Month: August 2012

My final reflections: 11. The Advantage (business consultant and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni).  Building a healthy organisation is the single greatest competitive advantage. There are two requirements for organisational success: (1) be smart - strategy, marketing, finance, technology and 2) be healthy - minimal politics and confusion, high morale and productivity, low turnover. Most companies spend 80% of their time on … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 5)

Here are some more reflections: 9. Changing the Odds (Geoffrey Canada). Geoffrey is the President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone. He says, "Hope is infectious but so is despair." Lift your sense of your urgency. Break out of this idea that you can't. We put rovers on Mars when we want to! Succession plan ... how will the … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 4)

Here is part 3 ... 7. Bridging the Generation Gap (Craig Groeschel, pastor of lifechurch.tv and best-selling author).  Advice to the Older Generation: Don't resent or fear or judge the next generation. Believe in them. They need you.  God values maturity. If you're not dead, you're not done. Hand ministry over - not just tasks … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 3)

Here is part 2 of my reflections on the recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit: 5. Great by Choice (Jim Collins). Business professor and lecturer Jim Collins studied two teams travelling to the south pole, one who failed and one who succeeded, as part of answering the questions: "Why do some enterprises thrive in uncertainty and others … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 2)

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Leadership Summit hosted by Bill Hybels and Willow Creek Community Church. This is an excellent training event held annually in Chicago which reaches over 100,000 church and business leaders across America via satellite. Everyone wins when leaders get better. That's why leaders need to be humble enough to … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 1)