Posting from The Leadership Summit
Over the next two days, I’ll be listening to many people speak on leadership, Jim Collins this morning is the one I am most excited about.
My plan is to post during the summit, but this will be my first time – so we shall see how this goes.
I’ll be carrying my droid, armed with the wordpress app – an app I’ve not used a lot, but expect to make it work and provide some of the insights I find during these days.
Getting there – Bill Hybels
Presentation by Bill Hybels
If the fundamental objective of leadership is to get people to move from here to there:
The biggest issue is that a portion of people will not want to “go”.
A key is to show “them” why the status quo does not work.
When doing formal debates the general strategy is:
1. Status quo
2. Solution
3. More Disadvantages of status quo
4. Advantages of the solution
Fantastic People
To get there, it takes fantastic people.
When looking for the right fantastic people, you have to understand yourself to know if they will fit into your culture.
You need to tell the people who you would have to leave that you appreciate and value them & if anything demotivates them “let me know”.
There are some people who don’t fit in your culture & are already on your team. Tough conversations might be needed.
Mile Markers & Celebrations
It’s not the start or finish parts of a race that are the toughest — it’s the middle.
- to do -
Refill the vision bucket
Celebrate *every* milestone
When was the last time you celebrated progress, not completion, but hitting a milestone?
When people come to mind – reach out to them.
You never know what is going on in their lives …
Never Giving Up when Falling – Jim Collins
Jim Collins
“I have always attempted to understand what separated good vs great.”
To have a great society we must have greatness in all parts of the society.
Five Stages of Decline
1. Hubris Born of Success
2. Undisciplined Pursuit of More
3. Denial of Risk and Peril
4. Grasping for Salvation
5. Capitulating to Irrelevance or Death
The org does not visably fall until stage 4.
These stages are largely self inflicted.
1. Hubris Born of Success
Outrageous aroagance.
“When the going gets weird – the weird become CEOs”
Leaders matter, the humility of the leader + the burning passion is what makes the difference.
2. Undisciplined Pursuit of More
Getting stuck will kill you, but this does not happen to the mighty.
Keep this question in mind:
Do we have all the key seats filled by the right people?
3. Denial of Risk and Peril
A culture of denial forms.
From the outside it all looks great.
Stockdale Paradox – confront the brutal facts & never give up hope.
Discipline facts + faith
4. Grasping for Salvation
Looking for silver bullet – change everything.
Find that right outside leader.
You have to improve consistently over time.
An org can come back from here.
Money is never enough of a reason for an organization to survive.
10 things to do
1. Good to Great Diagnostics – free at JimCollins.com
Confront the Brutal Facts
2. Count your Blessings – literally – in a spreadsheet
3. Question to Statement Ratio – ask more & better questions
4. Answer the Q: How many key seats are on your bus? How many are filled by great people?
5. How the Mighty Fall diagnostic as a group
6. Create inventory of the Brutal Facts
7. Stop Doing list
8. Define results & milestones
9. Double your reach to young people by changing what you do – not who you are or what you stand for.
10. Have a BHAG
Change tactics – not your core purpose.
Learning & Teaching – Tony Dungy & Craig Groeschel
Interview with Coach Tony Dungy by Craig Groeschel
“Stubbornness is a virtue …. if you are right”
There is always more that can be done at work – you need more in your life than just work.
The building was always open for family – kid friendly.
How to find a mentor?
Be available to mentor people – share of yourself.
Look for people you admire.
It could be from a distance – study media a person produces.
“Why would you let anyone stop you from doing something you enjoy?”
If you are drawn to mentor – what do you look for?
Look around you & just encourage people you feel lead to.
After a Fall – Adam Hamilton
Adam Hamilton
When Leaders Fall
Moral failures seem to be common today; this is a serious issue.
Boundaries in your life are important.
We need to keep in mind that all people are broken in some way. We all make mistakes & we all will fall short.
How an organization deals with broken relationships and mistakes is a core aspect of an organization.
We need to ask the question “How does this happen happen?” more. Sharing inappropriate feelings towards someone with that person does not help – don’t share them.
5 Rs for Resisting Temptation towards activities that would damage relationships.
1. Remember who you are – think of all the relationships.
2. Recognize the results of your actions – who will be hurt? What is the worse possible outcome?
3. Rededicate yourself to your core beliefs/God/faith
4. Reveal your struggle to a trusted friend – ask for accountability
5. Remove yourself from the situation
Leaders are held to higher standards.
