Episode 56: You Can’t Lead If You’re Too Busy Putting Out Fires

Leader is not a synonym for firefighter.

With the one notable exception — actual firefighters — if you spend all day putting out fires at your business… 

You’re too busy to lead. 

That’s one of countless lessons today’s guests, Eric Sprague & Larry Wilberton, Owners of Blue Collar Consulting and MorningTechMeeting.com , have learned over their many years working together — lessons they’re now teaching others through advising.

They join me today to discuss:

- Why leaders need to take a step back and let their team make their own mistakes

- Why your teams home life is inseparable from their work life

- How to use morning meetings to improve every facet of your business

- How to spend 30+ years in business with a friend (without strangling them)

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