Larry Weidel argues that CEOs without a clear personal vision can't align their teams or drive engagement. Leaders must first secure their own sense of purpose before they can articulate strategy to others. Without that internal clarity, teams become misaligned and unfocused.
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It's the starting point that most people never get. And then they wonder why they can't stay focused. They wonder why they can't make the effort and why their people are not engaged and everything. You never said what we're all about.
Exactly. And that's what we do for companies now. And that's our foundational piece that we start with because think about it, Larry, there's CEOs and leaders out there that are trying to achieve objectives. And they're like, why is my team not aligned or have clarity of purpose or understand our strategy? And it's, do you understand it? Have you done it for yourself? Put your oxygen mask on first. Your life needs to be structured in that way. Before you can apply it as a leader or as a CEO, you've got to get it set with yourself first.