"How I Work" Report Part 2

A. G. Lafley (Chairman, President and CEO, Procter & Gamble): “It’s the kind of interval training that an athlete does.” Lafley, used to work all the time, including Saturdays and Sundays. Now he’s learned he’s more effective if he only works for an hour and a half at a time and then takes a 5-15 minute break to walk around and talk to people. He rarely sends e-mails, and prefers conversations.
I have to discipline myself to do this I think. I generally would avoid conversations. Not because I don’t like to talk to people, I just get caught up in working and don’t take the time. Important information requires more. Person to person is the best form of communication. Then voice to voice I think. Computer to computer can sometimes lead to hand to hand.

Hank Paulson (Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs): “I’m a huge voicemail user. I do a couple hundred voicemails a day. And I return every call right away, whether it’s a client or someone in the firm.” I love voicemail too. The importance I gained from Paulson is his emphasis on being in touch with people. After his vacation in Dec. He called 60 CEO's to wish them a Happy New Year. I want to be in touch with all the leaders in the new church.

Bottom line I guess is that as I look down the barrel of becoming lead pastor of SRC, I want to be the best that I can be, but I’m so lacking in experience. The leaders in this article have had years to become who they are. The best I can offer is my best. I don’t think that I’ll have all the answers. I hope that the new congregation will be patient with me.

--Ben