Shannon Waller's Team Success Teamwork That Actually Works
Oct 23, 2025
30:23
Are you playing to your strengths—or stuck slogging through steps that drain your energy? This episode explores how organizing and aligning your team’s areas of Unique Ability® can improve productivity and results. Discover practical strategies for visualizing processes, delegating wisely, and creating good handoffs so everyone can do what they do best—and love most—every day.
Show Notes:
- When everyone’s doing what they love and are great at, work feels lighter, faster, and way more fun.
- This is your chance to make sure every person is running with their strengths, not getting bogged down by tasks that drain them.
- Don’t get stuck doing things you’re merely competent at—aim to spend your best time in your “unique” zone and support your team to do the same.
- Owning what you’re not good at is not only liberating, it’s the secret to better teamwork and smarter systems in any entrepreneurial business.
- Try not to fall into “rugged individualism”; asking for help and relying on your team’s strengths isn’t just smart, it’s essential for real progress.
- Pick one key process in your business and gather the team to map out each step and who’s responsible—simple changes here can lead to huge improvements.
- Mapping out your team’s process together can uncover simple fixes and spark big ideas about how things could be easier.
- If something feels complicated, document it visually; the bottlenecks and opportunities become much clearer, especially when you work as a group.
- Process mapping isn’t just practical; it can actually be a lot of fun, especially if you break out the whiteboard or some sticky notes.
- Try to bring a playful spirit to documenting and improving your processes—a little laughter and some big post-its can go a long way, and you might be surprised at how much your team enjoys it.
- Good handoffs are everything: be clear, be kind, and let others shine instead of white-knuckling tasks you don’t enjoy.
- When you pass the baton to the person who’s excited to run with it, your whole workflow speeds up and everyone’s energy goes up too.
- When your team’s strengths line up with their tasks, friction disappears and the impact on your clients and business expands.
- Watch out for the “delegation death grip”—if you’re finding it hard to let go of a task, you might be holding up the flow, even by accident.
- Avoid “drive-by delegation”—tossing a task at someone without context or support almost always leaves them confused and slows everything down.
- Tech tools help, but starting with a simple, hands-on process map makes everything smoother and less stressful down the line.
- Don’t be afraid to shake things up; swapping roles or trying out new tech tools is just good sense when it keeps your team happy and your systems operating smoothly.
- Training new team members gets easier with clear, visual guides for how things really work in your company.
- Process mapping isn’t just for solving problems; it’s your secret weapon for onboarding new people and capturing valuable know-how, so it sticks with your company, not just your current team.
Resources:
Your Business Is A Theater Production: Your Back Stage Shouldn’t Show On The Front Stage
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande