As leaders, we’re continually teaching and coaching our teams, and today’s guest has done that for years as a top executive. Now he’s doing it in the classroom.
Tom Olive has been a top executive at a nutrition products company, an automotive textile manufacturing company, and most recently at a large fuel distributor. His background is in accounting and finance, and in this episode of The Clarity Advisors Show, he and host Ken Trupke talk about using numbers to help align and engage teams teams to drive business growth and success.
Timestamps
(01:02): Moving from the boardroom to the classroom
(02:22): Tom’s previous roles and responsibilities
(05:01): Lessons learned from mistakes
(07:37): Importance of vision and mission
(13:14): Connecting with people so they buy in emotionally
(16:23): How things have changed over the decades
(18:36): Recruiting and retaining talent
(21:20): Advice for leaders who want to grow and build a team
(25:10): Recommended listening and reading
(26:58): Connecting with Tom Olive
Episode quotes
“I’ve really come to appreciate that you need to have the right horse for the right course.”
“The first thing you have to do as a leader is to establish clarity — the vision and mission, and I use those two words together.”
“You need to develop a three- to five-year plan. Some folks like to think longer than that. I think the world’s pretty dynamic these days, so trying to envision much further out than that, I personally struggle with.”
“If they want to leave, they’re going to leave. So, we might as well get the best out of those folks while they’re with us and maybe along the way they’ll see more opportunities and they’ll be around with us for a while longer.”
Recommended reading and listening
- The Clarity Advisors Show
- Harvard Business Review
- McKinsey Quarterly
- CEO Excellence: Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest
by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra
Connect with Tom Olive
