{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Entrepreneur Success Story of Tony Jamous [Secrets of Building Two Unicorn Companies]","description":"\u201cWhat drives me is the mission,\u201d says Tony Jamous, founder and CEO of Oyster HR, a business that, as Brendan puts it, is \u201cstewarding the remote work revolution.\u201d Oyster, Tony\u2019s second unicorn company, works to allow businesses to hire anyone from around the world without restriction. With their needs fulfilled, companies can then focus on their growth. This starts with everyone establishing their mission, collectively and individually. As Brendan points out, being mission driven ensures that your business is solving an actual problem. Yet, so many workers don\u2019t know why they are working in the first place. Tony regularly takes stock of how his employees feel working at Oyster and working for him specifically. What\u2019s more, he encourages all leaders to check in with how they feel about themselves, to practice self-leadership before they attempt to lead others.  Another important element of leadership, he says, is demonstrating full trust in that employees can and will do their jobs, meet their goals and provide value to the company. No one likes to be questioned, and while checking in with employees about performance is necessary and reasonable, the only way to attempt to micromanage is not to attempt it at all. Micromanagement leads workers to further question what they are doing in their jobs, which not only leads to burnout, but to the kind of disengagement that up to 75 percent of knowledge workers admit to feeling. Pay attention to the red flags of avoidance and procrastination around a task,Tony advises.  Another major contributor to workplace burnout is the continued adherence by many companies to arbitrary and archaic work models. Oyster has a series of breaks and flexibility built into the culture to allow for quality of life while still achieving a high level of productivity. This notably includes eliminating unnecessary meetings\u2013and their resulting emotional drain\u2013and using Loom instead. Quotes: \u201cToday, it seems like we have an unlimited amount of opportunities because\u2026we\u2019re digitalizing the whole economy through all industries. So how do you choose to focus on and that\u2019s the strategy process that you need to conduct.\u201d ( 6:36-6:53 | Tony) \u201cBeing mission-driven increases your chances of success. You attract better people to your business, you create a better culture with the highest level of engagement, and you attract better investors and better customers.\u201d (16:32-16:46 | Tony)  \u201cTrust, in my opinion, has to be absolute and infinite because you gain nothing by questioning people. Nobody gains anything from adding doubt into the relationship.\u201d (27:58-28:14 | Tony)  \u201cMany people aren\u2019t clear about why they\u2019re working.\u201d (43:00-43:05 | Tony)  Connect with Brendan Dell: LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brendandell\/ YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BrendanDell Instagram: @thebrendandell TikTok: @brendandell39 Buy a copy of Brendan\u2019s Book, The 12 Immutable Laws of High-Impact Messaging: https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780578210926    Connect with Tony Jamous: LinkedIn: @ Tony Jamous Check out Tony Jamous\u2019 recommended book:  The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek  https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780735213500 Please don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe to Billion Dollar Tech on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! Use code Brendan30 for 30% off your annual membership with RiverSide.fm  Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm ","author_name":"Billion Dollar Tech","author_url":"https:\/\/brendandell.com\/","html":"