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207.How Jim Harbaugh Builds Winning Teams: Lessons for Corporate Culture · The Kathie Owen Perspective Podcast

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  Kathie: So I have to tell you.
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  Kathie: Over the weekend.
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  Kathie: I was watching professional football.
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  Kathie: And you know me, I love me some sports psychology.
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  Kathie: And the announcer was talking about Jim Harbaugh.
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  Kathie: He is the coach of the.
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  Kathie: I don't want to say San Diego chargers, but now they're the Los Angeles chargers.
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  Kathie: Yeah.
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  Kathie: Anyways, I was listening to them talk about how he transforms teams and how he's brought the chargers from where they were in a bad place to a really good place they're doing really well.
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  Kathie: And they said something that totally captured by attention.
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  Kathie: I mean, it was just like, Oh, my God.
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  Kathie: I got to listen to this.
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  Kathie: And they said the reason that he transforms teams, the way he does, has to do with the way he builds culture, the team culture specifically.
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  Kathie: This.
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  Kathie: I geek out on this, because this is corporate wellness to a T and this is how you build healthy teams.
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  Kathie: And today we're going to talk about his strategies.
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  Kathie: What this coach does and how he's transformed teams over the years.
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  Kathie: To make them championship teams.
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  Kathie: And that's what we want.
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  Kathie: We want a team that works together very cohesively.
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  Kathie: And if you think about it in professional football, this can be a challenge because you have so many diva athletes, especially on the professional level where they're like, I don't have to do this.
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  Kathie: And Jim Harbaugh doesn't tolerate that diva stuff.
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  Kathie: And actually he builds it in a healthy way.
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  Kathie: Let's talk about it.
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  Kathie: You're listening to Kathie's coaching podcast.
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  Kathie: I'm your host, Kathie Owen.
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  Kathie: So Jim Harbaugh.
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  Kathie: Has transformed teams that were struggling.
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  Kathie: And he took him to a place of championship, San Francisco 49ers for a championship.
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  Kathie: And 2023, he took the university of Michigan to the championship.
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  Kathie: And that's what he's most famous for as of recently, however, he's also transformed the chargers into a team that is highly.
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  Kathie: Highly.
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  Kathie: Top-notch.
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  Kathie: And these coaching strategies.
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  Kathie: Can really relate to high performing teams in the corporate world.
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  Kathie: And that's what I really want to talk about because first of all, I geek out about sports psychology.
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  Kathie: And second of all, I geek out about healthy, happy teams and a great workplace culture.
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  Kathie: And we can all learn from this.
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  Kathie: Even if you're an individual who follows me for my coaching, we can all learn from this.
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  Kathie: First step accountability.
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  Kathie: Jim Harbaugh holds every player accountable.
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  Kathie: Regardless of his status, regardless of his tenure.
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  Kathie: Regardless of his performance.
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  Kathie: He treats the veteran the same as the rookie.
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  Kathie: This is a profound thing to think about because it does transform your workplace culture.
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  Kathie: And here's how you can apply this today.
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  Kathie: Number one set clear expectations for your entire team.
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  Kathie: From the rookie to the veteran.
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  Kathie: In the workplace.
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  Kathie: Accountability builds trust number one.
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  Kathie: And it also drives success of your team.
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  Kathie: Let me explain number one, you want to set clear expectations.
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  Kathie: Number two, you want to create a feedback loop.
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  Kathie: Where employees feel safe to express what they're feeling.
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  Kathie: This is done through assessments.
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  Kathie: Yes.
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  Kathie: That is one of the first things I do whenever I get inside a corporate culture, because you want to know what's going on inside there.
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  Kathie: You want to create that feedback loop.
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  Kathie: So the feedback loop builds trust because you're listening to your employees and you're also understanding what they want and what they need.
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  Kathie: And number three, when you have accountability, you celebrate those who take ownership of their successes.
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  Kathie: And their failures.
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  Kathie: This is important.
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  Kathie: Because when you celebrate their successes and you also celebrate their admission of failures.
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  Kathie: You're building trust.
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  Kathie: It helps the team come together and it also helps build the team as better.
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  Kathie: Think about it in football.
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  Kathie: You're going to have somebody who messes up.
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  Kathie: We all make mistakes.
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  Kathie: We're human.
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  Kathie: Even professional athletes are human.
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  Kathie: They mess up.
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  Kathie: He missed the field goal, an important field goal.
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  Kathie: But we still celebrate the fact that, Hey, I missed the field goal, but I'm going to work on practice and get better or make it better next time.
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  Kathie: But that is part of building a healthy team is celebrating those who take ownership of their wins.
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  Kathie: And their struggles.
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  Kathie: So you want to think of accountability as the foundation of what's going on inside your company.
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  Kathie: Accountability.
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  Kathie: Is like.
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  Kathie: The flour in the cake mix that has all different kinds of ingredients to make a wonderful cake.
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  Kathie: Now let's talk about team unity.
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  Kathie: Harbough talks about team workouts.
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  Kathie: He doesn't let the vetern go workout on his own in his own space.
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  Kathie: He lets the whole team workout together.
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  Kathie: What does this do?
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  Kathie: This builds team comradery.
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  Kathie: But it also helps your team develop skills that the veteran can teach the rookie.
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  Kathie: And the rookie can teach the veteran and it keeps everybody on the same page.
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  Kathie: In the corporate world, this might look like collaborative projects or team building experiences.
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  Kathie: That's what that could look like.
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  Kathie: Because a team building experience will take the veteran and the rookie and help them see how this can compliment this.
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  Kathie: And this can compliment this and this can build the team.
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  Kathie: On a same page level, building a healthy culture.
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  Kathie: Remember the best teams don't just work together they care about each other.
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  Kathie: And when employees feel connected, they're more likely to be engaged.
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  Kathie: And bring their best selves to work.
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  Kathie: So another thing that Jim Harbaugh is known for is building resilience.
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  Kathie: And he's a hard nose coach.
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  Kathie: That's kind of something he's known for is how hard he can be on his team and how he builds the resilience.
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  Kathie: And there's a balance there that we're going to talk about in just a minute.
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  Kathie: But this hard nose nature is like the secret spice in the cake that we're making.
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  Kathie: It's the secret spice.
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  Kathie: It stays in there and it makes it have a different flavor.
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  Kathie: It makes it look different.
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  Kathie: It makes it taste different.
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  Kathie: This means teaching resilience and mental toughness to tackle those challenges.
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  Kathie: Head on.
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  Kathie: Just tackle them.
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  Kathie: You're not afraid because your resilience, you have that courage.
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  Kathie: You can build resilience with your team by encouraging your employees to see challenges as opportunities, because really, and truly when it comes down to it, that's all they are.
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  Kathie: And there are opportunities to innovate and grow.
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  Kathie: And this sets high standards, but we always want to balance them with empathy and support and team support.
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  Kathie: Which brings me to the next one, which is values and purpose.
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  Kathie: Jim Harbaugh's known for converting several players.
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  Kathie: In fact, he had this thing I Michigan.
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  Kathie: Where he had 70 players.
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  Kathie: Be baptized.
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  Kathie: This was a value he instilled in the team.
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  Kathie: And it was a value that wasn't just a word on a board.
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  Kathie: It was a value that he carried himself.
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  Kathie: He showed the team that he had that.
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  Kathie: And then he gave them opportunities to build on that value, which created purpose and team cohesion.
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  Kathie: So the players are not just growing as a team they're growing as individuals, which makes the team better.
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  Kathie: Similarly, great companies connect to their employees by instilling these values in their team and helping them grow individually and not just as a team.
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  Kathie: Or not just as favorite employees.
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  Kathie: On the board.
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  Kathie: So we wanted to find our core values as a company.
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  Kathie: And the core values are not just words on a board.
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  Kathie: Simon Sineck will tell you that they need to be action.
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  Kathie: For example.
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  Kathie: If you have a gym at work, it doesn't mean everybody's going to have energy.
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  Kathie: You have to have that value yourself.
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  Kathie: You have to practice that yourself as the CEO and set an example.
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  Kathie: Or these values guide everybody's decisions.
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  Kathie: Look at look at Jim Harbaugh.
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  Kathie: He valued.
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  Kathie: His faith.
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  Kathie: And he instilled that in his team.
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  Kathie: And when he instilled that in his team, he started growing the individuals.
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  Kathie: So when you value things like leadership and growth and development, these things will start to show up by you putting that into the workplace.
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  Kathie: Giving your employees a chance to join or not join it's up to them, but they will grow as individuals.
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  Kathie: And this has a ripple effect and you know, me, I love me some ripple effect where it just keeps going and going and going.
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  Kathie: And then when employees feel aligned to the mission and the values.
