Lessons from the Boardroom
Lessons from the Boardroom
Kevin Minton
Darren Springer | How Growth Impacts Management Style – and Vice-Versa
26 minutes Posted Sep 23, 2020 at 9:00 am.
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When you have a compensation structure based on sales and profitability targets, it can be a challenge to keep your team working together towards common goals, says Darren Springer. But as president and part-owner DEVITA Engineering, Darren has found a balance that incentivizes team members to excel in their individual roles but also support company goals. A big part of that is a leadership style that provides encouragement and stresses accountability. He’s doing something right, because DEVITA has managed to grow by 17% year over year for the past eight years. Darren shares how they’ve been able to maintain this growth rate, as well as… 
  • What they’ve done to account for pandemic-related downturn and how they’re prepping for 2021

  • How they’ve adapted to remote working – and why they might never go back to the “old way”

  • What he views as the most important job of a company president
     
  • His top tips for managing high-performing people – and their egos

  • And more