Ep 207: Leading Through Leadership Hijacks with Edgar Sandoval
About this episode
The episode discusses how leaders can navigate unexpected disruptions and maintain resilience, featuring insights from Edgar Sandoval's personal and professional journey.
Every leader eventually encounters disruption—moments that challenge assumptions, redirect plans, and test resilience. In this episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft talks with Edgar Sandoval, President and CEO of World Vision, about navigating what David calls "leadership hijacks": unexpected events that reshape both leadership and life. Edgar shares his journey from immigrating to the United States as a teenager with little money and no English skills, to leading one of the world's largest Christian humanitarian organizations. Along the way, he reflects on lessons learned through personal hardship, raising children with special needs, leaving a successful corporate career at Procter & Gamble, and leading World Vision through COVID and global uncertainty. This conversation explores how leaders can remain grounded during disruption, communicate hope without ignoring reality, and create healthy organizational cultures that help people thrive even in difficult seasons.
People in this episode
Host: David Ashcraft
Guest: Edgar Sandoval
Topics covered
- leadership
- disruption
- resilience
- organizational culture
- personal hardship
- COVID-19
- hope
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: World Vision, Procter & Gamble
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