Wow. That summarizes my experience at the Global Leadership Summit.
Last week I was blessed to attend the simulcast Global Leadership Summit by Willow Creek Church. I had never attended it before so I was unsure what to expect. If you are a leader in ministry or in the market place, put this event on your calendar. Take your team...also plan on attending L2 Lincoln and Leadercast as well. And seriously...plan on attending the GLS. Here are my top six takeaways.
1) Behavior, behavior, behavior - There were roughly 14 speakers at GLS. There was one word, one concept that was taught and spoke on over and over again: behavior. It is your behavior that is the leverage point to your overall technical ability. Your behaviors as a leader must be consistent and married to the values of the organization. Why? Because people don't imitate what you say - they imitate what you do.
2) Get Help - No organization can be it all, do it all, and fix it all. Let's be honest, we can be biased and dishonest with our self-assessments. Sometimes we admit somethings broken, but we can disagree with the why or the what to fix it. That's when organizations and its leaders need to call for help from an external source. Bill Hybel's advice: Get an outside firm to do employee engagement surveys and 360 assessments. Get the senior leadership wholly onboard. Train management to lead people. Last raise the level of candor at reviews.
3) Measurement - What gets measured gets done. A system of metrics and to be honest, a system of small wins is needed. If there are no goals, no metrics how do you know if you're moving forward? How do you know if you've had a win? You don't! Create a system of metrics and rewards...now.
4) ROI of Leadership - Patrick Lencioni is tried and tested favorite of any leadership conference. He spoke on three mistakes leaders make. In a nutshell, he warned us all to watch out for pride. As Proverbs tells us, it comes before the fall. We must keep humble as we lead. During his talk, tho, there was one thing that really stuck out. The true ROI of leadership is not material...it's eternal. Leadership needs to be selfless and given freely.
5) Crucial Conversations - Joseph Grenny spoke briefly on the importance of having crucial conversations. Far too often and even more so in ministry are we afraid to the needed conversations. Joseph challenged us to stop and ask ourselves "What crucial conversations are we not having or not having well?"
6) Learn to Flex - Erica Ariel Fox spoke on the different executives in your internal, behavior suite. We all have a Dreamer (Style 2 Expressive), a Thinker (Style 4 Analytical), a Lover (Style 3 Amiable), and a Warrior (Style 1 Driver). We all have these character traits and we typically camp in one or two of them. The key is to flex into the different styles and leadership demands and as your team demands. No one style is best nor is one style worst. Learn to identify individual's styles and flex accordingly.
There is 2 days worth of material packed into a nice little box. Which of the six is where you need the most help? Is there one where you are excelling?
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