How to Maximize Top Talent on Your Team

The famous Steve Jobs quote is "We don't hire the best talent to tell them what to do, we hire the top talent so they can tell us what to do." In this episode, I add my commentary to this quote to ensure top talent stays drama-free in what they suggest for you to do for ideas. By understanding a few of these filters as a leader you can ensure that you get the best out of your most talented people far into the future without limiting them. Too often we have incredible people on our teams and we constantly ask them what are their ideas and how could we change the world and maximize their talent. What tends to happen is they reveal AMAZING ideas and creativity for how to move forward. However, as leaders and the organization looks into executing those ideas they realize that there are constraints in our daily realities that quickly shut down these big ideas. This constant cycle of asking for brainstorming and creativity from top talent followed by leaders saying, "well we don't have enough dollars or time or bandwidth to pull that off" starts to frustrate everyone, especially top talent. The magic here comes when leaders realize that adding in an extra step to help ground their teams "in reality" is where true innovation and creativity starts. The quicker a leader can jump into a visual tool or technique to clearly draw out reality and the constraints the group is asked to deliver under, the quicker that top talent can put their energy to where it will ACTUALLY make a difference. This is what this episode is all about. Learning the techniques I reveal in this episode will ensure that you can continue to have the best talent tell you "what to do" in the most effective and drama-free way moving forward. I think you'll like this one! So for anyone wondering: How to get the most out of top talent? Why do high-performers sometimes get frustrated? How to reward my best people? How to lead talented people better at work What tools help us innovate faster Then this episode will be spot on for you! As always, thanks again for tuning in. Spread the word and share this with any coworkers, friends and peers you think it could help! Let's keep ditching the drama my friends. -Alex If you have any feedback or questions let's continue the discussion at any of the places below: Twitter Instagram Facebook For more of my videos and behind-the-scenes footage of my keynotes and speaking engagements check out my YouTube Channel. If you'd love for me to speak at your next event you can check out my Speaker's Page to learn more. Let's keep ditching the drama.