Shannon Waller, author of The Team Success Handbook, has been the entrepreneurial team expert at Strategic Coach® since 1995. Shannon Waller’s Team Success podcasts are a series of insights about teamwork and success that she’s gained from working with entrepreneurs and their teams over the years. Subscribe to Shannon Waller’s Team Success podcast, free on iTunes.
In this special edition of the Team Success Podcast, Shannon Waller talks to Christian Cotichini, CEO and co-founder of HeroX, about the importance of having a strong company culture to bring together increasingly geographically disperse and virtual teams. Christian shares the four core values that are central to the HeroX culture, the thinking behind them,[…]
Author and speaker Richard Abraham shares how you can bring your sales relationships to a higher and more profitable level. In this engaging and enlightening conversation, Shannon and Richard discuss “Mister Shmooze,” a character from the book of the same name that Richard created as a composite of the ideal attributes of the best salespeople[…]
Dr. Henry Cloud talks to us about making “Necessary Endings” to achieve growth and success. Leadership coach and clinical psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud talks with Shannon and shares that “Necessary endings do not come because something is wrong; they come because you are still alive.”
Author and psychologist Dr. Robert Maurer shares “The Kaizen Way” to make lasting life changes. Shannon and Dr. Maurer have an enlightening conversation around the idea that we only need to take very small steps in order to accomplish our biggest life goals.
Learn how to elevate your team’s “tribal culture” with author Dave Logan. Dave Logan and Shannon talk about the five stages of Tribal Leadership and the three things you can do to leap forward.
Find out how to become “Business Brilliant,” with New York Times bestselling author Lewis Schiff. Shannon and Lewis discuss how some of the highest-earning entrepreneurs have achieved their wealth, and lay out the action steps to take in order to achieve similar entrepreneurial success.
Shannon talks “The Hugging Culture” with Jack Mitchell, author of Hug Your Customers and Hug Your People. They discuss the importance of developing personalized, individualized relationships with both customers and team members as a route to building a successful entrepreneurial company.
Would you like to facilitate faster, more successful delegations and handoffs to your team members? In this episode, Shannon discusses the concept of specific trust—trusting a specific person with a specific task that you know falls into their area of Unique Ability® so you’ll be freed up to do more of what you’re best at.
Do you have the habits in place that show others that you’re a reliable and referable person? In this episode, Shannon discuses The Referability Habits—the four relationship habits that make a powerful difference in the way your customers, teammates, and strategic partners view you.
Do you often find yourself frustrated with team members who don’t have the same sense of urgency as you do? In this episode, Shannon discusses the difference between fast- and even-paced personalities and how the key to successful teamwork is having alert and responsive team members.