Dan Gould

Tag: Leadership Summit 2010

  • Session #6.2 – Daniel Pink – What Motivates us: … (Leadership Summit 2010)

    WHAT MOTIVATES US: NOT WHAT YOU THINK

    Humans have 3 drives

    BIOLOGICAL DRIVE
    REWARD AND PUNISHMENT DRIVE
    INTEREST DRIVE

    *management leads to compliance
    *management doesn’t lead to engagement

    3 THINGS THAT HELP AN ORGANIZATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL

    AUTONOMY
    *These are the big 4 things you need to leverage
    *time
    *team
    *task
    *technique

    Fed-x Day – 20% time
    *allowing the team to work on something outside there focus to present to the whole organization

    MASTERY
    *Biggest motivator at work was making progress
    *we need to help people see their progress
    *HOW: flow is when you get caught in the moment of what you are doing
    *we need to try to create moments where people can get in the flow of what they are doing
    *collect feedback – beyond the annual review, it needs to be an authentic conversations
    *encourage people take into their own hands
    *send out goals at the beginning of the month at the end of the month you call yourself into the office to talk about the goals and how you are doing?

    PURPOSE
    *Give them something to see that is larger than themselves
    *What language do you use?
    *we vs they – what pronoun do you tend to use?

  • Session #6.1 – Terri Kelly – When Leaders Emerge (Leadership Summit 2010)

    WHEN LEADERS EMERGE
    *Power of small groups – how do people not feel like a number but a active part of the organization
    *Work collectively together – their job is to make everyone else work better not just as an individual but as a team.
    *Create an environment where the leader changes with where the knowledge is for that moment or project is for that team.
    *When you join, you by-in to the common values
    *power of small teams
    *we’re all in the same boat
    *take a long term view
    *are we involved in our community?
    *are we being innovative?
    *More Coaching then Bossing
    *Leaders should coach others in the organization

    *As leaders we have to learn how to divide in order to multiply!
    *You are only a leaders if people want to follow you.

  • Session #5 – Jeff Manion – The Land Between (Leadership Summit 2010)

    THE LAND BETWEEN
    *In the Land Between we use the term “For Now”
    *For now I’m living with my parents
    *For now I’m working at McDonald’s

    *The land between is where many of us find ourselves today, you don;t know how you got there or how you are going to to get out of it. You feel like you are in the Desert.

    *God says Ill take you out of the land of Egypt into the land of promise – it doesn’t talk about the land in-between. But we know that the Israelite’s wandered for 40 years in the desert. they were in THE LAND BETWEEN.

    THE LAND BETWEEN …

    Numbers 11:4 read with a whining voice
    IS FERTILE GROUND FOR COMPLAINT
    *they didn’t complain about their condition they complained and thought that they are better off without God.
    *QUESTION – How is God going to meet his servant Moses?

    Numbers 11:11-14
    IS FERTILE GROUND FOR MELTDOWNS
    *v. 15 Kill me now – It’s too heavy I can’t carry it any more!
    *QUESTION: Who’s voice do you hear more?
    *Many times we are prepared for days of disappointment but rarely are we ready for long stints of disappointment.

    Numbers 11:16-17
    IS FERTILE GROUND FOR US 2 SEE GODS PROVISION
    *God provides for our need
    *What if we cried out to God and He provided?
    *This can be different, and sometimes different then what we expect.
    *God loves to provide … It’s what He does!

    Numbers 11:18-20
    IS FERTILE GROUND FOR GODS DISCIPLINE
    *V 23 – Is the Lords are to short?
    *Is God to weak to handle your need?
    *Discipline is inflicting pain for redemptive purposes
    *Warning – We tend to think we are immune from Gods discipline

    IS FERTILE GROUND FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH
    *it one of the best places to learn to trust the Lord
    *the between is an opportunity to transform you into the person God has created you to be
    *its here that we learn to pray
    *its hear that we learn to depend

    HOWEVER, it doesn’t happen automatically
    *when you travel through this land your heart is in danger
    *its the best place for growth but its also the place people go to die.
    *complaint arrives as an uninvited quest.
    *complaint resist eviction
    *TRUST however evicts complaint

    THE SPACE BETWEEN IS SOME OF THE RICHEST SOIL WHERE GOD DOES HIS DEEPEST WORK!

