What I'm Learning
Will Jones
President/CEO @ THOMPSON Child & Family Focus | Strategic + Thought Leadership
What Book I’m Reading
The risk in leading a business is the same as in piloting an airplane: namely, crashing and burning. But what if you had an operating system to keep your business airborne until you wanted to land it? How much time would that OS save you? How much money?? Written by the creator of the Profitable Growth Operating System?,?The 80/20 CEO: Take Command of Your Business in 100 Days?is a detailed playbook for aspiring or accomplished senior-level executives who want to lead their organizations in profitable strategic growth and do so on demand, on track, on pace, and without surprises.
Richard Stearns is a leader who has been tested as a CEO in both secular companies and also as the head of one of the world’s largest Christian ministries.?After stints as CEO of Parker Brothers and then Lenox, Stearns accepted the invitation to leave his corporate career to become the president of World Vision US, where he became the longest serving president in their seventy-year history. During his tenure there he implemented corporate best practices, lowering overheads while tripling revenues. His leadership in calling the American church to respond to some of the greatest crises of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic, and the global refugee crisis, challenged Christians to embrace a bold vision for compassion, mercy, and justice.
What Article I’m Reading
The audio brand might be ticking close to retirement age, but the innovators behind this private company have plenty more tricks up their sleeves, says CEO Lila Snyder.
In 1934, Arnold Samuelson lived with his literary hero, Ernest Hemingway, for a year.?? Hemingway taught Samuelson to stop projects at “an interesting place” and when “you know what’s going to happen next.”? Psychology helps explain why this strategy motivates us to complete tasks and how we can use it to improve our work-lives.
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What I’m Listening To
Building high-performance teams begins with understanding your organization’s “what” and “why” and then finding the right people to drive them forward. In this episode I discuss the four essential ingredients to building high-performance teams.
For years, Leila Hormozi gave her best effort at jobs where she never got a raise or promotion. She did it because she’s a high-integrity person who does everything with excellence. Now a master CEO widely known for her scaling and operations expertise, she understands how to build high-performance teams that retain top talent. In part two of this episode, Leila explains exactly how to attract and keep elite employees. She also shares tips for how to hold your team accountable, measure performance better, and give more productive feedback.
What I’m Watching
A comprehensive plan—with goals, initiatives, and budgets–is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s leading thinkers on strategy, says developing strategy means going outside an organization’s comfort zone and escaping the common traps of strategic planning.
What I’m Pondering
Well-Connected Owner and Agent at heyRED Speakers Agency
1 个月Great article!
Developing People / Developing Organizations
1 个月I don't know where you find the time for all you do, but you've created a really good thread here!
Supervisor
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I Build Systems For School Leaders to Unlock Community Partner Resources | Leader | Author
1 个月Great advice! I like what you watching and what you’re reading! Understanding the why and the what is key to guide your team toward goal achievements. I’ll add something I’m reading: Unbreakabke by Kirkman and Stoverink, the book focuses on building and sustaining resilient teams. What piece of content has had the greatest impact on you for 2024?