Values-Driven Leadership by Bob McDonald, CEO of P&G

Today, Bob McDonald, CEO of P&G gave an inspiring speech on Values-Driven Leadership at the Distinguished Speaker's Series hosted by the Williams College of Business at Xavier University.  The essence of his speech is as follows:

1. Living a life driven by PURPOSE is more meaningful and rewarding than meandering through life without direction.
2. Everyone wants to SUCCEED and success is contagious.
3. Putting people in the right jobs is one of the the most important tasks of a leader.
4. CHARACTER is the most important trait of a leader and personal responsibility an important component.
5. Diverse groups of people are more INNOVATIVE than homegenous groups.
6. Ineffective strategies, systems, and culture are bigger barriers to ACHIEVEMENT than the talents of people.
7. There will be some people who don't make it on the journey and they should still be treated with respect.
8. Organizations must RENEW themselves.
9. RECRUITING is a top priority.
10. The true test of a leader is the PERFORMANCE of an organization when he/she is absent.

For those of you who are familiar with the Personal Leadership Institute, you will find his words consistent with our beliefs, assumptions, and actions.  In fact, we believe he could have written a large part of our website and supporting materials, and we could have written his speech (although not delivered it as eloquently as he did!).

At the end of his speech, Bob, also mentioned the importance of social responsibility.  It is so refreshing to hear a CEO of a major organization speaking about values-driven leadership AND social responsibility.

Rock on, Bob!

Ann

Ann Dinan, Ph.D., M.S.S.A., C.P.C.C.
The Deeper Leadership Institute
ann@TheDeeperLeadershipInstitute.com