Gordon Robideau
Saturday 23 February 2013
Thursday 10 May 2012
Leadercast #1
Recently took in the Chick-fil-A Leadercast with a number of guest speakers. Here are a few thoughts on one speaker (more will be coming)...
ANDY STANLEY (author, pastor, North Point Ministries)
- By providence and God's grace, I am in leadership
- The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty, but rather to navigate it.
- Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership, but underscores the need for it.
- Good book on when family and work collide (family better win).
- What would my replacement do?
- It's okay for a family to move around with an old couch that has memories, leaders cannot do the same with the old "couches" of what we did in the past.
- If we were removed - what would a new CEO do?
- Bring objectivity to the decision.
- What would a great leader do?
- We don't need bigger - we need better!
- There's always another path - another question.
- Level 5 leadership - self-less, not in it for me, best for the company
- What story do I want to tell?
- Every decision will eventually be a story I tell.
- Legacy - don't choose anything that makes you a liar for life.
- Make decisions that create the story you are proud to tell.
- Money comes and goes, your story is forever.
I listed four things I would focus on if I was a new CEO to BCOS and walked in the door today knowing everything I now know. So what is stopping me now? Comfort, fear, indecision, time, empowerment, money?
Every decision will eventually become a story I tell 6 months from now. That is so true. Every decision is a story I tell 6 minutes from now when I am back in the office or go home. It is important that I live my life so there are parts of the story I do not want to leave out. Make the story you are proud to tell. Make the story that brings honor - and not to myself.
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