270. Mike Goldman | The Strength of Talent

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure to interview Mike Goldman, author of The Strength of Talent: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Profit.

Mike is a leadership team coach, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and host of The Better Leadership Team Show. Over his 30+ year career, he’s worked with companies like Disney, Verizon, CHANEL, and Polo Ralph Lauren, and his insights have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Chief Executive Magazine. Widely regarded by CEOs as the expert on building great leadership teams, Mike helps leaders grow their business by first growing their people.

In this episode, you’ll learn why traditional performance management is broken and what to do instead, how to retain and develop your highest performers while avoiding “polished mediocrity,” and how to make people growth your #1 priority in measurable, practical ways.

We hope you enjoy this incredible conversation with Mike Goldman.

To Learn More about Mike and buy his book visit:

The Book: https://a.co/d/51WmuVz

Website/Socials:

https://www.mike-goldman.com/

http://instagram.com/mikegoldmancoach

https://www.facebook.com/mikegoldmancoach

https://twitter.com/mgoldman10

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mgoldman10

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:30 No.1 driver of profit growth is people growth

4:44 The problem of unclear expectations

8:08 Clear KPIs vs Micro-Management

9:02 Examples from big companies

13:55 How to retain high performers

18:12 Doubling down on high performance

21:35 Raising the minimum standards

24:00 Everyone can be a superstar somewhere

26:59 Benchmarks for people growth

30:09 How to get started 

32:47 The talent density launchpad

34:23 Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)

36:00 9-Box grid talent management

37:45 A movement for people growth

41:02 AI, tech & people growth

43:58 Where to connect with Mike, his work & his book

45:10 A message for leaders

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