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Show, Don’t Tell

Kate Renwick-Espinosa

08.16.22

As a leader, how do you get your team to buy into the company’s mission? Kate Renwick-Espinosa believes it’s not enough to just tell your employees what that mission is. You really need to show them how it comes to life through your work.

Show, Don’t Tell

Summary:

As a leader, how do you get your team to buy into the company’s mission? Kate Renwick-Espinosa believes it’s not enough to just tell your employees what that mission is. You really need to show them how it comes to life through your work.

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“Empowering human potential through sight,” that’s your vision. How do you share that with others and how do you generate buy-in?

Kate Renwick-Espinosa

I think one of the important things to generate buy-in is not just saying the words, but having people really be able to see that come to life and we have so many different opportunities for people to see that. And a few examples, I think, for employees, one would be volunteering on our mobile clinics. So being able to go out to community events and actually see our purpose come to life firsthand, people getting eye exams at no cost, each of us getting to do a job that makes an impact. So that’s one example. I think the other example is to make certain people get connected to all parts of the business, because that’s part of understanding how we’re fulfilling our purpose and seeing not just their slice of it, but how it all fits together.
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