How to run
a team
Twelve things every leader needs in place before the same problems keep coming back. Some we give away. Some are classified.
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GIVEN AWAY
1 of 12. A CLEAR VISION.
- The rule
- Where you’re going, and why people should follow you.
- How we do it
- Wage war against mediocrity by helping people become more capable, more accountable, and more dangerous every year. Identify. Develop. Deploy. We set the intent. Leaders work out the how.
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2 of 12. A REAL DIFFERENCE.
- The rule
- What’s different about you from every other leader, and why anyone should care.
- How we do it
- Everyone else builds cages and calls them teams. No cage. No hostage math. The door being open is why the best ones stay.
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3 of 12. A SIMPLE STANDARD.
- The rule
- The one thing that can’t change without it costing you everything above.
- How we do it
- The standard is not a ceiling. It is the floor. Show up on time. Work the hours. Be honest. People who don’t hold the standard don’t last.
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4 of 12. A WRITTEN DOCTRINE.
- The rule
- The backbone of your culture. Without it, you’re all hype.
- How we do it
- The MDP series is our doctrine. Sovereignty without organizational infrastructure is not freedom. It is exposure with good branding. Start with MDP-1.
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5 of 12. SOPs FOR WHAT REPEATS.
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6 of 12. STRUCTURE AND A WAY UP.
- The rule
- Without structure, you can’t push responsibility down or hold anyone accountable. Without a way up, none of your people stay bought in for long.
- How we do it
- We have a rank structure that rewards way more than revenue. See it.
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7 of 12. DEVELOP LEADERS.
- The rule
- Build leaders who build leaders.
- How we do it
- You can’t rank up alone. Part of your score is how many of your bubbas you’ve built up, and a bubba you recruited can’t recruit if they don’t get promoted. So every bubba has to invest down.
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8 of 12. PAY YOU CAN EXPLAIN.
- The rule
- Transparent and easy to understand, or you’ll always have pay problems.
- How we do it
- It only goes up, and it never resets. See what you keep.
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9 of 12. AUTOMATE THE REST.
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10 of 12. TRAINING. DUH.
- The rule
- If it isn’t taught, it isn’t a standard.
- How we do it
- Standardized training for every day. Data-driven and proven to work. Two weeks of recruit training, then the deployment. See a day in the field.
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11 of 12. CULTURE YOU CAN FEEL.
- The rule
- The events and traditions that anchor your culture.
- How we do it
- Discipline, not hustle. Everyone, Private to General, answers to the same standard. Leaders go first.
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12 of 12. PROTECT THE BUSINESS.
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- How we do it
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