When Alan started at Ford, Ford had 97 brands, and ALL of them were losing money. There was very little that was profitable at Ford, and this was a difficult task to encounter for a man who had been working for Boeing for the previous several years!
An agressive turn around for Mr. Mullaly comprised of several items:
1) Agressive Re-Structure to meet current demand.
2) Accelerate Development of New Products
3) ONE team moving forward, instead of isolated departmentalism.
HOPE was not one of his strategies, there was a relentlessly communicated action plan.
In a more general sense, there are several changes required in a turn-around:
1) Deal with Reality
2) Know where you are, and where you are going
3) Create the best in class environment, this may require a culture shift
4) The leader of the turn around sets the standard for whats acceptable and whats not
It is the leaders responsibility to define reality, identify the issues, and create a plan to fix it!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sewell Leadership Event - Maxwell's Laws of Personal Growth
To wrap up the lessons learned in the morning of the Sewell Leadership Event, John Maxwell identified some laws of personal growth.
1) Law of Intentionality - Growth doesn't 'just happen'
You can tell if your on the road to success, its uphill the entire way!
*Most people don't lead their life, they accept their life!! What a sad reality!
"People want to improve their circumstances but not themselves, so they stay forever bound." - James Allen.
The reality is, the secret to success is contained in your daily agenda! Its not about doing alot of things, but doing the RIGHT things!!
2) Law of Awareness - you know yourself to grow yourself.
What would YOU like to do with your life? Successful people usually don't know the line between work and play. If you don't love what your doing, you should be doing something different!
Maxwell offers the suggestion to do a learning lunch every month. This is an incredible idea, and I'm going to follow up in a later blog what great questions can be asked at this sort of lunch.
1) Law of Intentionality - Growth doesn't 'just happen'
You can tell if your on the road to success, its uphill the entire way!
*Most people don't lead their life, they accept their life!! What a sad reality!
"People want to improve their circumstances but not themselves, so they stay forever bound." - James Allen.
The reality is, the secret to success is contained in your daily agenda! Its not about doing alot of things, but doing the RIGHT things!!
2) Law of Awareness - you know yourself to grow yourself.
What would YOU like to do with your life? Successful people usually don't know the line between work and play. If you don't love what your doing, you should be doing something different!
Maxwell offers the suggestion to do a learning lunch every month. This is an incredible idea, and I'm going to follow up in a later blog what great questions can be asked at this sort of lunch.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Maxwell's 5 Levels of Leadership
John Maxwell during the Sewell Leadership Event back in April of 2012 was teaching material from his new book the '5 levels of leadership. From the conference, I actually took the opportunity to review the book and read its 280 plus pages. While Maxwell is not brief, he does do a good job of organizing the information so that it can be easily reproduced and outlines. Below is a general outline from his book with some key insights:
Five Levels of Leadership:
5 Pinnacle
4 People Development
3 Produciton
2 Permission
1 Position
Keys to Understanding the 5 Levels:
1) Leadership is a process. No-one 'arrives' or is 'born'!
2) Leadership is a verb. It is not sitting in a golden office.
Level 1 - Position:
Here people follow because they HAVE to.
KEYWORD: Rights
This level will never give you what you need as a leader. People following at this level do the very minimum to get by. Low energy and low effort are prominent.
Level 2 - Permission:
People follow at this level because the WANT to.
The level of energy increases immensely, and the leadership style is based on relationships. People don't go along with you if they can't GET ALONG with you. It is the responsibility of the leader to connect with people, not vica versa.
KEY QUESTION: How well do you know your people?
Leaders love people, and as a result, they listen to people. If you a leader at the top all alone, your not a leader, your a hiker. If you don't love people, you don't lead them. A leader also serves and observes his people. He knows about them, and maturely serves them.
Level 3 - Production:
People follow here because of what you have done for the organization.
KEYWORD: Results.
This level leaders are reproducing who they are. They are tour guide style leaders rather than the travel agent style. People don't want to follow a failure, they want to follow someone successful. Credibility as a leader starts with leading yourself well.
Key Points:
1) Lead by Example.
2) Generate momentum.
