3:10 - “To Whom Much is Given, Much is Required” with Marissa Levin

Marissa Levin is a 25-year entrepreneur, speaker, & globally recognized growth strategist, Marissa’s lifetime legacy mission is to educate, equip, & empower 100 million entrepreneurs & leaders with the skillsets and mindsets they need to reach their greatest potential. Marissa Levin’s entrepreneurial journey began in 1995 when she launched Information Experts, a strategic communications and education firm. She launched her firm as a solopreneur with a $35,000 contract and led/grew the organization to approximately $13 million in revenue until she resigned in 2012. Under her leadership, Information Experts won more than 80 awards for creativity & leadership, was named to the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2009, 2010, and 2011, won the 2010 SmartCEO GovStar Industry Star Award, and was known as a trailblazer in establishing an extraordinary employee-centric culture that fully supported work-life integration and a core value of "responsible flexibility." In 2012, she launched Successful Culture, a leadership consulting organization that helps CEOs master the 3 most critical aspects of business growth: leadership development, strategy formulation & execution, and organizational culture assessment & improvement. In 2017, she co-founded Women’s CEO Roundtable, a professionally facilitated year-long program for women business owners from non- competing organizations that are committed to scaling beyond $1 million in revenue.  Every culture needs to be intentional. Establishing your values starts with understanding that you are a leader as a parent, and that you are always being observed by your children. Always being honest as a parent is the foundation of integrity for your family. It all starts with us leading out with our example of living our values. I've been thinking a lot about this concept of being goal-oriented and how this is what having a family culture is all about. When you have a set vision for your family, then you have to set goals to achieve those ends. Becoming goal-oriented means getting clear on that vision, getting clear on why you do what you do, and setting clear boundaries for how to achieve those goals. Marissa talks a lot about being very values-centered, and that she would reinforce their goals and vision by reinforcing their values. I also think that there is something to this when it comes to culture in general. I recently read a book that discusses poverty culture, and how often those in poverty cannot see into long-term ends because they need to tackle their immediate problems. While my family is far from being in poverty, I feel that I often catch myself getting distracted by the immediate crisis that I forget about the long-term gains of staying focused on a larger goal. I will likely post an episode on this next week, so I won't go into it too much here. I just think this is something that is very important for developing our family culture: our beliefs, our mindset, and our habits filter through to become our culture.  Find more about Marissa at https://www.successfulculture.com Join the Family Success Toolkit Free Membership http://homeandfamilyculture.com