003 What Most Bosses Get Wrong In Leading Their Teams… and What To Do About It

Who is Dr. Willey Jolley. The Willey Jolley Story. 7:25 Charlie Tremendous Jones 8:00 Les Brown’s impact on Willie Jolley Willey Jolley’s break came when he invited to speak was Les Brown, Billy Preston, and Gladys Knight. 9:00 Ford Motor Company was on the brink of bankruptcy but Willie Jolly was their secret weapon. That secret weapon allows Ford Motor Company to be in the financial position to refuse the government bailout, unlike its competitors. 11:10 Willie Jolly shares in an example of change management when he talks about how he on freezes the thinking of the executives at Ford Motor Company. Unfreezing is the concept of changing the mindset of your team where they are now convinced that they need to let go of current thinking actions behaviors and habits to a new level of performance. 11:23 Willey Jolley talks about his conversation with Gen. Colin Powell and change. Gen. Powell talks about Desert Storm and change in warfare as it applies to business. 11:59 Willey Jolley talks about what's in his book related to change in leadership in the book “Turning Setbacks Into Comebacks” and it starts with mindset. 12:30 Willey Jolley talks about Selling Power Magazine and a recent article is a published on mindset. 12:28 Willey Jolly spoke on stage with Dr.Nido Qubein Dr. John Maxwell about what he did to change his life and change the lives of the employees at Ford Motor Company where it starts with mindset. 13.21 Willie Jolly shares what he believes are the 16 most powerful words that have ever been put together in one sentence. Here are those 16 powerful words. “Don't be conformed to this words, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”Here's Willey Jolley’s answer to the question what should top managers do who are struggling to change their thinking, their mindset, and what action should they take as a result. 14:50 Willey Jolley talks about what action you can take right now to make a difference with your team. Why great managers take action to improve themselves in order to improve their people. Jim Rome said it well when he said the greatest achievers are not just focused on growing their business first but growing themselves first. He stresses that if you grow yourself first then you will be growing your business as a result. He stresses that growing yourself first and then growing your people is the combined secret to growing your business. If you're going to commit yourself to growing your business then you must start with growing your people first. 15:29 great people give great service. Good people will give good service. Mediocre people will give mediocre service. And negative people will kill your organization. 16:25 is an old axiom that Abraham Lincoln said. If you have six hours to cut down a tree reserve two hours of those six to sharpen the saw. 16:48 In the book “The Attitude of excellence" Willy Jolly talks about how the CEO of the four seasons hotel chain turned around the company to make it a five-star enterprise. 17:36 Willey Jolley lays down the law about the secret to success in business. He states there are two ways to become successful, mentors or mistakes. Both will get you there, just one will get you there with fewer heartaches, headaches, and knots upside your head. He also learned a great people make time to share their mentorship gift. 18:11 The CEO of four seasons hotels tells Willy Jolly how he changed the company from a three-star to a four-star to a five-star and then to a five diamond hotel. He told Willie about his quote better campaign unquote, good, better, best. 18:41 Willey Jolley talks about the three ways to build a great team in sports that you can apply to your business right now. 22:09 Willey Jolley shares the powerful “1% solution”. If you can get 1% better every day it's cumulative and you take advantage of compounding interest growth. Willey Jolley announces the launch of his new book on marriage that he and his wife are publishing shortly. It's called “Make Love Make Money Make It Last“. Willie and his wife have been married for over 32 years and they haven't had an argument over a quarter of a century. 27:38 Willey Jolley talks about the distractions that your employees have that only the best managers have a plan to address. 28:23 Willey Jolley talks about his success with DC Water. They were having union problems, morale problems, and employees who were resistant to change. Here what Willie had them do to change their situation. Wiley quoted a Gallup poll that stated that stated that “Over 70% of employees are uninspired and disengaged and are only working for a check.” If you have over 70% of your employees working uninspired and disengaged the net means that over 50% of your employees a working under capacity. 30:37 Willey Jolley tells the story of his assistant, Cheryl Reagin, who held unusual levels of gratitude for her boss and how it led her to exceptional levels of peak performance. 32:10 Willie Jolley's answer to the question what you do if you invest in your people and then they decide to leave and you lose that investment. Hear what Willie had to say. 32:33 Zemira tells the story of how he achieved zero turnover with his team. 34:20 Willie jelly talks about how one of the most successful salespeople in media in the Washington area experience the principle of Willie Jolly. His name is Colon Johnson 35:32 Willie Jolly reveals his “Big Aha Ha” for all managers who must get better performance right now. 39:44 Zemira reminds all manager farm listeners to go back to episode 002 to listen to the show about the vitamin deficiency on your team that every member of your team is currently suffering with. Is vitamin A which stands for Acknowledgment. 42:00 Willy Jolly shares what he is so impressed with regarding the management style and knowledge of Zemira Jones. 43:20 Willie Jolley shares his for “F’s” in business with his clients, suppliers, people he negotiates with, or his team. 1.) Be Friendly 2.) Be Frank 3.) Be Fair 4.) Be focused on a positive result. 44:38 Zemira talks about the toughest conversation a manager ever has with an employee and how to think about it. how to offset much of the downside of having an involuntary termination conversation with an employee. 46:43 Willey Jolley talks about the two things that changed his life and are lessons for any struggling manager. The word is input, input determines output. Garbage in garbage out or better said garbage in garbage stays. Make sure you get Willie Jolley's gift that he's giving everyone who listens to the end of this podcast: Here’s where to get you FREE gift: willeyjolley.com/gift Get the same interactive training that Willey gave to Ford Motor Company that helped turn them around. JolleyVT.com  Subscribe CLICK HERE  Share it    CLICK HERE