What is the mission of your organization? Are you the person who wakes up every day determined to live that mission? Your mission represents your culture, and this should be sacred.
Leaders who put other people first inspire me. Leaders who put the organization’s purpose first inspires me. Leaders who stretch, stretch outside their comfort zone and live on the edge of fear inspire me. Fear not knowing if they can be successful. Fear of failure and not understanding how their ideas will be perceived. Leaders who take a chance on crucial conversations. Those are the qualities that inspire me.
Its growth, it’s expansive thinking, it’s risk-taking not just for the sake of taking a risk but aligned to a purpose. Living on the edge makes your organization stand head and shoulders above other organizations who are doing great work in your community.
There is a quote by Andy Stanley that says God has the opportunity to work between that gap being in control and out of control.
As a leader, who you decide to be and how you decide to lead drives organizational success. It doesn’t matter what you say, and it matters who you are and will do.