What if the secret to your business growth was rooted in strategic processes and systems? Discover the power of workflows and the crucial role they play in scaling a business as we engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Darby Walsh from Delta Business Strategies. Darby's journey from college dropout to Marine Corps member, machine gun instructor, and ultimately a construction inspector unveils the resilience and determination that earmarks his success, serving as a rich source of inspiration.

We navigate the challenging terrains of teamwork, resilience, and emotional intelligence, underlining how they interplay in the leadership arena. Our guest, a former marine, shares valuable insights about separating emotions from logic and the significant impacts of emotional intelligence in leadership. Laced with nuggets of wisdom, his approach to dealing with overthinking and the importance of self-awareness and self-regulation is sure to resonate with many. This episode is a wellspring of practical and insightful leadership strategies, so grab a notebook and prepare to take your leadership skills to a whole new level!

Links & Resources:

www.linkedin.com/in/darby-walsh-4b795353/

www.deltabusinessstrategies.com

www.cultureshoc.com

Quoteworthy Moments:

00:01:36 - "Quite contrary, there is some excitement that comes with a really well-formed process."

00:05:08 - "I don't mind being in front of people at all talking and presenting and getting people excited about it."

00:17:40 - "It's the challenge that I think every leader, every human probably has is finding balance in all things."

00:35:13 - "You have 100 customers a month, you have 12 months out of the year. How much time is now being wasted where you can put it into something more productive?"

00:37:45 - "The camaraderie aspect, not wanting to let somebody else down, being more willing to change because it's in service to others."

00:46:32 - "If you're going to stop trying to beat your competition, you might as well just throw the towel in now."

00:57:17 - "Even as it pertains to time management, and if you're trying to delegate, we talk with groups all the time about a way to give a positive no when something is delegated to you is by simply saying, would you be open to looking at or helping me find out where this fits in terms of priority, because here's the other things that I have working right now."

01:04:24 - "If you put your focus and effort into trust, it's a dividend."

01:07:52 - "Being the leader is probably the hardest job that there is."

01:10:37 - "Do the hard thing now, knowing it'll free us up to have time to spend on the right things, or just continue to suffer through the same thing with this one day."

01:14:13 - "Sometimes it's addition by subtraction."

01:15:23 - "It's a whole slew of things that will help you sleep better at night and feel less pain during the day, make you remember why you started that company, that enjoyment."

01:24:43 - "And it had a huge impact on me becoming and doing what I'm doing now because I quit worrying about the things that I'm not."

01:33:40 - "You have to sometimes put your head down into the storm and you got to get after it."

01:34:44 - "Get off your ass and go get it done."

01:37:31 - "If we pique the curiosity of somebody or something that we discussed today resonated and they're like, ah, shit, maybe now is the time."

01:40:37 - "And so it is an investment, but it's an investment that will pay off as your foundation, as you strengthen the foundation of your company."

01:43:51 - "We're all about help first."

01:49:58 - "A quarter mile at a time."

01:52:37 - "Charge into the storm."