3) Attract better people. - Law of Magnetism -- you attract who you are!
Level 4 - People Development:
KEYWORD: Reproduction
People follow at this level because of what you have done for them. Most important investment you will ever make is into the people of your organization.
Key Questions:
1) What are you doing to develop yourself?
2) What are you doing to develop your people?
*If you wouldn't invest in yourself, why would someone else invest in you?
Summary Points:
-Recruiting becomes KEY
-Positioning becomes KEY - getting people into the right places in the organization
-Equipping (5 steps)
1) I DO IT.
2) I DO IT, YOUR WITH ME.
3) YOU DO IT, I'M WITH YOU.
4) YOU DO IT.
5) YOU DO IT, SOMEONES WITH YOU.
Level 5 - Pinnacle
KEYWORD: Respect
People follow you because of who you are and what you represent.
- As you climb the levels, people you share that level with decrease. It is very difficult to become a level 5 leader with any particular individual.
-People respond to vision based on the level of leadership they are on.
-Great leaders take vision and apply it to the level of the leader!
-Cast vision individually because you are leading individuals.
Five Levels of Leadership:
5 Pinnacle
4 People Development
3 Produciton
2 Permission
1 Position
Keys to Understanding the 5 Levels:
1) Leadership is a process. No-one 'arrives' or is 'born'!
2) Leadership is a verb. It is not sitting in a golden office.
Level 1 - Position:
Here people follow because they HAVE to.
KEYWORD: Rights
This level will never give you what you need as a leader. People following at this level do the very minimum to get by. Low energy and low effort are prominent.
Level 2 - Permission:
People follow at this level because the WANT to.
The level of energy increases immensely, and the leadership style is based on relationships. People don't go along with you if they can't GET ALONG with you. It is the responsibility of the leader to connect with people, not vica versa.
KEY QUESTION: How well do you know your people?
Leaders love people, and as a result, they listen to people. If you a leader at the top all alone, your not a leader, your a hiker. If you don't love people, you don't lead them. A leader also serves and observes his people. He knows about them, and maturely serves them.
Level 3 - Production:
People follow here because of what you have done for the organization.
KEYWORD: Results.
This level leaders are reproducing who they are. They are tour guide style leaders rather than the travel agent style. People don't want to follow a failure, they want to follow someone successful. Credibility as a leader starts with leading yourself well.
Key Points:
1) Lead by Example.
2) Generate momentum.
3) Attract better people. - Law of Magnetism -- you attract who you are!
Level 4 - People Development:
KEYWORD: Reproduction
People follow at this level because of what you have done for them. Most important investment you will ever make is into the people of your organization.
Key Questions:
1) What are you doing to develop yourself?
2) What are you doing to develop your people?
*If you wouldn't invest in yourself, why would someone else invest in you?
Summary Points:
-Recruiting becomes KEY
-Positioning becomes KEY - getting people into the right places in the organization
-Equipping (5 steps)
1) I DO IT.
2) I DO IT, YOUR WITH ME.
3) YOU DO IT, I'M WITH YOU.
4) YOU DO IT.
5) YOU DO IT, SOMEONES WITH YOU.
Level 5 - Pinnacle
KEYWORD: Respect
People follow you because of who you are and what you represent.
- As you climb the levels, people you share that level with decrease. It is very difficult to become a level 5 leader with any particular individual.
-People respond to vision based on the level of leadership they are on.
-Great leaders take vision and apply it to the level of the leader!
-Cast vision individually because you are leading individuals.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
5 Types of Church Visitors (via Ron Edmonson)
One thing pastors love is church visitors. Really, what we like even more is church visitors who become regular church attendees, but that process begins with visitors. It’s always a mystery why some visit a church and never come back. Those reasons may be the subject of another post, but one thing I’ve learned, much of the chance for return depends on why the person chooses to visit in the first place.
I have discovered there are basically five types of visitors to a church:
1. Testers
These visitors are just looking around…perhaps for a new church…perhaps because they are dissatisfied where they currently attend church. They may feel they are not growing at their current church, or they aren’t completely satisfied with the leadership, the programs, or the opportunities for service available. If testers find what they are looking for, they’ll be back, but most likely there is a specific fit they are seeking. I wouldn’t suggest altering things to keep them, but make sure their questions are answered.
