A Mountain of Hope

My heart is filled with hope for the future.

This past weekend, I had the privilege of spending a few days with eight other CEOs and senior executives of successful businesses across the country who gathered to talk about leadership.

The CEOs were selected by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) as great examples of leaders who practice people-centric leadership coupled with enterprise excellence.

In other words, we hope to create a world where everyone matters.

With the magnificent Rockies providing a metaphor for the hurdle that lies before us, we were inspired to establish this statement of purpose:

We believe…

• Leadership carries the fundamental responsibility for the stewardship of the lives entrusted to us.
• Stewardship of people and business success are a virtuous cycle.
• Business has the power to become the most powerful positive force for enriching lives and communities.

The ideas that resulted from our rousing dialogue marked the beginnings of a movement to change the way business leaders approach their responsibility to those within their sphere of influence. 

It was profoundly meaningful to me that a group of CEOs responded to a call to determine a way to move the world in a direction of genuinely caring about each other.

After hearing about the actions and initiatives within their own companies, it is apparent these leaders are ideally suited and thoroughly inspired to join me on this journey. I’ll share with you the great things their companies are doing in future blog posts.

In the meantime, I remain hopeful and ready. The mountain awaits us.