In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don’t show or measure.
0:00 Intro
0:30 What are you looking for in a project manager?
11:25 Predictive Index assessment – https://www.predictiveindex.com/
14:22 Culture Index – https://www.cultureindex.com
- Links to David Quick interview episodes on Culture Index:
- Episode 046: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-046-interview-with-david-quick-part-1-of-2/
- Episode 047: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-047-interview-with-david-quick-part-2-of-2/
16:15 Book Reference – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
17:07 What these assessments don’t show or measure…
- Work ethic
- Grit
- Character
- Value system
- Chemistry
- How someone handles pressure
33:20 Talk about the core values at TTx
- People Focused
- FILO – First In Last Out
- Elite
- All about the flag
- Eyes wide open
42:39 “Act Your Wage”
46:32 “Restaurateur” – a person who owns and manages a restaurant.
Book reference – Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
“Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.”
― Danny Meyer
53:41 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney, CEO of TTx
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