What To Do If Someone Isn't Leveling Up | Ep. #1321

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1321, we advise you on dealing with team members who are not leveling up as expected. Before simply firing someone, call them in for a few conversations and try to help them rise to their full potential. Tune in to hear how bringing in outside experts can help with the mentoring process! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: What To Do If A Team Member Isn’t Leveling Up. [00:37] On the topic of leveling up, check our Eric’s Leveling Up podcast! [00:41] When someone is not improving or growing stronger over time. [00:51] Hiring someone and learning that they are not growing into new roles/responsibilities. [01:14] It could also be that a person is failing to hit the required numbers. [01:52] Having a straightforward conversation with an underperforming team member. [02:06] Calling someone in the second time and when it might be time for them to go. [02:18] Keep in mind that it takes some people longer to find their groove in a new role. [02:44] Advice for talking to people during high-stake conversations. [03:19] Lead with facts first and then say how you feel — no one can argue with emotions. [03:30] Give people three chances and have the appropriate documentation in place. [04:15] Check out Robert Glazer’s stuff on Mindful Transitions when letting someone go. [04:38] Remember the employees have financial obligations and can’t just be cut off. [05:15] What to do if someone is not leveling up but they have the potential for it. [06:05] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Leveling Up Crucial Conversations Robert Glazer Mindful Transition Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
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0:50.4	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel. And today we're going to talk about what to do if someone isn't leveling up.
1:00.0	So what does that mean exactly? Let me talk about it from my perspective and Neil can kind of give his consent.
1:05.2	Just talk about your perspective, you got a podcast name leveling up.
1:07.7	If you guys haven't checked it out by the way, you should subscribe to it.
1:10.4	Thank you.
1:11.4	Thank you for that.
1:11.8	Yeah, so to me, I mean, when someone isn't leveling up, I mean my book is called leveling up, the podcast is called leveling up. It's they're not improving. They're not getting stronger over time, right? So let's say you hire someone and initially they were doing
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