{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Creating High Performing Teams","title":"How Managers can use Leverage to get more done & supercharge their teams","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3287,"description":"Managers should be multipliers for their teams. How can you unlock their productivity and unblock them on time wasters? That’s what leverage is all about.\nEric Jorgenson, author of the Almanack of Naval Ravikant, has thought about leverage so much he’s got a whole course and blog dedicated to it. We have him on the Creating High Performing Teams podcast today to talk about how managers like you can apply leverage to your work day and unleash your team to focus on the highest value things they can do.\nShow Notes: \nBeing a manager is about being a multiplier. Leverage is how you find was to multiple you and your team’s efforts.\nBook recommendation: Shape Up by Ryan SingerCovers:\n\nStart with finding just one thing you can outsource. Be okay with it being 70-80% as good as you would do it…then reflect on how valuable it was to get that time back\nOther tactics and examples of leverage:Write out your key decisions in a Decision Journal and reflect on the results after the factInclude the details of the decision so it’s easier to understand all the date you had then\n\nConvertKit records a podcast for every new employee so people can get to know them at a time they choose at scale\nFounder Shane Mac gives every employee on his team a budget to have an Executive Assistant to save time and offload any tedious/repetitive tasks.\nRemember in Episode 5 with Wes Kao, they have a #repetitive channel that people can post when they’re doing the same thing again and again.\n\nWhat you can do as a manager:Do the math on the value / cost of you and each employee’s time. Teach them to outsource or, where possible, do not do low value tasks.Buying tools are high leverage; compare the monthly cost of the tool to your employee hours cost to do themselves.\n\n“If you repeat yourself, record yourself” to create leverage, whether a template, instructions, or something else.And on the flip side ask, “What can I uniquely only do?” and focus on this things.\n\nAsk your team members in their 1 on 1s...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/N8shOrDPnQ69M61pza24F0d0glVPh7_70FhYzDLjDrw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2OTE1LzE2NzA0/NTAwOTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}