How to Build Great Leadership Teams

Marketing Podcast by Jack McGuinness

in this episode Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jack McGuinness.jack mesa Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience. After serving in the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division, he helped build a successful boutique management consulting firm and served as Chief Operating Officer for 13 years. In 2009, he co-founded a new company, relationship impact, a consulting firm focused on working with CEOs to unlock the potential of their leadership teams. He has a new book called— Building Great Leadership Teams: A Practical Way to Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential.

Key takeaways:

Leadership teams have a huge impact on their organizations. Dysfunctional teams hinder their organizations, but good leadership teams accelerate their health and productivity. In this episode, I talk with Relationship Impact co-founder Jack McGuinness about what a great leadership team is like, what it’s like to be a part of, and what it takes to build a great leadership team.

Questions I asked Jack McGuinness:

• [2:45] What will this book bring to the leadership genre?
• [3:40] Why is being a leader sometimes such a challenge for an entrepreneur?
• [7:31] How do you start thinking about who should be on the team?
• [10:47] When you see a team break down, what is the biggest cause of death?
• [12:13] Do you think it’s a good idea for teams to intentionally seek diversity?
• [13:23] Are you talking about retention and recruiting tools as important as productivity tools?
• [15:30] What is the job of a leader in a team?
• [17:52] So if I’m a leader or part of a team and I think I need to pick up this book, what will I find in the book?
• [18:59] Where can people find more information about your book and your work?

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