How an Accidental Leader Transformed an Industry with Scott Harrison

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Join us as our host, George Kamel, talks to Scott Harrison. Scott is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit focused on bringing clean water to everyone on Earth. We talk about how he’s scaled charity: water over the past 15 years and why the best tribes are built around an enthusiastic, mission-oriented leader. Later in the episode, George chats with Jim King, executive vice president of Ramsey Education here at Ramsey Solutions. Jim explains the relationship between leadership and generosity and gives ways you can invest in your community. You’ll learn: Three things a CEO must do to stay in business Why people don’t trust charities The business model that tripled charity: water’s revenue How generosity makes you an effective leader Sign up for The EntreLeadership Podcast takeaways—a weekly email where you’ll get three tangible takeaways and a tactical action step related to each episode: https://bit.ly/podcast-takeaways Support our sponsors: BELAY: https://bit.ly/33SwBlO Hite Digital: https://bit.ly/HiteDigital NetSuite: https://bit.ly/NetSuiteEntre Kyro Digital: https://bit.ly/KyroDigital Trainual: https://bit.ly/TrainualEntre Links mentioned in the episode: The EntreLeadership Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheEntreLeadershipPodcast Thirst by Scott Harrison: https://amzn.to/3KqEwaz charity: water’s website: https://bit.ly/3KWnkd4 Scott’s previous episode: https://apple.co/3jgnMHi Learn more about sponsoring Ramsey Education’s curriculum: https://bit.ly/3r9iq4U Schedule a call with Tim, our producer: https://bit.ly/3bJOSmi Learn more about EntreLeadership Events: EntreLeadership Summit: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipSummit EntreLeadership Master Series: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipMasterSeries Learn more about EntreLeadership Coaching: Elite: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipElite Advisory Groups: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipAdvisoryGroups Executive Coaching: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipExecutiveCoaching Workshops: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipWorkshops Weekly Report Tool: https://bit.ly/WeeklyReportTool Listen to all the Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download the Ramsey Network app: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq

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0:00.0	On today's episode, we talk about generosity, innovation, and how the best leaders get people
0:10.7	fired up about the mission.
0:13.0	After that, we talk about how to be a more generous leader by investing in your community.
0:20.1	From the Ramsey Network, I'm George Campbell, and this is the Entry Leadership Podcast,
0:24.3	where we help business leaders like you grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.
0:28.8	Coming up, I talk with Scott Harrison, founder, and CEO of Charity Water,
0:33.8	a nonprofit focused on bringing clean water to everyone on Earth.
0:37.7	He's also the best-selling author of the book Thirst, and gives all of the proceeds from the book
0:42.0	back to the mission of Clean Water for all.
0:44.6	He's been recognized in Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 list,
0:47.7	the Forbes Magazine Impact 30 list, and was recently number 10 in Fast Company's 100 Most
0:53.5	Creative People in Business Issue. We talk about how he scaled charity water over the past
0:58.5	15 years affecting 15 million people all through innovation and transparency.
1:04.0	He also shares why the best tribes are built around an enthusiastic mission-oriented leader.
1:09.3	Let's dive into my conversation with Scott.
1:12.6	Scott, it's so great to have you back on the podcast. How you been?
1:15.2	I've been great. It's nice to be back.
1:17.1	You were on back in 2018, but it was virtually.
1:20.0	And it's great to have you in person. It feels like a decade has happened in those
1:23.5	what, five years now.
1:24.5	Yes, amazing.
1:25.5	It's nice to be here in person.
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