The Learning Culture Podcast - Steve Bousquet on The Learner Path Mindset

Joining me this week is Steve Bousquet.

Steve is the President of American Landscape and Lawn Science, a lawn care and landscape business based in Connecticut. Reading that, many of you are probably thinking, "That's an interesting guest for a podcast about Learning Culture". I had the same thought when I first met Steve, a self professed learning nerd who never hesitates to hire a coach or to get a certification in something that he thinks could help him in what he sets out to do.

In this episode, we unpack important lessons about the learner path mindset that Steve has installed for his team of 30 people. It covers communication styles, leveraging strengths, the growth mindset, and of course, purpose. Steve shares some very practical tools that you could use to enhance these four areas of your business to promote and enable your people.

Sometimes you have to look at a business entirely different from your own, to learn a new approach that resonates and can be applied to the situation you face. I left my conversation with Steve energized by his fresh perspective, and with a new set of practical ideas that I want to apply at Curious Lion. I have no doubt that you will find gems of your own hidden within this conversation.

So please sit back and enjoy this episode with Steve Bousquet.

Timestamps:
1 - Steve tells us about his business, American Landscape and Lawn Science. (00:02:45)
2 - How Steve has traversed his business and his own personal transformation in learning. (00:05:03)
3 - His own story of personal and professional development. (00:07:28)
4 - The Learner Path Mindset. (00:09:44)
5 - How his company was in the early stages and how he managed his team from the beginning. (00:12:35)
6 - Ideas for instilling motivation. (00:13:56)
7 - How Steve installed the learner path mindset in his own team. We explore the systems he has used and the valuable lessons he has learned. (00:16:02)
8 - The benefits of working with complementary strengths. (00:26:11)
9 - Enhancing these four areas of your business to promote and enable people. (00:29:19)
10 - Challenges in implementing agile work and how he overcame them. (00:32:25)
11 - Measuring ROI and retention rates. (00:34:13)
12 - Where you can find Steve on social media and learn more about what he does. (00:41:10)