Leadership Beyond the Organization: Giving Power Away to Your City
About this episode
This episode explores how place influences leadership and the importance of giving power away to community leaders.
Across 100-plus episodes, one thread has continually surfaced without ever being fully pulled: place. In this episode, Rob and David finally pull on that thread, asking a deceptively simple question: How does where you lead actually shape the way you lead? For leaders whose work has become increasingly remote, individualized, and untethered, it’s a question that gets to the very purpose of business. Drawing on insights from the State of Leadership Report, Rob and David explore why Giving Power Away ranks as the lowest of the four qualities of Just Leadership. They unpack the gap between investing in a community and truly measuring its impact, challenge the limits of the traditional “service day” model, and invite leaders to adopt a different posture—one of humility, curiosity, and learning. Through the story of 11 Ten Leadership’s Just Fund, they share how giving away decision-making power to trusted community leaders has transformed not only their approach to generosity, but also their understanding of leadership itself. This conversation brings the vision of Proverbs 11:10 to life—leaders using their influence so their cities can flourish. If you’ve ever felt there has to be…
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