How do you lead a team?

Vision, direction, thinking time and agency of a business leader.

Axis: set the destination and let the team choose the route … direct how the work is done

Answers by date: 8 records in 4 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date	who	answer	source
2023-08-02	Ali	shift: Ali used to be anti-numbers, but working with his CEO coach Eric Partaker he has realised the value of putting numbers to things: with a team of 14, targets give the team clarity, since people want to know they are doing a good job.	12 Tools I Use to Run My $4m Business 00:18:29
2023-08-02	Ali	Ali thought core values and shout-outs for them were corporate nonsense until he started running a team; now he sees the value of core values and of shouting them out to keep them top of mind.	12 Tools I Use to Run My $4m Business 00:03:42
2023-03-22	Ali	Ali tries to remember that his team's happiness is not his job: his job is to give them clarity, a role and an environment in which to do work they are proud of.	Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) 00:24:17
2023-03-22	Ali	shift: Asked how a growing team avoids slipping into corporate mode, Ali says he used to think corporate was a dirty word but now thinks corporate is good: a business needs a sweet spot between its craft and the systems of being corporate smart.	Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) 00:20:53
2022-12-16	Ali	Ali recommends entrepreneurs spend several hours every week just thinking; Traction counts at least an hour a week thinking about the business and its vision as a hallmark of an effective leader.	How I Failed in 2022 00:25:41
2022-12-16	Ali	As the leader and owner of a business, Ali says, he needs to know where it is going, and can then be agnostic about how the team gets there.	How I Failed in 2022 00:24:31
2022-01-07	Ali	One of Ali's main lessons from growing his business over the past year is that so many problems stem from a lack of clarity and communication: the more you over-communicate where the business is going and its values, the more things align.	15 Books To Read to Change Your Life 00:19:39
2022-01-07	Ali	Ali's business tries a middle ground between Traction's hierarchical, systematic approach, which helps with accountability and clarity for team members, and remembering that it is just a job, nobody's life except perhaps his own.	15 Books To Read to Change Your Life 00:17:42