About this ebook
Most people live with no plan until they come to a day when they question everything. Money, status, power . . . suddenly all pale in comparison to the need for meaning. At that point, getting a plan is everything.
Randy Linville was CEO of a global company when he came to his struggle between money and meaning. This is the story of what he learned on the road to true purpose and satisfaction. Don’t expect a typical CEO memoir. Plan of Action is less about Linville’s career than the accumulated wisdom that got him through it and is taking him beyond.
From a front-row seat in the business world, and with spiritual insight that transcends business, readers of Plan of Action gain practical wisdom in a refreshing perspective. Linville reveals how a Kansas farmer’s son became CEO of a global company . . . and a cynic became a believer.
Plan of Action chapters form four sections: Reboot, Resolve, Respond, and Recharge:
REBOOT
Dream Again: An End to Smoldering Discontentment
Learn to Pray: This Day and in Eternity
Innovate: Old Steps, New Dance
RESOLVE
Choose: God’s Will and Your Call
Be Intentional: In Writing
Focus: Right Work, Right Time
RESPOND
Go Together: The Outsized Power of Shared Purpose
Be Bold: Do Things That Take Your Breath Away
Master the Daily: Readiness is Stewardship
RECHARGE
Pause to Advance: Look, Listen, Rest
Pay Wisdom Forward: Leave More Than Silence
Practice Gratitude: Of Masters, Mentors, and Peers
Plan of Action is ideal for college graduates just beginning their careers and for the mid-career executive wanting purpose-filled work. Christian business leaders, pastors, ministry leaders, life coaches, and career counselors will all find Plan of Action a helpful resource for themselves—and for the colleagues, students, mentees, and friends they counsel.
Plan of Action is an indispensable compass—a guidebook of leading voices and hard-won markers on the road to dreams that come true and stay that way.
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About the author
Randy Linville earned dual bachelor’s degrees in agricultural economics and business finance and a master’s in agricultural economics from Kansas State University. His thirty-year career includes his tenure as CEO of Scoular, where he diversified and steadied the agriculture supply chain company across the US and in international markets. As founding chair of the Commodity Markets Council, he united industry rivals to more strongly compete in the world market. Post-vocation, he co-formed and sold Agspring, one of the first private equity-backed consolidators taking agribusiness to world markets. He has served on nonprofit boards such as The FarmHouse Foundation, Global Scholars, The Halftime Institute, and The World Soy Foundation.
Randy grew up on a farm in Holcomb, Kansas; today he lives with his family in Leawood, Kansas. Plan of Action is his first book.