The ART of BUILDING and RETAINING A Talented Team with Sean Barnes

Speaking Sessions

Discover the keys to effective team leadership and communication with expert coach Philip Sessions. In this episode, Philip dives into building a positive company culture, retaining top talent, and fostering leadership development through transparency and open communication. Learn how Philip's ACT framework—Action, Consistency, and Time—guides leaders in nurturing growth and creating a cohesive, goal-aligned team.
We explore how to balance sensitive company information with transparency, the importance of cross-departmental communication, and the strategic choice of promoting from within versus external hiring. Philip shares real-life insights on cultivating patience, consistency, and a strong company culture to empower emerging leaders and drive long-term success.
NOTABLE QUOTES
"If you're looking to build up your leadership culture and backfill your leadership team if you're not talking about these things with them, how are they going to be able to take over from day one?" – Philip
"Not everybody wants to be a leader, and that's OK!" – Sean
"Your job as a leader is to take down any walls, any barriers that get in the way of the people doing the work." – Philip
"Isn't it crazy how, as humans, we spend our entire lives communicating yet we can suck so bad at it?" – Sean
"Get out there and start talking with your team." – Philip
"Spending time learning the skills, adding those skills to your toolbox and then spending more time applying those skills with some sort of feedback loop, That's really what it comes down to. " – Sean
"Sometimes the people that don't want it end up being the best leaders." – Sean
"Good people want to work with good people." – Sean
"If you do not have a defined culture, that should be your top priority." – Sean
"If you find a good person who's got decent talent, they're 10 times better than somebody that's got great talent and they're a terrible person." – Philip
"Whenever I think about diversity, I completely support equality of opportunity." – Sean
"Race or gender should not play a factor in who is best suited for a position." – Sean
"It's not about what you know, it's about the people that you know and who know you more importantly." – Philip
"It's not what you know, it's who you know, but also it's who knows what you know." – Sean
RESOURCES
Sean
Website: https://www.wsssolutions.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_seanbarnes
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanbarnes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.barnes.792
Philip
Digital Course: https://www.speakingsessions.com/digital-course
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamphilipsessions/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philipsessions
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-sessions-b2986563/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealphilipsessions

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Tackling leadership challenges (00:01:27)

3. How time and communication shape success (00:10:51)

4. ACT: Action, Consistency, Time (00:18:00)

5. Why delayed gratification pays off (00:22:50)

6. Building strong team members (00:30:06)

7. Aligning team subcultures (00:35:11)

8. Profits, ESG, DEI impacts (00:43:28)

9. Networking, Intentionality, and Consistency in Business (00:55:47)

10. Networking’s impact on growth (01:10:02)

11. Philip’s biggest lesson of 2023 (01:13:45)