How to Build Effective Leaders and High-Performing Team Culture in the Trades with Adam Hall
Tradies Who LeadShow Notes
The goal isn’t a team that needs your sign-off on everything. It’s a team that can make the call without you in the room.
Adam Hall is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of AH Fencing, one of Australia’s fastest-growing commercial security fencing companies. He’s grown it from a start-up to a multi-state operation on culture and empowered leadership.
In this conversation, we get into: • How to empower your team to make decisions without your approval • Practical ways to coach tradespeople into leadership roles • How Adam keeps sharpening his own leadership as the business grows • How leadership solves skill and efficiency problems in a trade business
Chapters: 0:00 Meet Adam Hall of AH Fencing 1:50 Leaders Will Never Outgrow the Boss 3:26 Creating A Vision Others Will Follow 4:32 Invest in Personal & Professional Development 6:25 Empowering Decisions in Your Team 9:19 Practical Ways to Coach Others 12:46 Vulnerability for Strong Culture 16:19 Top Skills of a Great Leader 19:26 Practical Ways to Lead 22:56 Implement Good Advice 23:49 Leadership Solves the Skill Shortage 26:45 Lead Yourself through Attitude 28:00 Wrap Up
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