field of play as the best version of themselves.
Jason works with talented individuals & leading organizations such as Google, Amazon, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CareHere, E&Y, Worldwide Express, Gillette, Oklahoma City Thunder, Merck, Novartis, & many SMBs in various industries (including venture capital, private equity, real estate, etc).
Jason knows mental performance, leadership and team building better than anyone. He has mastered management best practices that have an immediate & significant impact.
Jason is not for everyone. He makes mistakes. But he is always learning & developing new programs & practices (such as his team building game, Cards Against Mundanity, that 12,000+ employees use.)
Jason’s focus areas: leadership, managing others, self-awareness/emotional intelligence, team building & employee engagement, hiring, on boarding and working with new managers.
What does an extraordinary team leader and manager do differently?
They create an environment and experience that brings out the unique best in each person and combines those contributions with other team members to create something that no individual could do by themselves.
That’s where the magic happens! And that’s the bar / threshold for every manager to reach.
When was there a time in your career in which you felt like everything was working exactly as it should be? What was it about the people and the environment that created it to happen? Be specific.
This will help you understand the atmosphere and environment where you do your greatest work. You can proactively create this no matter where you work and/or what level you are. You can get people to engage with you that helps you (and also helps them).
99% of people just accept where they are at versus being proactive to create something better for themselves and everyone they touch.
