Plan of Action:
Navigating a Life of Change, Work, and Faith

A practical guide and compass to creating a life with purpose, full of timeless wisdom from a successful agriculture CEO and leader who navigated his own transitions toward action with meaning.

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:

1. REBOOT

   • Dream Again: An End to Smoldering Discontentment
   • Learn to Pray: This Day and in Eternity
   • Innovate: Old Steps, New Dance
   

2. RESOLVE

   • Choose: God's Will and Your Call
   • Be Intentional: In Writing
   • Focus: Right Work, Right Time
   

3. RESPOND

   • Go Together: The Outsized Power of Shared Purpose
   • Be Bold: Do Things That Take Your Breath Away
   • Master the Daily: Readiness is Stewardship

4. 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.

RANDY LINVILLE former farm kid, is a trader, corporate head, and nonprofit and community champion of every size team and dream. As CEO of Scoular, he diversified and steadied the ag supply chain company into US and international markets. As founding chair of the Commodity Markets Council, he united industry rivals to compete in the world market. After his career, he helped form and sell one of the first private equity–backed consolidators taking agribusiness to world markets. He served on nonprofit boards such as The FarmHouse Foundation, Global Scholars, the Halftime Institute, and the World Soy Foundation. His current role is managing director of ClearSight Ventures. Randy is a husband, father, traveler, and collector of insights.

Connect with Randy at: www.linkedin.com/in/randallinville