Spiritual Life and Leadership

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

January 07, 2020 Markus Watson

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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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