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EntreLeadership

How to Develop Your Team Like a Navy SEAL Commander with Mike Hayes

EntreLeadership

Ramsey Network

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Join us as I talk to Mike Hayes, former commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO and the current chief digital transformation officer at VMware. Mike explains what he does to build an organization that’s prepared to grow their people—and how you can do the same. Later in the episode, I chat with Brian Williams, the senior executive vice president of Ramsey+, about how you can develop a person by focusing on their strengths. You’ll learn: What a Navy SEAL commanding officer does daily How to avoid fatal mistakes when delegating to direct reports How failing to develop your team can cost you How to identify and develop your team members’ strengths Support our sponsors: BELAY: https://bit.ly/3epUiVK Hite Digital: https://bit.ly/HiteDigital NetSuite: https://bit.ly/NetSuiteEntre Exodus 90: https://bit.ly/Exodus90Entre Kyro Digital: https://bit.ly/KyroDigital Links: The EntreLeadership Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheEntreLeadershipPodcast Never Enough by Mike Hayes: https://amzn.to/3JKc3ww Never Enough audiobook by Mike Hayes: https://adbl.co/3JKa4sc Download 43 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team: https://bit.ly/3HDajDh Schedule a call with Tim, our producer: https://bit.ly/3bJOSmi Learn more about EntreLeadership Events: EntreLeadership Summit: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipSummit EntreLeadership Master Series: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipMasterSeries Learn more about EntreLeadership Coaching: Elite: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipElite Advisory Groups: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipAdvisoryGroups Executive Coaching: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipExecutiveCoaching Workshops: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipWorkshops Weekly Report Tool: https://bit.ly/WeeklyReportTool Listen to all the Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download the Ramsey Network app: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Every great leader knows the value in developing their teams.

0:12.6

But in order to grow, a team member has to stretch beyond their current capabilities.

0:17.0

And that process can be risky.

0:19.6

Giving them something that's a stretch can lead to dropping the ball.

0:23.1

So how do you stretch and grow your team without fumbling along the way?

0:27.2

From the Ramsey Network, this is the Entrez Leadership Podcast.

0:30.4

But we help business leaders grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.

0:34.4

I'm your host, George Campbell.

0:35.6

In today's episode is all about building an organization that's prepared to develop

0:39.6

their people without putting the business at risk.

0:42.7

Which connects to our business driver of people.

0:45.4

Our first guest today is Mike Hayes.

0:47.6

He's the former commanding officer of SEAL Team 2, and he's currently the Chief Digital

0:51.8

Transformation Officer at VMware.

0:54.4

He's also the author of a new book, Never Enough.

0:57.3

I sit down with Mike to talk about what he does to build an organization that's prepared

1:01.8

to grow their people.

1:03.5

In our second conversation, I talk with Ramsey Leader Brian Williams about how he builds

1:08.0

amazing teams by honing in on their strengths.

1:11.3

Up first, my conversation with Mike Hayes.

1:14.9

Mike, it's so great to have you on the podcast.

1:16.6

How you doing?

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