If you own a gym, you're not just a business owner; you're a leader. Your staff and clients look to you for guidance and inspiration, and how you respond has a serious effect on the success of your business.

Here, Certified Two-Brain Business Mentor, gym owner and leadership expert Andrea Savard joins Mike Warkentin to talk about what it means to be a great leader and how to become one.

Links:

Register for the Two-Brain Summit 2020
Wodify
How to Lead in a Crisis
Driven Nutrition
Two-Brain Business blog
When No One Sees Your Vision (and It's All Your Fault)

Timeline:

2:20 – What is leadership?

6:44 – Growing into leadership: trial and error.

9:15 – Leaders: Born or built?

13:29 – Leading during tough times.

17:45 – To become a great leader, observe a great leader.

21:48 – Gaining cooperation by building relationships.

23:22 – Why authoritarians don’t make long-lasting leaders.

26:44 – You have to care—genuinely.

31:15 – Be interested in people.

33:31 – Great leaders to emulate.

35:38 – Characteristics of great leaders in the gym environment.

43:24 – The importance of humility.

46:49 – How to start strengthening relationships with your team members.

The Keys to Improved Leadership for Gym Owners