Lessons from Leaders: Featured Guest Morgan Lance, CEO at OneSky

This week’s Lessons From Leaders guest is Morgan Lance, CEO of OneSky. Her story and insights as the first CEO to transition into the position after the founder and leader of 24+ years are noteworthy simple truths.

As the new CEO facing difficult decisions, Morgan shared:

“When there's tough decisions to be made or moments of leadership that I know are going to be difficult for me, I always go back to that question: What is best for the kids that we serve? What is best for the children? What decision do I need to make now, or what do I need to do or embody in order to move the mission forward? And that's a really clear, really clear decision-maker for me. It makes things a lot easier.”

“I learned the speed with which decisions need to be made at the CEO level is far quite different at other leadership levels within an organization….leaders are remembered for the pace at which they make decisions, not necessarily the outcome of those decisions.”

Morgan’s message is timely as leaders refocus on the importance of an organization’s values and mission to revitalize in 2023.

Thank you, Morgan, for sharing your transition story and the reminder to re-evaluate: what's our purpose?  

We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward to hearing your comments.