These are the key thoughts from Dan Pink’s session at the Leadership Summit that grabbed my attention. Dan is the author of Drive, a book I’ve highlighted here and here in recent weeks. “If-then rewards work really well for simple tasks. However, they don’t work very well for more complicated creative tasks.” “One of the [...]
Here are some of the highlights from an interview with Terri Kelly, the President and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates. “To be innovative, you have to create an environment of collaboration.” “Gore is a peer-based organization.” “You want to encourage everyone to connect to everyone in their network.” “We don’t tell people what to [...]
Andy Stanley wrapped up day one of the 2010 Leadership Summit. Here are some of the highlights from his talk: “Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be solved and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved.” “If you resolve some tensions, it’ll lead to other tensions.” “Progress doesn’t depend on the resolution of tensions but on the [...]
These are some key thoughts from Adam Hamilton, the senior pastor at Church of the Resurrection in Kansas: > “None of us is immune.” …talking about sexual sin in the church > “The church exists for broken people.” > “I’m praying you’re the kind of church that welcomes sinners with the grace of Christ.” > [...]
Here are some highlights from the interview with Coach Tony Dungy. > “I wasn’t there to be their boss. I was there to help the players get better.” > “Football and winning weren’t the most important thing.” > “Don’t mistake hours worked with productivity.” > “We have to be available to mentor.” > “You can [...]
Here are the highlights from the Leadership Summit session with Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and other leadership books. “Good is the enemy of great.” “You can be sick on the inside and still look strong on the outside.” “You can be going through the first three stages of decline while still looking [...]
Here are some of the key thoughts that grabbed my attention from the opening session of the Leadership Summit with Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago, Illinois. “Leaders move people from here to there.” People need to hear “we can’t stay here” speeches to catch vision for the future. “Your [...]
I recently finished reading Daniel Pink’s most latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. If you lead people, this book will probably change the way your approach leadership. The book highlights a number of scientific research projects that challenge our traditional approaches to managing and motivating employees. Here are some of the [...]
#1 – “The Church Is Not A Business But Rather A Hospital For Sinners.”
Uh…ok, the problem with this argument is…a hospital IS a business…and if it is not ran properly then it will have to close its doors, thus losing its effectiveness in helping those it has been called to reach.
Like it or not [...]
A friend of mine recently turned the tables on me and interviewed me in a post entitled Ed Stetzer – My Interview with Adrian Warnock: Why We Need Non-Paid Christian Leaders. If I am quite honest, until recently I never really thought of myself as a Christian leader at all. Ed seems to be [...]