Winning at Business | Leadership Strategies for Today [Video]

🛠️ Join host Mike Phillips as he chats with Bryan Clayton, CEO & co-founder of GreenPal—the “Uber for lawn care” hailed by Entrepreneur magazine. With over 300K active users and thousands of daily transactions, Bryan brings a wealth of insights on building a thriving community and leading with purpose.

Bryan Clayton’s journey is a narrative wrapped in determination, strategic evolution, and unwavering spirit. From initiating a landscaping business in high school to propagating GreenPal – dubbed the “Uber for lawn care” – to a national success illustrates that building a booming business transcends mere ideation. It encapsulates years of patience, resilience, and the ability to evolve and pivot at cardinal moments.

Real leadership, especially for entrepreneurs, involves cycling through repeat actions, extracting lessons, and inching closer to the finish line. The analogy of seeing business challenges as “levels” in a game, where continuous problem-solving and experimenting morph into a habit, keeps one invested in the growth journey. For co-founders, pushing through barriers becomes game reliance – where defeating the ‘next final boss’ keeps the game alive.

Some Key Takeaways:
1️⃣ Patience Pays Off: The ‘overnight success’ often conceals years of unseen work. Trust in the slow cooking of your success story.
2️⃣ Embrace Feedback: Dissect every customer interaction for clues to improve and innovate effectively.
3️⃣ Learn Then Lead: Understand minutiae before delegating to evolve from a founder into a steward of growth.
4️⃣ Experiment Endlessly: Viewing each business decision as an experiment fuelled by determination
spells long-term success.
5️⃣ Celebrate Mini-Victories: Acknowledge and celebrate small milestones. They pave the path for bigger accomplishments.

And check out the rest of these moments during the interview:
00:00:00 Welcome to The Leadership Toolkit
00:01:03 Introducing Bryan Clayton
00:06:29 In the First Year, Do You Delegate?
00:11:59 The magic of Greenpal
00:14:57 Developing Business, Developing Processes
00:18:46 More On Developing a Process
00:23:08 On Systems and the Way They Work
00:24:52 Making Changes to Business
00:27:04 What Do Entrepreneurs Do Different As They Scale?
00:28:50 How Do You Motivate Your Team?
00:31:57 How Do You Keep Yourself Motivated?
00:37:41 What to change after the first iteration.
00:42:07 Learning From Others
00:46:34 Bryan on Leadership
00:47:24 Final Thoughts.
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