The biggest lever for your mental health
or what Don & Paul got right
Our mental health is horrible. Most employees (75%+) are not engaged. Artificial Intelligence is waiting to take all our jobs. Leaders are struggling to meet revenue goals. Sounds like a tragedy.
But a happy ending is possible.
Don and Paul
were amazing leaders and managers.
They maximized revenue per employee, had very low churn, and gave us a lot of freedom. They also payed us very well, had great benefits, and scheduling flexibility.
Working for them was very low stress.
We had challenges but both Don & Paul were supportive in helping us solve them and never cast blame.
Don and Paul were in completely different industries, didn’t know each other, and I consider myself lucky to have spent years working for each of them.
Those were the happiest employment years of my life.
Why?
Don & Paul did multiple things well.
- Set clear expectations of our work responsibilities.
- Communicated how our work was benefiting the business
- Checked in on us regularly, made sure we were happy at work
- Gave us an advancement career path
- Gave us internal role flexibility
- Encouraged cross-department communication (we were very tribal)
- Fired customers who treated employees badly
- Gave people “test employment” to see if they were a good match for the teams
- Charged more than most competitors — and had raving fans for clients
Opportunity
Leaders have an opportunity to see their teams, their people, as the most valuable resource in a company. As much as we all love our tech, without the people, companies are nothing.
If you are a financial type, investing in leadership coaching has a very positive ROI. From a low of 24% improvement to a high of 788%. Who wants a piece of that investment?
Heartbeat
We had hard challenges working for Don & Paul, both were new businesses, both were growing rapidly, both had big traffic fluctuations — and we all saw it as worthwhile, even fun. I can’t say it was easy but I’d take it again in a heartbeat.
That’s the kind of work environment that supports mental wellness — and the bottom line.
If you want to know how — talk to us. At #40PB, we’ve reverse engineered excellent leadership into consistent repeatable processes that anyone can learn and replicate.
These are battle tested strategies across industries, cultures, and hybrid work environments. hello@40pb.com