S1E2: Balancing Business Independence and Handing Over the Keys | Shannon Alberts

Shannon Alberts – president, owner, and Visionary of Security-Luebke Roofing – discusses building a trustworthy team and the challenges of handing over responsibility. 

Shannon talks about shifting from management to leadership while running his business. He shares some of the models he had, good and bad, that helped him realize how to build a team that can keep the business thriving without him. 

But letting go of the control can be a challenge. Shannon shares a few of his own experiences trusting his team and the personal challenges he had to overcome in order to allow the right people to move into influential positions. 

Shannon emphasizes that he’s in the people business and trains his leaders to be the same. That’s just one of the values he breaks down for his business and how the team evaluates people to find employees who match those values. 

One of the game-changing moments Shannon shares is the first few times he worked with an Integrator™. Shannon talks about how the struggle is authentic when being told he’s wrong – and realizing it’s exactly what he needs as a business owner. 

A large shift Shannon shares involves going from making all the decisions to handing over the keys to his team:

[11:13] “One of my favorite quotes comes from Richard Branson: ‘I never fire somebody for making a bad decision, but I fired a lot of people for not making a decision.’ So that’s the key – to delegate and elevate.”

And EOS® isn’t just shaping his team. It’s had a huge impact on Shannon’s passion and ability to be a Visionary, looking toward the future of his company. He shares a beautiful personal moment and gives other Visionary leaders advice … before it costs them. 

Ross Gibbs, Shannon’s EOS Implementer®, joins the conversation to talk about the transformation he’s witnessed in Shannon while implementing EOS and how he balanced tensions early on in their relationship. 

Links

• Shannon Alberts | LinkedIn
• The Gap and the Gain | Book Link
• EOS Worldwide | Youtube
• Big Wins & Battle Scars – A Journey of Hard Decisions, Finding Discipline, & Embracing Vulnerability – Tiffany Sauder EOS Conference Keynote