Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world.

I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple that you can apply as you develop into a better leader.

That's what this podcast is all about.

Today's guest is Terry McGirk, the chairman of

the Atlanta Braves. In 2016, right after the Braves went 6893, that's a pretty rough season,

Terry told me that it would take five years to turn the franchise around. Well, guess what?

He had a turnaround plan that worked,

and in 2021, the Braves won the World Series,

which is exactly what he predicted.

In this episode, you'll hear him talk about how they did this.

But the lesson for us here as leaders is that Terry had extreme

clarity about where he in the organization needed to go. Now, many leaders don't have a clear

vision for their teams. Instead, they get caught in a vicious cycle of responding to emails

and attending meetings without doing the necessary work to pause and

zoom out and get clear about where the company needs to go.

The goal of the leader is to take their team to victory, and we can't do that if we

haven't first identified exactly where we need to go.

You're about to hear how a great leader like Terry McGurck had a clear view of success

and how he assembled a team around him to execute that vision. So let's get right to it. Here's my

conversation with my friend and soon to be yours, Terry McGirk. Terry, I can't tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time and coming on this show.

David, it is such a pleasure to be with you. I've been listening to your podcast for a long time.

And it is a real honor to be with you and the fact that you want to spend the time with me so

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