Let Them Lead

Al Gallup, a 96-year old veteran of World War II, still bikes every day. A former assistant principal at Ann Arbor Huron and Dean of Community High School, during the early 70s he actually let the Huron students engage in sanctioned drag racing, which effectively ended the all-too common racial fights. His keys: “Keep moving!”; “You can’t motivate anyone you don’t know,” which I have quoted in Let Them Lead; “Don’t say ‘No, because,’ but ‘Yes, if…’”; Let them set their goals, rules, and even punishments.

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Richard Koubek grew up in Illinois and attended community college, but eventually rose to become Dean at Penn State, Provost at LSU, and Michigan Tech’s tenth president in 2018, where he has led MTU to record enrollment, research grants, and donations. His take-aways: sometimes you have to sit on the bench and let your people take over; assume the best of people until they prove otherwise; hire for character, and sell the mission, not the salary; and when in doubt, trust your values.

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Dave Deluca never went to camp as a kid, but got hooked on it when he became a camp counselor in college. Now he’s spent four decades working in YMCA camps as a counselor, a camp director, and now a CEO of Hayo-Went-Ha Camps, overseeing two major YMCA camps in Michigan. Most of what works for a good YMCA camp works for Fortune 500 companies, too: When you become a leader, ask for help; when you hire, look for empathy and compassion before skills; and when you’ve got the right people, “you’ve got to let them paint the porch and carve the turkey.” You’ll be amazed how many lessons from YMCA camps apply to your work today.

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Brian Lawlor has been the president of local media for Scripps TV for ten years, which has grown from 10 stations to 61 nationwide since Lawlor took over. His take-aways include: To be a good journalist you need to be curious, and that takes courage; hire slowly and carefully, because mediocrities can kill your organization; a leader’s job is to create a strategy that drives us and a culture that connects us; and you don’t need to be the smartest person in the room, you need to find smarter people and let them lead. He’s also got a great story about his favorite teacher, Brother Roy, who taught ninth grade biology, was the Dean of Discipline, and coached the high school swimming team.

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By his own admission, Ron Alvesteffer is no computer whiz, but after he took over ServiceExpress, which provides data center solutions, in 1998, he transformed it from a $3 million company to a $300 million company. What he’s learned: Don’t make the mistake of just hiring anyone; They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care; your job as a leader is to remove obstacles and provide resources; Don’t try to protect your people from bad news. They can handle it, and will respond better. He’s got some great stories, too!

https://serviceexpress.com/

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A fun and lively 25-minute conversation with Fred Nahhat, Senior Vice President of Detroit PBS and a frequent host of PBS Books “Author Talk.” Here we discuss LET THEM LEAD: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team. It’s one of the best conversations I’ve had on the book, because Fred was so well prepared and asked such good questions. Aside: Room Rater watched this episode and gave my office an 8/10, saying something like, “Not bad for an author.” Trust me, I know what they meant – and I won’t ask for more!

Steve Papadopoulos and his family moved constantly when he was a kid while his dad, a Greek immigrant, pursued his career in the oil business. He became a neurosurgeon – this really is brain surgery – developing an incredibly strong, quiet confidence in the process – just want you need to establish a 99-percent success rate. Papadopoulos then patented dozens of medical instruments, and became the Chief Medical Officer of the Barrow Neurologic Institute in Phoenix, which performs more brain surgeries than any facility in the country. As both a practitioner and a leader, Papadopoulos learned your job as a leader is to remove obstacles preventing your people from realizing their vision of success; indisputable integrity is non-negotiable; and you must demand 100-percent commitment. You cannot make it easier for them. It has to be earned.

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If you read LET THEM LEAD: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team, you know two of the stars of the book are my first captain, Mike Henry, and one of our best goalies, Steve Beltran. Today Henry is the General Manager of USA Hockey Arena and Director of Compuware Hockey in Plymouth, and Beltran is a stand-out eighth-grade social studies teacher at Arthurs Middle School in Trenton. Here they describe their experience on the team, and the lessons they’ve taken with them, including: Keep it simple; focus on behaviors, not results. Henry tells his people, “Work hard, support your teammates, and have fun when you’re done.” Beltran tells his students “Respect yourself, and respect others.” Needless to say, I’m extremely proud of these two, and you can hear it in our conversation.

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Vic Strecher is a professor of public health at the University of Michigan, where he started Health Media in 1998, a pioneering, web-based, “digital health coach.” His life changed when his younger daughter, Julia, contracted chicken pox at one, and required two hear transplants. When she passed away at 19, Strecher did some serious soul-searching, and emerged with a new focus: Living on Purpose. He has explored the power of purposeful living in his books, and his new company, Kumanu. His take-aways include: 1-This is not practice. Your life is happening now. You could die today. A sense of urgency helps. 2-

Become your own therapist, consider what you want and what you’re missing. 3-What is your purpose? Who relies on you? What causes do you care about? Nietczche: if you know your ‘Why,’ you can handle any ‘How.’

Links:

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https://www.vicstrecher.com/

Free course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/finding-purpose-and-meaning-in-life

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The DNA of man is to create and all men are created in the image of the creator. In this episode Josh is joined by Justin Stewart, Creative Director of Koin Games. Listen in as they look at the original call of man and dive deep into the call of God on all men to be creators. You will learn about God’s plan for you as a creator, regardless of your occupation or station in life. You will be equipped with multiple keys that will unlock a new understanding of your mandate and calling from a biblical perspective.