Business Bourbon & Cigars Podcast

How to Stop Being the Only Person Who Catches What Everyone Else Misses

That standard you’re proudest of might be the very thing most made of you. Learn the three-week test for a real standard, and how to build one that holds without you.

 

 

 

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That standard you’re proudest of might be the very thing most made of you. Most of what you call standards aren’t built into your business. They’re built into you. They live in your head, they run on you being there to catch what everyone else misses, and the day you step away, they’re gone.

You’ll learn the three-week test that separates a real standard from a fake one, why your people aren’t the problem when things slip, and how to make one standard observable, teachable, and inspectable so it holds without you. Pick the one you keep catching and build it this quarter!

Join Scott as he explores:

Introduction (00:00)
The three-week test for a real standard (00:34)
Standard or non-negotiable, it’s the same bar (00:57)
When the standard is you, that’s a bottleneck (02:25)
The contractor who bragged about the wrong standard (03:54)
“I thought that was just how you like things” (06:51)
Why his people got confused, not worse (08:04)
Test #1: is it observable? (10:39)
Test #2: is it teachable? (12:37)
Test #3: is it inspectable? (14:18)
The Friday inspection that made it real (15:19)
How to build your one standard this quarter (16:15)
Why a clear bar keeps your best people (18:38)
The BB&C Leadership Retreat offer (19:40)

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SCOTT JOSEPH