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Rob Maloney: When You Stop Building Only a Career and Start Building a Life of Significance
Rob Maloney/Hemophilia of Georgia
May 23, 2026, 02:08

Rob Maloney: When You Stop Building Only a Career and Start Building a Life of Significance

Rob Maloney, Chief Executive Officer of Hemophilia of Georgia, shared on LinkedIn:

”I spent a lot of my early career chasing success.

Titles, performance, the next role and the next opportunity to prove myself.

And for a long time, I thought that’s what leadership was. Push harder and move faster.

Outwork everybody. T

hen one Monday, out of the blue, I got let go. Ironically, it became one of the most important days of my life. Because that same day, I got a call about Hemophilia of Georgia.

If I’m honest, I probably never would have taken that call otherwise. I thought I was losing something.

Looking back, I think God was redirecting me toward something.

Recently I had the opportunity to sit on a leadership panel hosted by Orlando Health and the Advancement League team, and one theme kept surfacing over and over:

The longer you lead, the more leadership stops being about achievement and starts being about stewardship.

Not building your résumé but building people.

Less climbing ladders and more building trust. Not asking, ‘How far can I go?’ But, ‘Who becomes healthier, stronger, safer, and more hopeful because I was here?’ One of the mistakes I made early in leadership still sticks with me.

I pushed a direct report too hard. I was focused on outcomes, execution, performance.

What I wasn’t focused on was her. I was focused on the result. Not the person. Eventually she left the organization. And I’ve never forgotten it. Because leadership without humanity may produce short-term results, but eventually it costs you trust. And when trust leaves, people eventually do too.

These days, I think differently. I still care deeply about performance. I still believe in accountability and excellence.

But I also believe leadership requires presence. Sometimes that means sitting with a family after a devastating diagnosis. Sometimes it means showing up on Christmas Eve when a pipe bursts at the hospital.

Sometimes it means cleaning rooms alongside environmental services because patient care doesn’t happen without them. Sometimes it simply means slowing down long enough to really see the people around you. One of the books that shaped me most is Halftime by Bob Buford. The central idea is simple:

At some point, many leaders move from pursuing success to pursuing significance. That doesn’t mean ambition disappears. It means the target changes.

You stop asking, ‘What can I accomplish?’

And start asking, ‘What will outlast me?’

For me, that’s become deeply personal.

I want Hemophilia of Georgia to be stronger long after I’m gone.

I want families to feel less alone.

I want our team to trust each other deeply.

I want young leaders to know they don’t have to become hardened to become effective.

And I want the people I lead to know they matter beyond what they produce.

I’m grateful to Orlando Health, Witt Kieffer, and the Advancement League team for the invitation and conversation.

Leadership is hard.

But it becomes a lot more meaningful when you stop building only a career and start building a life of significance.”

Rob Maloney: When You Stop Building Only a Career and Start Building a Life of Significance

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