Earlier this year, Craig Groeschel released a powerful podcast, “The Most Important Mindset You Need to Succeed.” In it, he talks about generational businesses and the differences from one generation to the next. Most companies don’t make it to the third generation — a reality I’ve often heard as a third-generation leader — so I was all ears to learn from Craig on this topic.
While I am not going to cover the entire podcast here (do yourself a favor and listen to it yourself), I will share that Craig’s “The Gen 1 Mindset” really resonated with me. Craig asserts that Generation 1 has an ownership mindset because they typically are the owners. This means they:
- Think higher
- See broader
- Care deeper
Put plainly, Craig says that “owners obsess over what is the best for the organization.”
And that made me think.
Question for Thought
Do YOU obsess over what is best for the organization?
Yep, I’m asking you, the reader of this post.
Do you just have a job, or do you have a calling?
Are you the kind of leader that looks within and examines their leadership failures?
My Challenge to You
I am posing these questions as a wrap-up for topics I’ve discussed in Q2. I believe you need to have an ownership mentality — an obsession over what is best for the organization and its people — to be someone worth following.
I challenge you to take time this week to reflect.
What needs to become true for you to take an ownership stake so that you can think higher, see broader, and care deeper?