odellstunkard.com Odell Stunkard on The Business Spotlight TV show hosted by Patrick Dougher talking about systems that reproducing success in business. Contact him at 972-600-2300.
Patrick: The cool part about that is that it really does attract then right people when you are direct enough to say, "Okay, let's move."
Odell: "That's really, really nice but can we get on to something else?"
Patrick: Right. The other thing is that bringing that vision of this other place -- that other mind, so to speak. How do you begin to get that process into people?
Odell: Although I am direct, the basis behind all of that is love. From that place, we can take the time to find out who you are. We can take the time to find out what it is that has stopped you from getting through the glass ceiling that you're bumping up against. Over time you might discover this for yourself, but my job is to shortcut that so that you can do it quickly and as painlessly as possible (there's always pain, but as painless as possible).
Once we discover what it is that's holding you back, then we simply come up with a plan for what is more powerful than what is holding you back. When you step into implementing that, then this fear or this old belief loses power.
Patrick: Can you give me a story of somebody that you've been able to do that for?
Odell: Sure. Let's talk about my business partner. One of the things that was causing him the most angst before he brought me on board was that he had a confusion between what was team and what were employees, which is a common thread across all businesses.
Patrick: They care for their people. A lot of times everybody becomes family once you start writing them a check.
Odell: Right. Everybody becomes family but all roads lead back. They're not a team. A team means that they are empowered to act on your behalf and run the organization for you, which is where you gain freedom and the ability to work on your businesses instead of in it.
Patrick: You get past the technician and into the business owner.
Odell: Doing that allowed the size of the business to double in twelve months because you had six people working with your mindset towards your targets. Meanwhile, you were free to begin working on the next one.
That's how we've gone to this as we employ that strategy. He comes in with the vision, I come in and building the structure, and then the team takes over and runs it for us while I go onto the next one and he goes onto the next. We just follow each other in the loop.