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  Kathie: Engagement grows.
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  Kathie: And engagement grows.
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  Kathie: Look at that.
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  Kathie: 70 of the football players actually got baptized because of this leader's values and then the players wanted to be like that too.
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  Kathie: Which leads me to the next thing that he did.
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  Kathie: He did a legacy and culture building.
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  Kathie: That's what the announcer specifically said.
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  Kathie: He was known for building a great culture and he's left a legacy.
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  Kathie: Look at the San Francisco 49ers.
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  Kathie: He had that legacy there.
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  Kathie: He won the super bowl.
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  Kathie: Look at Michigan, the university of Michigan won the national championship in 2023.
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  Kathie: That was 10 years after the 49ers.
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  Kathie: Did it.
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  Kathie: And then now he's with the chargers and who knows what that's going to happen, but he has already turned that team around.
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  Kathie: So he's leaving a legacy behind.
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  Kathie: That builds an awesome culture, which is exactly what the announcer said, but let's talk about this.
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  Kathie: So you want to intentionally build a culture that endures time.
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  Kathie: Document your values.
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  Kathie: Don't just put them as words on a board.
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  Kathie: Live them, live them as an example.
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  Kathie: And invest in leadership development.
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  Kathie: This is crucial.
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  Kathie: I have seen companies fall apart and actually the number one reason an employee leaves a company is because of poor leadership.
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  Kathie: And this is a simple fix.
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  Kathie: It's a simple fixed by incorporating leadership development and understanding with your assessments, your anonymous assessments, the feedback loop, where you're having issues.
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  Kathie: Issues inside the leadership, because a simple assessment understanding how the team feels, whether their leader is actually kind to them.
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  Kathie: Understanding.
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  Kathie: Helpful are they micro-managing?
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  Kathie: Are they.
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  Kathie: Insulting them, are they making them feel less worthy?
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  Kathie: Because what's going to happen is you're going to end up with quiet, quitting, or you're going to end up with losing top talent.
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  Kathie: And when you invest in leadership development, which can be as simple as a leadership workshop, as simple as that feedback loop, Hey, we're getting this feedback on you as a manager, you're micromanaging your team.
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  Kathie: How can we work on that?
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  Kathie: How can we start to see, oh, this leader could help instead of hurt the team.
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  Kathie: That's leaving a legacy where your employees feel loved and cared for, instead of just words on the board, in the value definition.
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  Kathie: So we're defining our values, but actually taking action and caring about our team and building that trust.
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  Kathie: I want you to remember this.
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  Kathie: A strong culture isn't just to strategy it's the company's identity.
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  Kathie: It is the legacy that you are leaving behind.
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  Kathie: What do you want that to be?
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  Kathie: Do you want that to be one where you have an identity like Jim Harbaugh?
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  Kathie: Oh my gosh.
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  Kathie: Great team.
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  Kathie: Great culture.
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  Kathie: He builds a great culture.
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  Kathie: That's what makes him successful?
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  Kathie: That's what makes people want to emulate him?
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  Kathie: That's what makes the players, even the diva players, what to play better because they want.
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  Kathie: To be a part of that legacy.
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  Kathie: So like baking the perfect cake.
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  Kathie: Creating a winning culture takes effort.
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  Kathie: Intention.
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  Kathie: And the right mix of ingredients.
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  Kathie: Remember that spice?
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  Kathie: Yeah.
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  Kathie: You even want that little spice in there?
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  Kathie: Whether you're leading a football team or you're leading a corporate environment.
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  Kathie: The principles are the same.
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  Kathie: So you ready to channel your inner Harbaugh?
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  Kathie: And build culture that inspires, engages your team, and drive success.
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  Kathie: Let's get started.
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  Kathie: Learn more about building a winning culture at kathieowen.com.
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  Kathie: And also I want to note that inside the links in the description.
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  Kathie: And the show notes below are always on every video I do.
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  Kathie: That includes bonus resources and more.
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  Kathie: It's that simple.
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  Kathie: There'll be bonus resources and more.
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  Kathie: So until next time stay inspired.
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  Kathie: And keep building champions.
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  Kathie: On and off the field.
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  Kathie: All right.
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  Kathie: That's my, so for today, I trust that you found it helpful.
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  Kathie: If you know somebody who could benefit from this, please share it with them.
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  Kathie: And until next time I will see you next time, peace out and Namaste.