I recently listened to an episode of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast that featured a conversation with Cheryl Bachelder about her faith-driven, entrepreneurial leadership after Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen had suffered through seven years of business decline. In describing that journey, I clearly heard all five of the traits that I consistently see in successful entrepreneurs.
In this article I focus on how these five characteristics were instrumental in that turnaround:
- God-honoring Vision
- Compassionate Empathy
- Complete Humility
- Balanced Diligence
- Loving Accountability
In the full article I look at each of these traits and provide some snippets from the podcast to show how the Popeyes turnaround involved each one. Hopefully this will pique your interest to listen to the entire episode.
I believe that Bachelder and team would’ve struggled to succeed in the turnaround if they had lacked any of these characteristics. But simply having a Godly vision, compassionate empathy, complete humility, balanced diligence, and loving accountability would not have been enough if they hadn’t also made wise decisions and been blessed by God with the right circumstances outside their control.
These 5 traits are not a magic formula for success, but time and time again I see them present in successful entrepreneurs.