The Organizational Champion Webcast – Ep. 04

 

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WHY WE WORK:

• Through the Decades
• Today

SETH GODIN BIO:

• Author of 10 books on Marketing
• He has the number one most read blog about Marketing
• Pundit
• Thinker
• His job is to ask the questions and make observations that others can’t either due to their perspective or simple lack of time.
• www.sethgodin.com

TRIBES:
Our culture value system as moved toward what Marketing Guru Seth Godin calls Tribes.  Tribes are a group of people who are brought together by a common belief or idea and then moved toward a common goal.  In order for a tribe to exist, there needs to be a shared idea and a way to communicate.

WHAT IS IT THAT IS GOING TO DRIVE THE EXTRAORDINARY COMPANIES MOVING FORWARD:

• How do I adjust to such cultural shifts?

TWITTER QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Does you workplace focus more on individual or team?

@jtnelso: ‘Our company’ truly focuses on each. But more so the individual.

@Stanleyyork: i think teams, b/c you build individuals through teamwork. rarely vice versa

guest: our workplace is all about building certain individuals

@mpaladino: Both, but would lean towards teams. Strong teams breed strong individuals. The converse of that is not always true.

Rodney: Revenue is the correct answer.

Rick: You develop people so that you have the building blocks to build a Team.  You can not sacrifice or prioritize one at the expense of the other.

Jennifer: My husband would say teams…as a high school principal he wants his staff to feel like a part of something bigger than just one classroom teacher, but I totally see Finley’s point about the church, too…

Alex: teams

Finley: individual for me…its one life at a time…that’s how we build the church

Scott: Teams

David: You build individuals with a team mindset. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done—because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower. Individuals or members of a team matter not without leadership.

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MotherLetter.com is on a Mission

Seth is a successful attorney in one of the leading law firms in the South. Needless to say, he is busy, and his work is important. Seth had a friend who traded a comfortable life and career in the United States for a benevolent cause in Southeast Africa, helping teach impoverished and disease-stricken communities how to farm and, thus, restoring health to these communities. For years, Seth promised to visit his friend and experience the cause. For years, he put it off because of his busy work schedule. But not last year. He finally made time to spend eight days in Southeast Africa with his friend.

And he was changed forever.

Upon his return, Seth and I had dinner with our wives to hear about the adventures in Africa. During dinner, it was easy to see that Seth was not the same. This professional attorney whose job it is to play it cool couldn’t get through the appetizer without breaking down as he told story after story of his experience with the Africans. He gained new perspectives and insights. His views on life were richer and more profound.

Today, through his experience, Seth is a man on a mission. Seth, as a gift to his wife – Amber, began a movement called MotherLetter, an online community for people to share amazing and personal stories of their moms and their mommy experiences. This movement is taking off and connecting moms and their stories all over the world.

Now Seth and Amber are allowing the MotherLetter movement to fight malaria through Compassion International’s malaria intervention fund. I encourage you to get involved in the MotherLetter movement and to help fight malaria by going to www.motherletter.com. Onward!

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Making it Personal Will Demand Sacrifice

A contributor to this blog, Bryan, reminded me today of something I know well, but don’t think about often enough. If I love something so much that it becomes a personal mission of mine, it will demand personal sacrifice.

Bryan left a lucrative career for the mission field. I left easy money for a “wrestle to the mat” in people development. My brother’s wife, Jayme sacrificed life balance (impossible) for her music career.

Seth Godin has an interesting read on how difficult it is to make great money doing something you love. I hope that’s not true. But this is for sure – doing what you love will demand greater sacrifice than playing it safe.

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