Get The Most From Your People By Being Open, Honest, And Direct | Aaron Levy

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 5:10 p.m.

b"We recently hosted a webcast conversation where Elliot Susel, Lean Startup Co. Faculty Member, spoke with Aaron Levy, Founder and CEO of Raise The Bar about the need for better leaders, unlocking potential, and psychological safety in today's shifting marketplace.\\n\\nIn Aaron and Elliot\\u2019s conversation, they discuss:\\n- How leaders are made and not born, meaning good leadership is a trainable skill.\\n- The iteration process Aaron went through to develop a product focused on leadership development.\\n- Why an environment of emotional safety is so important and how to create this in your workplace.\\n\\nAnd much, much, more\\u2026\\n\\n\\nAaron Levy has always been intrigued by human behavior. Specifically why, when we [as humans] know better, why don\\u2019t we do better? \\u201cPeople don\\u2019t go from knowledge to action,\\u201d Aaron says, \\u201cand that\\u2019s always baffled me.\\u201d\\n\\nThis observation and led Aaron to study the science of behavior change and how it applied to the world around him. In work and in life, he constantly observed and studied people, both leaders whom he had an opportunity to work with and his friends \\u2014 that is to say, millennials \\u2014 who were figuring out their career paths in their respective industries. The latter group led him to notice a curious trend; no matter how much money they were making or how cool their company or office culture was, his friends were all either thinking about leaving their jobs or had left already. \\n\\nAfter speaking with as many of these people as he could, Aaron got down to the \\u201cwhy?\\u201d of it all: that individuals aren\\u2019t achieving their best potential despite the fact that both they and their companies want them to excel and succeed. So even though there was an aligned vision between company and employer, there was a big gap, and it all came down to leadership.\\n\\n\\u201cThe core point of leverage in any organization is your manager,\\u201d Aaron says, \\u201cand unfortunately most managers suck.\\u201d\\n\\nEmail us: education@leanstartup.co\\nFollow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup\\nhttps://leanstartup.co/education"