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From The Heartbeat Podcast:Â Interview with Jordan Buckner, Founder and CEO of TeaSquares
Jordan Buckner is the Founder and CEO of TeaSquares, a two-year old snack-food company (that happens to be my favorite snack!) now sold in Whole Foods and soon 187 Jewel-Osco stores later this year. Jordan has been named to Forbes 30 under 30, and his company has an incredible social mission, to boot: They employ underprivileged adults on the South Side of Chicago. In our interview, Jordan shares what he wishes he learned earlier as a leader around hiring for values, and the importance of both strong vision and flexibility.
Transcript of the interview is here.
Latest reads
If You Say Something Is âLikely,â How Likely Do People Think It Is?
âToday people in the worlds of business, investing, and politics continue to use vague words to describe possible outcomes. Why? Phil Tetlock, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, who has studied forecasting in depth, suggests that âvague verbiage gives you political safety.ââWritten by Andrew Mauboussin and Michael J. Mauboussin, Harvard Business Review
The Mindsets of a Leader
âOne of the most revealing questions leaders can ask themselves is âWhom do I serve?â Their answers to that question say more about their style of leadership and field of influence than their personality traits or emotional intelligence does.â (Youâll need to create a login to view the article for free here.)Written by Modesto A. Maidique and Nathan J. Hiller, MIT Sloan Management Review
When Your Teamâs Path Forward Isnât Clear, Carve It
âTo carve the world means to bring forth something new by patiently and gradually working, with a sensitive hands-on connection, with the particular reality in front of you.âWritten by Adam Kahane, strategy+business
Look Beyond âCulture Fitâ When Hiring
âWhile an employeeâs cultural fit at the time of entry was loosely connected with outcomes â those who fit well from the outset tended to perform well â a much more powerful predictor of success was an employeeâs ability to recognize and internalize standards.âWritten by Dylan Walsh, Insights by Stanford Business
A four-star generalâs leadership advice: âCommunicate, communicate and communicateâ
âThe lesson I learned over and over was the importance of working as part of a team, not for oneself.âWritten by Tom Fox, Washington Post
Favorite reads
Reaching and Changing Frontline Employees
âFrontline supervisors-not senior managers-are the opinion leaders in your organization.âWritten by T.J. Larkin and Sandar Larkin
The Downside of Transparent Decision Making
âIf the committee knows that itâs going to be transparent the committee members will manipulate the information they share or share less information than they would otherwise.âBased on the research of Ronen Gradwohl and Timothy Feddersen, Kellogg Insight
The fairness factor in performance management
âAmid ongoing dissatisfaction and experimentation, our research suggests that thereâs a performance-management issue thatâs hiding in plain sight: itâs fairness.âWritten by Bryan Hancock, Elizabeth Hioe, and Bill Schaninger, McKinsey Quarterly
Just for fun
The Myth of Quality Time
Love this 2015 New York Times Opinion piece: âThereâs simply no real substitute for physical presence.â