2. Pleasers
These visitors are usually coming to appease someone who asked them. They have less interest in attending church than they have in satisfying the request of a spouse or friend. This is not a bad way to get them at first, and I’m always happy to have them, but it is harder to get them to stick unless God moves in their heart for attending church to become their personal desire. For these visitors, the person inviting them is just as important as the visitor in keeping them, but help the pleaser feel welcome, don’t make them feel uncomfortable, and you’ve got a good chance of seeing them return.
3. Seekers
These are people who know they are missing something in life but aren’t sure what it is. Church may simply be another option, or it may be the only option, but these are the true unchurched. These visitors are a mission field. If we introduce them to Christ, they become forever loyal to the church where they found Him.
4. Jumpers
These visitors seldom stay long at one church. They get upset at something the church does, the church enters a building program that scares them away, or they simply grow bored. Likely they’ll only stick for a while at the new church, too, so don’t be take it personally if they disappear, as it may not be anything you did or didn’t do. Enjoy them while they are with you.
5. Investors
Most likely, these people moved to your community or some major issue caused them to leave their current church. These visitors are active church attendees looking for a new long-term home. They are ready to quickly commit and serve. It’s important to plug these people in as soon as possible.
Again, churches love visitors. In fact, we like any of these five types. Knowing why someone is visiting your church, however, often helps the way you respond to them and gives you a better chance of keeping them. I wouldn’t recommend you ask them which of these they are, but it’s good to have these in the back of your mind as you get to know them.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Sewell Leadership Event (April 2012)
A few weeks back several leadership guru's came to our Church for the Sewell Leadership Event. Collin Sewell brought these men in and provide an event for both his employees and the community to learn leadership. Of course, leadership is a major focus for me in my stage of life, so here are the cliff notes from John Maxwells first session in the morning.
John believes that the greatest gap in the world, is that between KNOWING and DOING. He purported that we so often have the knowledge, but not the 'know how.' I took away a great principle from this session in my communication style, asking the questions 1) What do you want me to know, and 2) what do you want me to do?
Some other quality quotes from John:
"Most difficult thing to do as a leader is LEAD ME"
Success for the day is defined by the change that happens to you. If you wouldn't follow yourself, why should anyone else? Everything rises and falls on LEADERSHIP.
"The Law of the Lid"
It is so important to surround yourself with high capacity leaders. Only problem is the law of the lid. Those high capacity leaders won't stay around if they are a higher capacity leader than the leader they are working for. The law of the lid says that if I'm a level 5 leader, then my employees will all be below that. Improving yourself is a key component in leadership. This is perhaps the most important aspect of leadership to focus on if your in your mid 20s like me. The reality is without a growing leader, people will leave or limit themselves.
Finally, John Maxwell began on the 5 level of leadership. I took so much from this talk, and was inspired to read the book my Pastor had given me. I will save that for my next post.
John believes that the greatest gap in the world, is that between KNOWING and DOING. He purported that we so often have the knowledge, but not the 'know how.' I took away a great principle from this session in my communication style, asking the questions 1) What do you want me to know, and 2) what do you want me to do?
Some other quality quotes from John:
"Most difficult thing to do as a leader is LEAD ME"
Success for the day is defined by the change that happens to you. If you wouldn't follow yourself, why should anyone else? Everything rises and falls on LEADERSHIP.
"The Law of the Lid"
It is so important to surround yourself with high capacity leaders. Only problem is the law of the lid. Those high capacity leaders won't stay around if they are a higher capacity leader than the leader they are working for. The law of the lid says that if I'm a level 5 leader, then my employees will all be below that. Improving yourself is a key component in leadership. This is perhaps the most important aspect of leadership to focus on if your in your mid 20s like me. The reality is without a growing leader, people will leave or limit themselves.
Finally, John Maxwell began on the 5 level of leadership. I took so much from this talk, and was inspired to read the book my Pastor had given me. I will save that for my next post.
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