The 3 Levels of Employees:

Level 1 — You do what you are asked to do.

Level 2 — Level 1 + You think ahead and solve problems before they happen.

Level 3 — Level 2 + You proactively look for areas of opportunity and growth in the business, and figure out how to tap into them.

What distinguishes the leaders of these high-performing firms is their sustained and close attention to behaviors and systems. They are not inserting themselves into every decision or displacing their teams. Instead, they act as teachers and system builders: They’re present in the work not to control it or make every decision themselves but to... See more

First, you have to change the way you get your buzz. Before you were a leader, you got your buzz by doing. Now, as a leader, your role is motivating and empower the doing…not doing it yourself. You become a leader faster when you get a greater buzz seeing your people do it (and maybe even better than you used to do it!). Therefore, when your people

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