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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 52 MIN

Hire Smart People and Then Let Them Lead: Shelly Socol on 16 Years of Agency Leadership

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Shelly Socol built 1R Agency by hiring experts and letting them lead. Sixteen years later, that philosophy is why people leave, explore, and come back.She tells Mike what happened when she gave a new VP 45 days to just observe, why she laid off 16 people and found six of them jobs the same week, and the one question she asks before entering any new channel.🔗 Learn more about Shelly Socol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelly-socol-79b8457/🔗 Learn more about 1R Agency: https://1r.agency

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