Geoff Smart is the Chairman and Founder of ghSMART. Founded in 1995, ghSMART helps Fortune 500 CEOs & boards, billionaire entrepreneurs, and heads of state to confidently achieve their goals through hiring, developing, and leading talented teams. Dr. Smart is also the New York Times bestselling author of Who, Leadocracy, and Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success.
In this episode, we talked about team and organizational effectiveness, hiring, company culture…
Show notes
- Introducing Geoff Smart. [01:09]
- Geoff’s beginnings as an entrepreneur.[04:50]
- The reason why home service business owners should hire an integrator. [07:02]
- How Geoff manages his time. [09:31]
- Some mistakes home service business owners should avoid. [13:34]
- Four steps on how to raise your hiring to a 90% success rate. [15:32]
- Geoff’s sentiments on the hardest part of running a home service business. [19:48]
- Thoughts on why great people completely fall apart under bad management. [30:44]
- Why one should hire an executive assistant. [36:17]
- Easier tricks in scheduling important matters. [43:29]
- Reasons why not everyone can be an entrepreneur. [44:15]
- An overview of ghSMART’s services and how they help business owners. [45:48]
- How to contact Geoff. [48:40]
- Two books on Geoff’s reading list. [49:50]
- Geoff’s most important piece of advice to home service business owners. [51:57]
Resources And People Mentioned:
- Geoff Smart
- ghSMART
- Leadocracy: Hiring More Great Leaders (Like You) into Government by Geoff Smart
- Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success by Geoff Smart, Randy Street, and Alan Foster
- Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
- Michael Gerber
- Peter Drucker
- Al Levi
- John Malone
- Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life by Ashley Whillans
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Franklin Covey
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
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