Great leaders create order from chaos. They create balance and trust within their organization. Efficient leaders formulate smart strategies and have the ability to make decisions. They also have planning and project management skills, which they use to anticipate challenges. Most importantly, great leaders are great stewards. They act as if everything they have is a blessing and treat it with care and diligence.
In today's episode, Tim shares the importance of the processes and systems in organizations. He discusses the importance of a leader's strategic thinking, assessment of risk versus rewards, the anticipation of the future, time, and trust. Tim also talks about taking care of the blessings bestowed upon you and why great leaders are great stewards.
If you want to learn the skills and habits that make a leader great, make sure you listen to the full episode!
3 reasons why you should listen to the full episode:
- Discover the skills and habits leaders must practice.
- Learn how leaders create order out of chaos.
- Tim shares with us the things he learned about leadership, planning, and project management.
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Episode Highlights
[02:06] Tim's Background
- Tim has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. Industrial engineers are usually the people in charge of creating systems and structures to do things more efficiently.
- His work entails delegating tasks or making automated systems or processes in production. In today's world, systematizing methods are pre-eminent.
- When Tim encounters teams or businesses struggling, he finds ways to create systems or processes to help them out.
[05:56] A Great Leader Creates Order Out of Chaos
- Successful leaders can take chaotic situations and put them in order.
- Insecure leaders inject chaos into situations to feed their egos and make them feel needed when things aren't going well.
- A great leader is responsible—someone who doesn’t create more chaos, overcomplicate issues, and make things harder for their team.
- Good stewards simplify and repair situations to create order by looking at the organization’s processes and systems.
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[10:50] Strategic Thinking
- A leader must be able to answer the questions regarding their organization’s mission with clarity.
- Clarity comes from the ability to think strategically.
- Modern culture tends to overanalyze and overthink due to the overwhelming information available. It hinders people from making intelligent decisions.
- Practice making quick decisions. Narrow down your options as best as you can, make a choice, and move on.
