119: Building a Leadership Focus for Your Design Firm

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Written By Michele Williams
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119: Building a Leadership Focus for Your Design Firm

with Kris Plachy

On the podcast today is Kris Plachy of Kris Plachy Coaching. Kris’s focus is to guide leaders through the tricky path of learning to lead a team. We talk about her Five-Step Management System on the podcast as well as many other aspects of leading, coaching, and managing a team. This is such a great topic because many of you are growing your teams and focusing on this aspect of your business. Kris and I think alike on these topics so it was fun to dig in.  

Topics Mentioned:

  • Leadership

  • Accountability

  • Assessments

  • Feedback

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119: Building a Leadership Focus for Your Design Firm WITH KRIS PLACHY On the podcast today is Kris Plachy of Kris Plachy Coaching. Kris's focus is to guide leaders through the tricky path of learning to lead a team.

Key Thoughts:

  • Coaching is like a part of a tool belt that I think every strong leader has. Kris (5:01) 

  • You get what you inspect, not what you expect.  Michele (13:48) 

  • It is not just about being the owner but being more of the leader. Michele (29:29) 

  • We have to take the assumption out that people are trying to be a pain. Kris (40:27) 

  • Everybody has a job description, including you as the owner. Michele (52:34)

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Michele Williams
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