Scaling Your Business and Overcoming The Challenges Of Growth with Kory Ballard and Keith Kalfas
Reaching your business’ 100k mark is indeed a huge milestone to celebrate; however, behind the bright light of that success is actually the start of numerous challenges you should overcome as you continue to scale your business. Of course, you’ll do lots of things and might even get frustrated. But remember, growth in business means calling out different versions of yourself and the management. Unless you do something for both inner and outer progress, you won’t reach greater heights of success.
Today’s episode is about the roles one should play in effectively scaling a business and overcoming the challenges with my friend, Kory Ballard.
Kory Ballard is the Founder of Perficut Site Management and is the Owner of Ballard Innovative Products. From starting with a lawnmower and moped at the age of 14, Kory now leads a $20 million company alongside living the dream he’s always had.
“Controlling your emotions is the superpower.”
– Kory Ballard
Why do you have to listen to today’s episode.
04:25 – Be clear with your goals and allow space. It will help you to become a better leader. Then, plan, do what you do best, and outsource the rest.
12:02 – Manage things without letting your emotions take over. Employees' behavior mirrors how the leader works.
17:33 – Do not avoid hard conversations. Workaround the space of having a better version of yourself and your people.
24:54 – Take good care of your people. Checking how your employees are doing is a must in keeping the business going.
34:15 – Understand what you need to do and make time to move forward. Excuses will bring you nowhere.
42:03 – Surround yourself with passionate people and learn from them. Learn to trust your people.
48:10 – Being extremely open and vulnerable can be your power. By being honest with yourself, you’re allowing space for betterment.
50:03 – Check out what are the best books Kory suggests.
Key Takeaways
“You evolve as a leader based on experience. You hone your management style and leadership style based on how you figure out people, and you learn what works and what doesn’t.”
- Kory Ballard.
“The people that figure out a way, the people that can endure the most pain, they make it through. You got to be somewhat fearless. You’ve got to take a chance. But it’s got to be also calculated. Have a plan and be honest with yourself about what is your skill set.” - Kory Ballard
“I had to start realizing that my actions are being watched every minute of every day by all my people, and if I’m going to lead them and expect them to carry this high standard of core values, care about the clients, care about the equipment, care about the way we act, everywhere we go, I’ve got to be the leader that acts that way exactly all the time, even when I don’t want to. I always treated people the way I wanted to be treated, and I found that the better I treated my people, the more I got out of them every day. You can sell all the work you want, but if you don’t have people that want to work for you, that have your back, that are willing to go out and dig the holes and do the hard work, you can’t do it on your own. You just can’t build a company on your own.” - Kory Ballard.
“Uncomfortable conversations are the only way you can grow. You got to have those uncomfortable conversations. The more you do it, the better you’ll get. You dictate how it goes. Controlling your emotions is the superpower.” - Kory Ballard.
“If you’re going to ask for information, you got to be also willing to listen, and then you got to be willing to do something about it.” - Kory Ballard.
“I don’t know everything; not even close. We still screw up all the time. But if you’re gonna grow, you got to be vulnerable.” - Kory Ballard.
Connect with Kory
Connect with Keith
Resources/People Mentioned:
Kory’s business: Perficut Site Management and Ballard Innovative Products
A Book: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
A Book: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Jack Welch’s Book: Straight from the Gut
Call Keith: 1-on-1 Personal Coaching with Keith Kalfas
Joshua Latimer: Joshua Latimer (LinkedIn)
Get Tickets for a Live Event: Marketing ROI Live Workshop
A Book: Who Not How by Dan Sullivan
A Book: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Author of EOS books: Gino Wickman
Joe Rogan: https://www.joerogan.com/
My Website: Official Site Keith Kalfas
My Blog: The Blog of Keith Kalfas
My Resources: Resources (keithkalfas.com)
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