Every leader has stories about the challenges they have faced and
struggles they have overcome. In the moment, those situations require
strength, patience, perseverance and courage. With time, those struggles
provide us lessons for how to be better leaders. Bobby Herrera learned
to see those struggles as gifts.
As the co-founder and CEO of Populus Group, Bobby never imagined the
challenges of building a $500 million organization that serves tens of
thousands of people. Throughout his life, he experienced the divergence
between the intentional leader he wanted to be, and the less engaged
version of him that showed up at the office every day. One day at a
company meeting, he decided to share a story about one of his first
struggles as a young adult. That story, a pivotal experience that had
transformed Bobby's life, inspired his employees with its radical
transparency, humility and the idealism of Bobby's dreams for the
company.
In The Gift of Struggle, Bobby shares twelve of those stories from his
leadership journey. Each chapter shares the details of the story, the
broader lesson any leader can apply, a set of questions to reflect on,
and an afterword for how the story later unfolded in Bobby's life.
Building on Bobby's efforts, this book inspires readers to find their
own stories, share their gifts of struggle with others, and become the
leader they imagine they can be.
