Season 2 Episode 16: Reduce Drama, Scale Up

Humanly Possible PodcastEmployee ExperienceHolistic Well-BeingThe Whole Human
Written By Angela R Howard

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With Daniel Marcos, CEO & Co-Founder at Growth Institute

On this episode, we’re joined by Daniel Marcos, CEO and Co-Founder at Growth Institute., a leading provider of business education to help small to medium sized firms scale up by reducing chaos and drama. Their mission is to scale impact and reduce drama for 10 million leaders by 2040. We talk about the impact of drama and chaos on quality of life, quality of leadership, employee engagement and the ability to successfully create great company cultures.  

“If we want to have happy employees, we have to learn how to build better systems and procedures to reduce the drama and build a great culture at the company.”
— Daniel Marcos, CEO & Co-Founder at Growth Institute

Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:

  1. The origins of drama at work and why lack of direction and clarity, retaining low performers, poor leadership and lack of team effectiveness causes chaos in the system.

  2. The origins of drama in general and the importance of acknowledging individual responsibility for reducing drama. This is especially important for leaders, founders and business owners who are actively setting the tone for their business and the humans they employ.

  3. How to create great cultures by providing direction, increasing predictability, providing clarity and creating systems that actively combat drama and chaos.

  4. The detrimental impact of drama to the productivity, health, well-being and engagement of employees and leaders.

 
Angela R Howard
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