{"id":53160,"date":"2005-08-29T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T21:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2005-08-29T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2005-08-29T21:47:19","slug":"i-have-a-new-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/i-have-a-new-job\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have a New Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I write this blog (when I write it) primarily for our Thomas Nelson employees, this will likely be old news. But, I felt this is probably something I should document for the sake of the few readers who won\u2019t get the news any other way.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, August 18, the Thomas Nelson Board of Directors made me the new CEO. Sam Moore, the former CEO, who had held the job for forty-seven years, will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board. You can read the press release here<\/a>. My new title is \u201cPresident & Chief Executive Officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Moore made the announcement at the Annual Shareholders\u2019 Meeting, which was held immediately after the Board meeting. He gave me a gavel with my name, the date, and my new title inscribed on it. Obviously, he had been thinking about it for a while, but I only learned of his decision and the Board\u2019s the day before.<\/p>\n

At the Shareholders\u2019 Meeting, Mr. Moore gave me a five-fold charge:\n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Make your family your top priority and remain faithful to your wife. (Actually, he said it a little more colorfully than this, but this is what he meant.)\n<\/li>\n
  2. Take care of your customers and your authors. If you do this, everything else will take care of itself.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Be kind to your employees. You have to take care of those who take care of you.\n<\/li>\n
  4. Be careful with the overhead. \u201cA CEO has to have one glass eye and one real eye.\u201d He has to be able to say, \u201cNo.\u201d\n<\/li>\n
  5. Remember your old man (Mr. Moore). \u201cHe\u2019s the one who brought you to the dance.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I was very touched by his words. He is a tough act to follow. When the tenure of the average CEO today is five years, his forty-seven years as CEO are particularly noteworthy. He\u2019s been more than a CEO; he\u2019s the patriarch of our company. I'm convinced that people will still be celebrating his life and legacy a hundred years from now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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