Tips and Tools for Small Business Leaders

A team built on skills will be great… when everything goes as planned, that is, which rarely happens. And that’s when attributes become important.

While skills are learned, attributes are traits we’re born with. They can be modified with effort and practice but you either have an attribute or you don’t. Attributes are always running in the background and come out in highly challenging situations.

The notion of attributes caught our attention as something that can help the business owner build the optimal team. We talk about hiring for skills and values but should we, and can we, hire for attributes too? Can we develop the attributes of a team member?

If behavior is informed by our attributes, and it is, then we think there can be some value in considering attributes for improving team performance.

Twenty-year Navy SEAL and Purdue grad Rich Diviney was tasked to identify why some SEALs succeed and others do not. His book, “The Attributes – 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance” can help any organization reach optimal performance. Diviney breaks the 25 Attributes into 6 categories –

1.     Grit
2.     Mental Accuity
3.     Drive
4.     Leadership
5.     Teamability
6.     The Outliers

Read more about each attribute and how to use them to improve your small business here...

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Sept 23, 2021 9-3:00 pm

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