IDL100 Season 2: First 100 recap: Giving Back: The Selfless Leader, with Steve Miller
Can leaders learn to welcome challenges? Do you have a moral and foundational anchor for your life and business? Why should leaders give more than they take from their employees?
Here it is, episode 100! I’m excited to share this popular episode with you. I met Steve Miller through the Maxwell Organization - and his story is as dramatic and transformational as any. As we end this year, as we get farther away from Covid, I still recognize that there are going to be challenges - and Steve’s episode is a reminder of what it means to strive to make a difference in other people’s lives, no matter how great a challenge it is.
Meet Steve Miller
Steve Miller is a founder and president of Millwood, Inc., and a public speaker who travels the world to train leaders in biblical leadership principles they can apply to their companies. He also serves as a board member to John Maxwell’s EQUIP.
At the age of 19, Steve opened Millwood Incorporated in Holmes County, Ohio. Today, Millwood has over 1,700 team members in 30 facilities throughout the United States.
Steve Miller has made it his mission to provide every team member the opportunity for personal, professional and spiritual growth. To accomplish this mission, Millwood has a staff of corporate trainers and chaplains to provide personal care and organize individual growth events, including marriage retreats and team development getaways.
Visit the Millwood Inc. website and connect with Steve on Facebook and LinkedIn.
IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
Resilience - 03:43
Have an anchor - 17:29
Give more than you take from your employees - 33:40
Resilience
Resilience is created by working out challenges and difficulties, and not throwing in the towel too soon.
You can build up your resilience by understanding that challenges are opportunities in disguise, and by keeping a level head while overcoming obstacles.
Keep calm, look forward, and have a growth mindset, and you will be better able to handle the inevitable difficulties in life.
Have an anchor
Have an anchor in your life that signifies what you stand for, what your principles are, and what the foundation is of your approach to life and business.
Your anchor will help you to keep to the promises that you have made both to yourself and your employees.
Basing your company on principles and foundations that are centered around community, empathy, and teamwork – and not centered around money – will encourage your employees to stay even when the money is low.
Give more than you take from your employees
People will always come and go through your company’s doors. The goal of a successful business that is people-focused is to send them on with more than they had when they first came to you.
Embolden your employees and teammates. Encourage their development and growth.
If you can create a company that is built on the positive, successful transformation of its employees, then you have a gold-standard business.
Resources, books, and links mentioned in this episode:
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