PAUL LARSEN FROM GIANT WORLDWIDE: BECOMING A LEADER WORTH FOLLOWING
Advice on how business leaders can make their employees more productive and happy was provided by our July 17 speaker, consultant Paul Larsen of Giant Worldwide.
Advice on how business leaders can make their employees more productive and happy was provided by our July 17 speaker, consultant Paul Larsen of Giant Worldwide.To become a leader worth following, executives need to know about two important challenges: the digital age and changing demographics. The former includes such issues as work/life balance, making your employees collaborative, and producing communications that are visual and interactive. The demographic changes suggest that a much smaller number of Gen-X’ers are coming behind the Baby Boomers, meaning companies will need to dip into the next generation, Millennials, for leadership. Knowing how millennials view work, their expectations of frequent job change, and their digital mindset will help companies cope with this trend.
Another key for executives is to become more aware of their leadership style and tendencies. This is a loop where self-awareness never ends.
Other concepts covered by Paul include intentional vs. accidental actions; the metrics of a high-performance team, and push vs. pull.
You can find out more about Paul and the Giant Worldwide leadership-development system at https://giantworldwide.com/.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to Matt Crane, whose term as president begins with today’s meeting. We have a date for the 2018 Vino Classico fundraiser: Oct. 6. Tickets will be coming soon, and volunteers are needed, especially in areas such as the silent auction and working with restaurants. If you can help, put your name on the sign-up sheet going around, or contact Becky Deelstra.HAPPY FIVES
Jacob Stonesifer is happy to announce this week’s move to new Boys Scouts of America headquarters for the metro area; if you’d like to tour the new HQ near Fort Snelling, let him know. Dennis Kim is happy about all of the Rotarians that have stepped up to host visiting South Koreans. Roger Jorgensen is happy to take supper offers, now that his kitchen remodeling project is underway. Irene Kelly is thrilled with the recent district governor installment event held for her recently. Greg Albrecht is happy to hear from a former participant in the
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