{"id":949,"date":"2025-05-01T07:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tojoeapen.com\/blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2025-05-01T07:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:11:50","slug":"notes-of-leadership-wisdom-from-two-experienced-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojoeapen.com\/blog\/notes-of-leadership-wisdom-from-two-experienced-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes of Leadership Wisdom From Two Experienced CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week&#8217;s notes of leadership wisdom for reflection comes from a ConantLeadership conversation between\u00a0Deanna Mulligan\u00a0(CEO of Purposeful, former chair and CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Company) and Doug Conant (Founder of ConantLeadership, former CEO of Campbell Soup Company).<br><br>Selected notes from the conversation below:<br>* Leaders embrace three characteristics that have brought people through great crises in the past: <strong>Flexibility, empathy, and patience<\/strong>.<br>* Historically, empathy is highly valuable in times of change and disruption and is what gets us through, no matter where we are on the political spectrum.<br>* The modern penchant for instant gratification makes it too easy for leaders to forget that meaningful change takes time. The best leaders are the ones who <strong>stay the course<\/strong>.<br>* Staying the course\u00a0requires a deep foundation\u00a0to help you keep a steady hand on the wheel. Not only must your foundation be <strong>deeply personal, purpose driven, and performance oriented<\/strong>, it must also <strong>honor all the people you work with<\/strong>. It includes your unique purpose, values, and beliefs-from the ground up. <strong>The sturdier your Foundation, the more you can remain stable and withstand the winds of change.<\/strong><br>* Before leaders can inspire or motivate others, they must clearly <strong>articulate why<\/strong> the group effort matters.\u00a0 You must <strong>get to the heart of the problem first<\/strong> and <strong>help people understand what\u2019s at stake<\/strong> in any given situation. Otherwise, you risk the organization splintering into chaos-or crumbling entirely.<br>* Never let a good crisis go to waste. Use the lessons from one wave of turbulence to prepare you for the next one.<br>* Leaders have a responsibility to <strong>grow and develop employees<\/strong>. And often, the untapped talent you\u2019re in search of is right in your own backyard.<br>* Great leaders\u00a0<strong>make\u00a0meaning <\/strong>for people. They answer the question, Why am I here today? Why should I get up and come back in?.<br>* It\u2019s vital for leaders to <strong>declare their purpose<\/strong>..: Your audience needs to hear you say it, needs to know that you mean it, that you\u2019re willing to declare it. And that you have every intention of <strong>walking the talk<\/strong>.<br>* You can\u2019t do it if you\u2019re exhausted. Find the things that <strong>renew your resolve and restore your energy, and be disciplined about staying afloat<\/strong> so you can buoy the people around you.<br><br>Source:<br>&#8211; \u2018Great Leaders\u00a0Make\u00a0Meaning\u2019\u20142 Purpose-Driven CEOs on \u2018People First\u2019 Leadership; ConantLeadership; Vanessa Bradford; Apr 24, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s notes of leadership wisdom for reflection comes from a ConantLeadership conversation between\u00a0Deanna Mulligan\u00a0(CEO of Purposeful, former chair and CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Company) and Doug Conant (Founder of ConantLeadership, former CEO of Campbell Soup Company). 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