John Prothro, CEO of Foot Solutions on Building Your Resilience

What are you doing to increase your team’s resilience so they are in it for the long haul? It’s essential for every leader to answer this question because if your team isn’t prepared to bounce back in tough situations, they may disengage and even quit.It is tempting to focus on building a “positive attitude” but most teams need more than that to be successful.Enter my episode today with the CEO of Foot Solutions, John Prothro who shares an essential strategy to build resilience in your team for the future. Foot Solutions is a global foot wellness retailer that specializes in custom orthotics and advanced footwear.  John is an experienced executive with a background in mergers and acquisitions and multinational business leadership, working in both executive and Board positions in various companies. He has lived and worked in both China and the United States.  John holds degrees from Texas A&M and Vanderbilt University where he was a baseball player.  John's LinkedIn profile: ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnprothro/Foot Solutions: https://footsolutions.com/  WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:His first job at Dirt Incorporated and how it impacted his career.What “rocked his world” as a collegiate athlete, and what he learned as a leader.How to instill resilience in yourself and others.The moment his resilience was tested and how he bounced back.How to find the right situation to become CEO.Three questions to ask yourself before stepping in to lead.One question that helps you decide what to do in your career.An important strategy to sustain yourself outside of work.The one trait he’d instill in every employee… Sincerity.A guiding principle for hiring anyone. A hilarious thing he was shipped when he needed to let someone go.Three success strategies for every employee.Russian literature - insights for how the world really works!QUOTES:“Stop equating money with value. Make decisions based upon what you’re going to learn.”“It’s a fail if my calendar is full.”I want to hire someone who, in 5 years, I know I’ll have to fight to keep them.”“You have the ability to make your own path.”RESOURCES:The Bell Curve, Charles Murray https://www.amazon.com/Bell-Curve-Intelligence-Structure-Paperbacks-ebook/dp/B003L77VY2The Elements of Style, https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/ CEO Session Episode with Carin-Isabel Knoop, Harvard Business School Director of Business Case Studies https://www.benfanning.com/carin-isabel-knoop/ Economics, Thomas Sowell https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Sowell/e/B00J5BK55K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt