TeamWork: What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Managing a Team with Natalie Dawson

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 5 a.m.

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In business, we are well aware that bringing on more people is the key to freedom and profitability, but we\\u2019re unprepared for the hardships that come with actually growing a team.\\xa0


Once people start coming into our world, we often realize that we don\\u2019t have a template or formula for hiring, onboarding, setting expectations, or dealing with bad hires.\\xa0


How do we become bigger, better versions of ourselves so we can be great leaders? What mistakes do leaders make?\\xa0


In this episode, co-founder of Cardone Ventures and author of \\u201cTeamWork: How to Build a High Performance Team of Any Type,\\u201d Natalie Dawson shares her template for leading a team.



Three Things You\\u2019ll Learn In This Episode\\xa0


- The interview process\\xa0

How do we test for technical skill, culture, and core values?\\xa0


- Where to locate good candidates\\xa0

Do leaders struggle with talent because they are looking for it outside the company instead of cultivating it internally?\\xa0


- The danger of allowing a bad hire to stay too long

Can the damage of a bad hire infect even the best and most loyal people on the team?



Guest Bio


Natalie Dawson is the co-founder of Cardone Ventures and author of \\u201cTeamWork: How to Build a High Performance Team of Any Type.\\u201d She is an expert in developing people and building scalable teams. She has interviewed, hired, trained, and led thousands of employees over the course of her career.\\xa0


Cardone Ventures is a management consulting, joint ventures, and private equity firm that helps business owners achieve their personal, professional, and financial goals through their business growth.\\xa0


With no cost of capital and no outside investment, in 30 months Cardone Ventures has generated 60 million in revenue and over 30 million in EBITDA. Natalie is responsible for the operations and finding, hiring, aligning, developing, and retaining the team that allows the business to scale profitably.


Having attended the London School of Economics, Natalie uses her unique blend of operational and financial skill sets to align employees with the business objectives--for measurable returns on investment. She is a #1 Amazon bestseller for her book \\u201cTeamWork\\u201d which details exactly how she has built a highly engaged, highly aligned, high-performance team in order to accommodate the business opportunity and growth.


To get a free copy of the book go to cardoneventures.com/teamwork and follow @thenataliedawson on TikTok.

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