Chick-Fil-A Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility Rodney Bullard shares a leader’s need for grace and forgiveness
Rodney Bullard leads community engagement, philanthropic, and sustainability strategy as Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for Chick-fil-A. Before coming to Chick-fil-A, Rodney served as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting complex criminal cases. For his service, the United States Attorney General presented him with the Department of Justice Director’s Award. Prior to this role, Rodney was selected as a White House Fellow, the nation’s most prestigious public service Fellowship. As a White House Fellow, Rodney was placed at NASA working directly for the NASA Administrator. Rodney also previously served at the Pentagon as a Congressional Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
In this episode, we dive into the lessons he learned in athletics. Rodney made the decision to go to the United States Air Force Academy because they had a solid football program. He set a goal to become an All-American, and when a knee injury ended his pursuit of playing on the gridiron, he went on to achieve All-American status in something else—mock trial.
Listeners will take away a big bag full of useful business nuggets such as:
- Championing authenticity to unleash the special talents of each individual.
- Using your competitive juices to push yourself while competing fairly and with discipline.
- Cultivating the virtues of grace and forgiveness to deal with the ups and downs of leading others.
- Laying a groundwork of trust to build confidence and comfort in your team.
“To me, building a great team starts with trust,” Rodney said. “Many teams fail to develop that. They go towards activity and action without recognizing that beneath any action there is a person who has to achieve the action.”
You will learn:
- 8:00 How to develop team members.
- 16:00 The power of grace and forgiveness.
- 18:00 How to introduce competition in an appropriate and fair way.
- 22:00 What Rodney has learned from Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy.
- 25:00 Rodney’s future aspirations.
- 25:00 The key to creating confidence and comfort on your team.
- 25:00 How to build trust in a corporate setting.
Resources:
- Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out By Rodney Bullard
- Learn more about the Chick-fil-A foundation.
- Connect with Rodney on LinkedIn