  • Session #4 – Andy Stanley – The Upside of Tension (Leadership Summit 2010)

    THE UPSIDE OF TENSION
    The right amount of pressure & tension can be used to pick up a contact lens and/or throw a baseball. The key is to leverage that tension appropriately.

    1. Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be SOLVED and tensions that should be RESOLVED.
    A. For example: Whats more important?
    *Working and/or Family
    *Preaching inspired by the Holy Spirit and/or getting kids back from volunteers on time.
    *Excellence vs Sound Financial decisions
    *Theology and/or Application
    B. If you “resolve” any of those tensions, you will CREATE new tensions.
    *We have to learn to manage these problems and tensions … not solve/resolve them.
    C. If you resolve any of those tensions, you create a barrier to progress.
    D. Progress depends not on the resolution of those tensions but on the successful MANAGEMENT of those tensions.
    *When there are two opposing forces, you must create a third option/category, otherwise you end up with a win/lose. Or a lose/lose situation

    2. To distinguish between problems to solve and tensions to manage, ask the following:
    *Does this problem or tension keep resurfacing?
    *Are there mature advocates for both sides?
    ex. Keep church safe for seekers vs need to mature Christians
    *Are the two sides really independent?

    3. The role of leadership is to LEVERAGE the tension to the benefit of the organization.
    A. Identify the tensions to be managed in your organization.
    B. Create TERMINOLOGY EVERYONE KNOWS.
    C. Inform your CORE.
    *Key players must understand the principle or catch the vision.
    D. Continually give VALUE to both sides.
    E. Don’t weigh in too heavily on your personal biases.
    *Understand the UP SIDE of the opposite side.
    F. Don’t allow strong personalities to WIN the day.
    *You need passionate people to champion a side, but also a mature person that realizes it’s a tension that won’t ever be resolved.
    G. Don;t think in terms of balance. Think RHYTHM
    *Don’t try to be fair. – not we did x last year so to be fair lets do y this year.
    *Understand timing, time to learn, time to serve, time to preach/time to sing.
    *Identify tensions (not solvable) … and identify problems that do NEED to be solved.

    CONCLUSION: As a leader, one of the most valuable things you can do for your organization is differentiate between tensions your organization will always need to manage vs problems that need to be solv

  • Session #3 Adam Hamilton – When Leaders Fall (Leadership Summit 2010)

    WHEN LEADERS FALL

    *No-one is immune from a failure
    *Every Situation is Unique

    How do you approach this as Leaders and a Church?
    1. Ignore it
    2. Blast it, by Blasting them
    3. Just Fire them and Move on with out a lot of discussion
    4. Acknowledge it and talk about how we should deal with it
    *Help Unpack feelings that
    *It allows you to show the people who you really are

    How do you attempt to safeguard this from happening in your church
    Develop Policies
    *staff covenant that the staff signs every year
    *Policies of where you can go with people of the opposite staff
    *If it looks like a date, smells like a date, it probably is a date
    *Meet with staff about these policies
    *Remind the staff that we are all Human beings
    *We are wired for reproduction
    *We are wired for a intimacy and companionship
    *We are all sinners and these things lead us to do things we didn’t plan on doing
    *Paint a picture of Sin
    *The moment of the maybe – “What would it be like if …?”
    *We don’t ask the question “How does this end happy?”
    *What is it going to look like when you have to tell your spouse?
    *Even if you have feelings, never share them with the other person
    *Remind them that God id a God of Second Chances but it’s extremely hard to go for plan B

    5 R’s for RESISTING TEMPTATION
    *REMEMBER who you are!
    *RECOGNIZE the consequences of your actions!
    *Try to fan
    *REDEDICATE yourself to God
    Stop, Drop, and Pray
    *REVEAL your struggle to a trusted friend
    *REMOVE yourself from the situation
    *Sometimes there are radical things you have to do to avoid temptation
    *REMEMBER the Gospel is for Sinners

    BIG iDEAS
    *The aim of the Christian Life is Sanctification! AS LEADERS WE ARE CALLED TO HIGHER STANDARDS!!!
    1 thes 4:3-5&7
    *All of us are tempted as Human Beings

  • Session #2 Jim Collins – How the Mighty Fall (Leadership Summit 2010)

    To be of GREAT use and to Do GREAT work

    Good is the enemy of great
    *How do you make the leap to GREAT performance?
    *Greatness is largely a matter of choice and discipline!

