176 FS Leadership and Management with Marcus Blankenship

00:52 - Marcus Blankenship Introduction

• Twitter
• Blog

01:38 - Moving Towards Management

• Having Difficult Conversations/Don’t Hire Friends or Family

09:12 - Firing/Letting People Go

• ABC = Always Be Communicating

20:04 - Growing your business doesn’t always mean hiring more people.

• Being the “Lone Wolf” or “Small Pack”

26:16 - Quality Control 28:33 - How do you find, hire, and keep good people?

• Try Before You Buy

30:52 - Trust and Communication

• “Self-Managing Individuals”

48:26 - Checking In and Setting Milestones Picks Drip (Jonathan)
100 Percent Up Front (Jonathan)
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco (Reuven)
MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins (Chuck)
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans by Rush Limbaugh (Chuck)
Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby (Marcus)
The Trusted Advisor by David H. Maister (Marcus)