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Challenge your team

Challenge your team

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Challenge your team

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- When you run your own firm, it's tempting to micromanage and not take risks. Your team will never grow that way. Teach your people the standards, set clear expectations, then get out of their way. If you hired well, they'll do great work and help you grow your firm faster than you can grow it on your own. While they might make some mistakes along the way, there's much more upside to setting them free to perform. Several years ago, my firm put on a conference where all my instructors were going to give a presentation. My initial reaction was to get in there and tell them how to present and what to present. But I took a little of my own advice here. I took a step back, and I said, hey, have a great time out there. They blew me away, they did amazing work. And yeah, a lot of it was different than how I would have told them to do it. But that was the power in the firm. I have another instructor and when I brought him on board, I decided I was going to sit in and observe the first class…

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