30 Days To Breakthrough

Welcome to Day #11 of your “30 Days To Breakthrough” journey.

Today our topic is Think BIG, Act Small!

QUOTE
Level 5 leaders embrace humility, strategic focus, discipline, and teamwork.

LESSON
On January 21, 2010, I had the privilege to attend my first-ever meeting with The C12 Group in Charlottesville from 9:30 am – 4 pm. What is The C12 Group? “Christian CEO’s and Owners Building Great Business For A Greater Purpose!”

What stood out for me the most while journaling the next morning was The C12 Group discussion pertaining to “Thinking Big While Acting Small.”

Increasing profits and improving a company’s financial performance have traditionally been done in one of three ways: by increasing revenues, cutting costs or downsizing, or cooking the books. For Think Big, Act Small, author Jason Jennings and his research team evaluated more than 100,000 American companies and discovered nine which have increased revenues and profits by 10 percent or more for more than ten consecutive years – the top one-hundredth of one percent of all American companies.

These companies, Jennings learned, use another strategy to consistently increase their performance. They have a culture based on a simple precept: they think big, but they act small. They think big about ideas, about solving customer problems, making better products, and creating value. Yet they never stop behaving like start-ups. They remain humble, they treat every employee like an owner, and their managers do not mind being hands-on on the front lines.

Organizations that “think small” tend to stay small and those who “act big” tend to get into trouble.

Level 5 leaders embrace humility, strategic focus, discipline, and teamwork.

Leadership Worth Following

1) Humility + vision + discipline
2) Team planning & execution
3) Excellence + value + innovation
4) Accountable win/win team culture
5) Focused on future and serving others

QUESTION
Lord, what is one step I can take to move toward becoming a Level 5 leader – thinking big, while acting small?

LINK of the Day
The C12 Group

PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we praise You as the God who things big while acting small. Thank You for caring about the small details in our lives. Help me to understand what it means to be a level 5 leader and lead me to become one. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

Blessings to think big while acting small!

R. Joseph Peck, M.D.
“Blessed to be a blessing”
THE CONNECTOR and The Journaling Guy
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Community Transformation Specialist

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Tags: 30 Days To Breakthrough, act small, joseph peck, think big

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