In addition to saying, "I love buckets" -- Bill Hybels had some other good stuff to say in the opening session at the
Global Leadership Summit...
We all do our best work when we are stretching ourselves slightly beyond what feels appropriate.
Every leader is responsible to replenish their own "bucket."
Under-challenged people will leave your organization.
It is a good practice to "rate" your direct reports, in order, based on who you would let go first if you suddenly lost 50% of your income. This is excruciatingly difficult.
If an employee has a bad attitude, we move in immediately to have a conversation. They have no more than 30 days to shape up, or they are out.
The most difficult termination conversations are with those who are good performers, have a decent attitude, but don't have the talent to grow with the organization.
If you don't address the challenging people in your organization--you will begin to lose your best people.
Every thing has a season. Nothing "rocks" forever. It takes an intentional effort to look problems straight in the eye, arrest tired ideas, and get them on an accelerating trajectory again.
When I say "In closing...", it means absolutely nothing.
It is our job as leaders to create environments for creative solutions to emerge.
It's our decision to make our next five years to be our best five years.
In addition to saying, "I love buckets" -- Bill Hybels had some other good stuff to say in the opening session at the
Global Leadership Summit...