Modeling Consistent Communication and Purpose | A How I Lead Interview with Daniel Bingham

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Daniel Bingham is the previous CEO of Helena College–University of Montana and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a doctorate in community college leadership. His church service has included mission president, stake president, high councilor, bishopric counselor, ward Young Men president, seminary teacher, scoutmaster, ward mission leader, and missionary. During his service as mission president in the Australia Sydney South mission, he was in a bicycle accident resulting in incomplete quadriplegia with limited use of his limbs. Originally a native of Northern California, Brother Bingham and his wife Donna are the parents of four children and nine grandchildren.

Highlights

01:50 Background 03:45 Getting called to be a mission president in the Sydney South mission 05:45 A cycling accident that left Daniel partially paralyzed while still on the mission. 12:00 What Daniel learned in his eight months as a mission president. 15:00 Traditional leadership principles, when applied in the church, are simpler to use and more readily accepted because of our foundational doctrine. 21:00 Know and allow for more than one way to accomplish a task or achieve a goal.

Leaders aren’t there to bark out orders but to guide and observe.
Give people space for growth and to receive their own revelation.
All should be empowered to participate and have a say.

32:50 All communication should be honest, two-way, frequent, and clearly consistent. 39:30 Your mission/purpose should be well defined, widely understood, and consistently modeled by leadership 43:45 Real life example of how to focus on your purpose and actively model to your council to do the same 47:40 Everything in the gospel is individually centered not collectively centered. As leaders we make a difference one person at a time. 48:30 Service Leadership can help you know and understand who you are leading. Being a leader is so much more than sitting in your office and giving the orders. You have to get out and serve. 55:00 Daniel talks about what’s next for him as he deals with his paralysis. 57:15 What is my home town initiative?