Takeaways

• You need a right-hand person who supports your vision and can take tasks off your plate.
• Your team will evolve over time, so be open to changes and growth.
• Identify the tasks that are causing you the most headaches and delegate them to your team members.
• Hire someone to do customer service as your business grows, so you don’t have to handle it all yourself.
• Be strategic in hiring team members, considering their strengths and how they fit into your company culture.
• Build a team that shares your values and is committed to your mission.
• Invest time in training and equipping your team members to set them up for success.
• Communicate clearly with your team to ensure everyone is on the same page.
• Set expectations and hold your team accountable for their performance.
• Don’t be afraid to let go of team members who are not a good fit for your company or are not meeting expectations.

Highlights

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:00 Importance of building a team to achieve a million-dollar business
• 1:09 Challenges in hiring and delegating tasks to the team
• 1:14 Possibility of covering team training in a future episode
• 1:30 The importance of having a right-hand person to support the business vision
• 2:26 The role of a virtual assistant in customer service
• 3:23 Bringing on additional team members as the business grows
• 4:26 The importance of having a financial expert on the team
• 5:32 The role of a social media manager in the team
• 6:20 The importance of having a copywriter on the team
• 7:04 The role of a project manager in the team
• 7:40 Conclusion and call to action for listeners to build their dream team.

Quotes

• “You can’t get there alone. It’s going to require a team.”
• “The team that it requires to hit a million dollars…you need to have a right hand like a wing woman, a wingman, somebody that’s there really supporting you in the vision.”
• “The things that are causing you a big headache, those are the things you need to get off your plate and get to somebody.”
• “As your business is growing, you should not be the one that’s in there responding to all of the emails.”