Oct 14 2024 54 mins 2
It’s a pleasure to welcome returning guest Mark Miller back to The Authority.
Mark is a Wall Street Journal and international best-selling author, communicator, and the former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A. Today, Mark serves as the Co-Founder of Lead Every Day, an extension of his life-inspired mission to encourage and equip leaders with the tools they need to be successful.
As an author, Mark has more than one million books in print in 25+ languages. His latest is Uncommon Greatness: Five Fundamentals to Transform Your Leadership, which we’re talking about today.
We discuss:
- Why leaders are important
- Mark’s journey to leadership and how it influenced his understanding of uncommon vs. “common” greatness
- Reasons for the global leadership crisis
- 33% of organizations believe there’s not sufficient leadership for today and 50% of leaders don’t believe their organization has enough emerging leaders for the needs of the future
- “How can I add the most value in this situation?”
- Is leadership properly incentivized?
- The Five Fundamentals: See the Future, Engage and Develop Others, Reinvent Continuously, Value Results and Relationships, Embody a Leader’s Heart
- Being a leader people want to follow
- In what ways does “Uncommon Greatness” challenge traditional leadership paradigms?
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Connect with our guest:
- Get Uncommon Greatness at https://www.leadeveryday.com or wherever you get your books
- Reach out to Mark directly at 678-612-8441
- Text UNCOMMON to 66866 for additional resources
- Connect on social media at https://www.linkedin.com/in/highperformanceleaders and @MarkMillerLeads
About our guest
Mark Miller is a Wall Street Journal and international best-selling author, communicator, and the former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A. Mark started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. In 1978, he joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom. During his tenure with Chick-fil-A, the company grew from seventy-five restaurants to over 2,700 locations with annual sales exceeding $19 billion. Today, Mark serves as the Co-Founder of Lead Every Day, an extension of his life-inspired mission to encourage and equip leaders with the tools they need to be successful. Mark began writing almost twenty years ago when he teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager, to write The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. With over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages, his global impact continues to grow. For more information, please visit https://leadeveryday.com.
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting and coaching firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn.
