It's Tuesday at 2:00pm! (PST Time: I live and work from Southern California)
Greetings to you!
Each week I send out a short leadership blog that's called "Tuesday at 2:00pm". The purpose of this is simply to provide a brief thought on leadership that you can read and think about in just a few minutes. I send it out every week at 2:00pm (PST) and encourage you to make an appointment with yourself to pause and think about the thing I'm writing about.
Russ...
LEADERSHIP QUOTE:
"Great vision without great people is irrelevant." Jim Collins
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A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:
This is the final quote on the theme of vision we'll share this month. Click Here to see past posts.
I've shared this quote from Collins before, but it's so appropriate as we navigate through the theme of vision this month. This practical quote just reminds us that sharing our vision with others and inviting them into it is the best way to pursue and achieve that vision.
Collins talks about this concept in his classic book, Good to Great. In this book, he talked about this idea:
"Those who build great organizations make sure they have the right people on the bus and the right people in the key seats before they figure out where to drive the bus."
He's said many different ways to get the right people first, then figure out what to do.
Sometimes this works well. Sometimes a vision is born in one persons heart and people need to be invited in.
Either way, the statement is true: You need great people to partner with you in your vision.
This doesn't mean that you can't do things alone, and there are many great stories of people who launched a solo-vision and pulled it off by themselves.
In my experience, it's always been "sweeter" to share a vision with a team of people, and work together to see that vision realized.
Can you identify 5 people who have come around you to join or to help create a vision that you all then pursued? How did that go?
DEEPER STILL:
I remember the dream and vision of Leader Mundial. The idea grew over time and morphed out of a couple of other things I had participated in, but when it was time to launch, there was a solid team of people who helped to make it a reality, and who still contribute to help our Leadership Communities grow and thrive.
There are times in my life that I enjoy working alone, and when I can be really effective, streamlined and get things done.
However, if I want to do something that is "BETTER", I need others to speak into it. I need a team of people to help me dream up, develop and implement the idea.
Working with others:
Sparks My Creativity: I love to bounce ideas off of other people. I like to think outside the box, and often it's in these conversations that we land on a great idea!
Uses My Strengths: There are things that I'm good at, and things that I'm not good it. When I have a team around me, we're all able to work in our areas of strength and giftedness.
We Divide and Conquer: We're able to get more done. We don't have to do everything together, but we're able to each take on tasks to move us all towards the goal.
We Win or Lose Together: If an idea is pulled off well, we all celebrate. If it doesn't work, we can share the misery together and help each other move forward! (A Piñata is ALWAYS a good idea)
We Grow In Trust: The more we work together, the deeper our trust goes and we're able to streamline things and really leverage our experience and relationships.
Thank you Phil, Ron, Jerry, Ellis, Paul, John and so many others who have helped carry and develop the vision of Leader Mundial into what it is today.
Things I'm Reading, Listening To and Watching This Week:
Jim Collins: Good to Great and a few of my favorite works from Collins: Turning the Flywheel, Good to Great and the Social Sectors and his book Built to Last on visionary companies.
We just started season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. We've enjoyed this series.
I'm really enjoying this new book Next Level Nonprofit. Really good and practical resources and story from Dr. Chris Lambert. Thanks for the tip John Pearson!
Leader Mundial is a movement of Global Coaching Communities that provide Training, Resources, Coaching & Community to leaders around the world. Each year we hold a series of Leadership Summits where people gather together. This year, Summits for men and women in leadership in South Africa, The Philippines, The United States, EuroAsia and Ecuador. Plans are being made for our Global Community gathering in Georgia, USA in March of 2025, and the launch of a Southern California Summit Community in January of 2025. Contact me for more information. Email Russ Here.
OK, at the time of this writing, Dodgers are 2 games up in the World Series! Go Blue!