Who Sets the Temperature on Your Team?
Download MP3George is back with the second principle from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: We Lead By Example. Using Einstein's line that example isn't the main way to influence people, it's the only way, he breaks down Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, a software engineer named Z who reset her team's standard on a Friday afternoon, and the question every leader has to answer: are you the thermostat, or are you the thermometer?
In this episode
In this episode
- Recap of WE One — we do the right thing always — and why it means nothing on a poster or an email signature
- WE Two: we lead by example, opened with Einstein's quote that setting an example is the only means of influencing others
- Current reality and compelling vision, and the Chris Collins / Northwestern basketball turnaround
- Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls: the hotel room story from The Last Dance, and the moment Jordan chose not to walk in
- Thermostat versus thermometer — who sets the temperature in your organization, and who just reports it
- Z, the software engineer who reset her team's sprint standard on a Friday afternoon: "ain't nobody going home"
- The standard you set is the standard you get — Jordan on why a great player lands on a bad team
- Small standards that are really big standards: punctuality, cameras on in meetings, Danny Hurley's intensity at UConn
- The mirror test — your words and actions get replicated by your team whether you like it or not
- Two actions for the week: a 48-hour audit, and closing one gap
