Throwback Episode 603 | How to Handle Team Members You View as “I Can’t Do This Without Them”

This one keeps coming up in coaching calls, so we're bringing it back. The advice hasn't aged a day.
If your top salesperson, your project manager, or your most trusted leader gave notice tomorrow, would your business keep running, or would it fall apart? It's not loyalty holding your company together when you catch yourself saying you "can't do this without" someone, that's fragility wearing a nicer name. And it's not a compliment when a client only gets served because one specific person shows up, that's a vulnerability you need to deal with.
In this episode, I break down the difference between "I don't want to do this without them" and "I can't do this without them," the red flags of team members who make themselves indispensable on purpose, and how to build a business that runs on systems, not on any one person.
Mentioned: Episode 330, How to Lead an Uncoachable Team Member