Rick Elmore reveals his secrets to creating a strong and successful business team. He explains that flexibility is key. Asking questions, showing interest in others' jobs, and having empathy are also important values he emphasizes for effective entrepreneurship.

He shares his experience in sales and sports and how it influenced his leadership style. He emphasizes the importance of building a close-knit team and treating them like family. He also dives deep into the role of empathy in leadership and how it helps to keep the team together.

Rick believes that treating your team like employees will not work in the long run. Instead, it is essential to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and the door is always open. Tune in to an episode that provides valuable insights for anyone looking to build a strong team and lead with empathy.

Episode Highlights

01:21 - What's really important about being a leader is showing that you care and actually showing that you care, taking the time to ask questions, be flexible, to be understanding, and show interest. A lot of the same things that help you to be successful in sales, it's the same thing about being a leader. But the ultimate thing is really being empathetic. You're going to want things to be done on your timeline, especially when a lot of that pressure is mounting, but you just got to be understanding, be empathetic, understand things will happen as they happen, and really just try to keep people together. Because at the end of the day without everybody here, we couldn't do this. So, it's like I owe the success to everybody who's helped build this.

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