Spiritual Life and Leadership

62. Different People Need Different Kinds of Leaders, with Ted Gillgrist

Jan 7, 2020

42:21

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Ted Gillgrist is a business leader and a committed follower of Jesus. He's also one of my oldest friends! In this episode, Ted shares some of the wisdom he’s learned about leadership over the past twenty-five years.

THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Ted Gillgrist is Vice President of Southern Diversified Distributors and a proud graduate of Slippery Rock University! (Also, Markus’ alma mater…)
Ted and Markus were discipleship partners in the college ministry in which they were involved.
Ted’s first significant leadership role was as a health care administrator.
Ted shares about the challenges of stepping into leadership in a health care facility that was on the verge of being shut down. He also tells the story of how he and his team restored the facility to a high level of competence and quality.
In telling his story, Ted Gillgrist shares these three leadership lessons:
- Always give a person the tools to do a job before you determine they can’t.
- Various teams in an organization need to have a common “enemy” and have goals that overlap.
- Different people need different kinds of leaders.
Ted feels like he has in some ways become a pastor to his employees.
You can find Ted Gillgrist's company at www.twentyandoak.com

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