Episode 3

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27th Mar 2023

Culture Creep: Promoting Leaders Without Ensuring They Have The Tools & Skills

On Episode 3, Kevin Wormwood and James Mayhew discuss how your company culture experiences "creep" - the unintended, accidental elements of culture that cause it to become something less than ideal.

One major cause of culture creep is promoting people into leadership roles without first ensuring they have the necessary tools and skills to lead well from day one.

Key Discussion Points

  • Fast growing companies need to promote quickly
  • High level individual contributors don't automatically make great managers
  • "They'll figure it out on their own."
  • Essential skills such as the ability to set expectations and give helpful feedback
  • Busyness leads to cutting corners and poor communication
  • Assumptions and misunderstandings
  • Most companies struggle to develop leaders
  • Skilled leaders are in short supply
  • Destination v. Direction mindset
  • Evaluate leadership abilities and provide coaching to new leaders

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Built Different
Accelerate your business by leading with Integrity, Dignity & Prosperity
A company that’s Built Different makes clear, confident and consistent decisions around three principles: integrity, dignity and prosperity. This sets the tone for how you attract and retain great people, develop leaders from within, and ensuring you serve your employees and customers with excellence every single day.

Whether you lead a team of 5, 500 or 5000, and you desire to make a difference in the lives of others, you’re in the right place. Our goal is to help you be known for having a company that doesn’t just say they’re different, but IS different.

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James Mayhew

James Mayhew is an expert on organizational culture and values-based leadership. He is the former chief culture officer for one of the fastest growing small business in the country leading them to also becoming one of the most attractive workplaces in the Midwest.
 
James partners with business leaders to build world-class workplaces through his Purpose Driven Teams framework which seamlessly integrates strategic direction, execution disciplines and organizational culture, helping company leaders have assurance they have excellent people doing exceptional work on the most important things.