Episodes 65 & 66: Should I grow my agency? with Tyler Pigott

 
 

Tyler Pigott is the founder and Chief Growth Officer at Lone Fir Creative, a completely remote 18 person inbound marketing team. Today we ask his advice on growing our own teams and pitfalls we can avoid along the way.

Main Topic Notes

  1. What kind of culture do you want to have in your company?

  2. What do you do to intentionally affect culture?

  3. What does your leadership/team structure look like?

  4. What differences do you notice between having a 5 person team and a 18 person team?

  5. Were there any unexpected effects?

  6. How do you keep communication efficient between team members?

  7. Do you still have all-hands meetings?

  8. How do you handle remote work?

  9. What mistakes have you made that we could learn from?

Recap / Takeaways

  1. Be transparent with your team and give them authority instead of just responsibility (let them see the impact)

  2. Hiring a new employee can 10x your productivity in ways you don’t expect once they start using their superpowers

  3. Think of your employees as an investment, not a cost

  4. At first, you hire when you’re swamped, but eventually, you need to identify opportunities and invest in employees to solve those problems

  5. Spend time in your sweet spot and hire people that balance out your weaknesses

  6. Your ability to grow is dependent on how much trust you are willing to put into the people you hire

  7. How to decide whether to grow or not: What are you good at, and what do you WANT to do?

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