Three Steps to Real Change

Job No. 2 would be energize the staff. I realized when I came to World Vision that World Vision is not money. World Vision is not fixing problems. World Vision is not an idea. What it is is people. It is a passion from the staff that comprises the value of World Vision.

The thing about getting the staff behind [the vision] in the for-profit world? You compensate people simply by having them participate in the profit-making enterprise, whether it’s monthly, yearly compensation, stock options, etc. In the nonprofit world, you don’t have that option. So you compensate people by telling them what effect they’re having on the mission of the institution.