Uncommon Greatness with Mark Miller

It’s a pleasure to welcome returning guest Mark Miller back to The Authority. 

Mark is a Wall Street Journal and international best-selling author, communicator, and the former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A. Today, Mark serves as the Co-Founder of Lead Every Day, an extension of his life-inspired mission to encourage and equip leaders with the tools they need to be successful. 

As an author, Mark has more than one million books in print in 25+ languages. His latest is Uncommon Greatness: Five Fundamentals to Transform Your Leadership, which we’re talking about today. 

We discuss:

• Why leaders are important
• Mark’s journey to leadership and how it influenced his understanding of uncommon vs. “common” greatness
• Reasons for the global leadership crisis
• 33% of organizations believe there’s not sufficient leadership for today and 50% of leaders don’t believe their organization has enough emerging leaders for the needs of the future
• “How can I add the most value in this situation?”
• Is leadership properly incentivized?
• The Five Fundamentals: See the Future, Engage and Develop Others, Reinvent Continuously, Value Results and Relationships, Embody a Leader’s Heart
• Being a leader people want to follow
• In what ways does “Uncommon Greatness” challenge traditional leadership paradigms?

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Connect with our guest:

• Get Uncommon Greatness at https://www.leadeveryday.com or wherever you get your books
• Reach out to Mark directly at 678-612-8441
• Text UNCOMMON to 66866 for additional resources
• Connect on social media at https://www.linkedin.com/in/highperformanceleaders and @MarkMillerLeads 

About our guest

Mark Miller is a Wall Street Journal and international best-selling author, communicator, and the former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A. Mark started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. In 1978, he joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom. During his tenure with Chick-fil-A, the company grew from seventy-five restaurants to over 2,700 locations with annual sales exceeding $19 billion. Today, Mark serves as the Co-Founder of Lead Every Day, an extension of his life-inspired mission to encourage and equip leaders with the tools they need to be successful. Mark began writing almost twenty years ago when he teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager, to write The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. With over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages, his global impact continues to grow. For more information, please visit https://leadeveryday.com. 

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Bluesky and LinkedIn