Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul
Speaker 1: fella Aledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three ninety nine. Today's episode is about a
Speaker 2: game changing routine that I call the fifteen minute business
Speaker 2: check in, a simple, fast and powerful habit that helps
Speaker 2: you spot problems before they become full blown disasters. This
Speaker 2: isn't about micromanagement. It's not about digging into every department's
Speaker 2: data or hovering over your people. This is about establishing
Speaker 2: a short daily rhythm that keeps your hand on the
Speaker 2: pulse of your business before things slip through the cracks.
Speaker 2: Because here's the truth. Most businesses don't crash from one
Speaker 2: big thing. They erode slowly, one miscommunication, one ignored customer complaint,
Speaker 2: one delayed payment, and one missed KPI at a time,
Speaker 2: and by the time someone notices, you've already lost time, money,
Speaker 2: or trust. That's where the fifteen minute check in becomes
Speaker 2: your secret weapon. So what is it exactly? It's a
Speaker 2: fifteen minute window ideally at the start of your work day,
Speaker 2: where you the leader. Run through three key buckets, people, process,
Speaker 2: and pulse. Let me break each one down first. As
Speaker 2: people start by asking who needs something from me today,
Speaker 2: who's under pressure, who's killing it and deserves recognition. If
Speaker 2: you've got direct reports or a leadership team, fire off
Speaker 2: one or two texts or emails to check in. Doesn't
Speaker 2: have to be formal. You might say, saw your numbers
Speaker 2: from yesterday, nice work, or hey, heard about the challenge
Speaker 2: on that project. Let me know if you need five
Speaker 2: minutes today. This five minute focus prevents disengagement from brewing.
Speaker 2: Your people feel seen, and it keeps you looped into
Speaker 2: potential firestorms before they burn the place down. Number two
Speaker 2: is process. Ask what's not working? Where are things getting stuck?
Speaker 2: Is there a recurring issue I keep hearing about. This
Speaker 2: doesn't require a full audit. You're just scanning your operational radar.
Speaker 2: Maybe invoices are backing up, maybe the schedule's getting sloppy,
Speaker 2: maybe customers are waiting too long for a response. You
Speaker 2: don't need to fix everything in fifteen minutes. You just
Speaker 2: need to flag it and assign action, or at least
Speaker 2: be aware of it. This is how you move from
Speaker 2: reactive to proactive, and third is pulse. This is where
Speaker 2: you check your business pulse. Ask what's the energy like
Speaker 2: right now? Is morale high or are people dragging? What
Speaker 2: are customers, partners or vendors really saying. The pulse is
Speaker 2: that invisible vibe that runs through every business. When it's off,
Speaker 2: you can feel it, But you have to pause long
Speaker 2: enough to check, scan your inbox, read between the lines
Speaker 2: of your team's group chat, check social media mentions. You'll
Speaker 2: know quickly whether things are running smooth or if tension
Speaker 2: is building. This entire check in fifteen minutes or less.
Speaker 2: Set a time or make it part of your daily discipline,
Speaker 2: because when you do this every single day, you start
Speaker 2: noticing patterns, You catch issues early, you keep your team engaged,
Speaker 2: and most importantly, you lead instead of chasing problems down
Speaker 2: the hallway. So here's the hard truth. Many leaders only
Speaker 2: check in when something breaks. That's not leadership, that's clean
Speaker 2: up duty. A great leader knows how to stay ahead
Speaker 2: of the noise, and it doesn't require an hour long
Speaker 2: meeting or a ten tab spreadsheet. It just takes a
Speaker 2: fifteen minute habit. So starting tomorrow morning, I challenge you,
Speaker 2: grab your coffee, open your notebook and run through people,
Speaker 2: process and pulse. You'll be shocked how much sharper you
Speaker 2: get as a leader in just one week of doing this.
Speaker 2: And remember, great leadership doesn't always come from big moves.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's the quiet, consistent rhythms that build the strongest business.
Speaker 2: This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
Speaker 1: For more, Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.