The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

This is natural and expected. The book Executive Teams, by
David Nadler and Janet Spencer, states, “The composition of an
executive team virtually guarantees that some of the team mem-
bers will fail.... If you stop to think about it, the odds are heav-
ily stacked against a CEO who is trying to create an effective
executive team; the equation simply involves too many variables.”
The book goes on to describe the many roles each member must
play, and that when change occurs, some
simply cannot adapt.
We must accept the fact that powerful,
complex forces make change inevitable.
Dealing effectively and compassionately
with painful changes requires continuing focus on the vision and
goal, and consistency with the principles that drive the leadership.
Those who have served with Billy are quick to say that he has
shown the Bible’s “fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffer-
ing, gentleness, goodness, self-control.” In today’s world, leaders
must face the fact that change is accelerating at numbing speed,
and that keeping a team together—or reconfiguring it—can
require lots of adaptations to new realities.

Points to Ponder

BILLY GRAHAM:

A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming,

understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome

the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.

THE BIBLE:

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for

their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity

the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

ECCLESIASTES 4:9 – 10

The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

Organizational change
inevitably results in
executive team change.
EXECUTIVE TEAMS