    How do the mighty fall
    *If it can happen to them, it can happen to anyone! Anyone can fall and many do.
    *You can be sick on the inside and still look strong on the outside!

    5 STAGES OF DECLINE

    1. HUBRIS BORN OF SUCCESS
    *outrageous arrogance to neglect our life calling and failure to renew that everyday with the same passion as if when we first began
    *Bad decision made with good intentions are still bad decisions!
    *Three leaders described everyone of them understood that it’s not about them!!!!
    *Good to Great leaders are different they are level 5 leaders not level 4 leaders
    *What separated the #4 leaders from the #5 leaders was their Humility.
    *The greatest leaders signature was their humility!
    *It’s their drive to do whatever it takes for the advance of the organization and vision

    2. UNDISCIPLINED PURSUIT OF MORE
    *The mighty fall by going to far, by over-reaching
    *They break packards fall
    *Do we have all seats filled with fantastic leaders, if not, we are on the brink of falling

    3. DENIAL OF SICK AND PERIL
    *you look good on the outside
    * Look at handbook:
    *Teams on the Way up vs Team on the way down
    *Stockdale paradox
    *you must never ever confuse faith and facts
    *never give up but face the facts

    4. GRASPING FOR SALVATION
    *Looking for something to save the day
    *they look to the outside instead of from within
    *greatness is an accumulative process, not a single bullet, single event, single person.
    *every day, every week, every person matters.
    *You have to make the choice to continue to get better, and better, and better

    5. CAPITULATION OF IRRELEVANCE OR DEATH
    *It’s over, you are ready to give up, you’ve lost your influence

    What causes companies to stand strong and long
    *They had a reason for existence
    *They answer the question what would be lost if we disappeared
    *They are driven by purpose beyond money and success
    *They will not compromise product quality
    *They understand that they have to have the ability to change
    *They understand the power of AND when asked a this OR that question
    *There is a core that has to be held tight!
    *Preserve the core and stimulate progress
    *Hold the value constant

    TO DO
    1. Do your diagnostics (jimcollins.com) Good to Great diagnostic tools use it with your team
    2. Count your Blessings – don’t stop till you get 100
    you see all the good things that happen that we didn’t create
    3. What is your questions to statements ratio … can you double it in the next year
    *Ask the right questions
    *Invest more in being interested instead of interesting
    4. Answer question how many seats are on your bus
    5. Do the inventory
    6. Create an inventory of the brutal facts
    7. Create a Stop Doing List
    8. Define Results and Focus there
    9. Double your reach to young people by changing your practices without changing your core values
    10. Create, and/or Chase your Big Harry Audacious Goal

  • Session #1 Bill Hybels (Leadership Summit 2010)

    When leaders learn and grow, everyone wins!!

    The Leadership Slump …
    every leaders experiences it at some point. It causes us to doubt ourselves and our calling.

    LEADERSHIP FUNDAMENTALS

    1. LEADERS MOVE PEOPLE FROM HERE TO THERE!
    *We are here – current reality … but if we work hard we will move here.
    *You have to paint the picture for people to see so they can take steps to get there
    *Expect others to say, we like it here, we are staying here. Why mess with something thats not broken?
    *The first play is not to make THERE sound wonderful, the first play is to make HERE sound horrible.
    *Build the case of why we cant stay HERE.
    *People are ready for the THERE Speech because they have heard all the speeches saying why they cant stay here! Staying here Breaks the HEART OF GOD!

    *If you are a leader your job is to figure out where God is moving and get others to move there also!

    2. IT GONNA TAKE FANTASTIC PEOPLE
    *One of the greatest jobs and roles of leadership is establishing teams that move in the direction that God is calling us.
    *The 3 C’s of recruiting staff now the 4 C’s
    Character
    Competence
    Chemistry – do they get along with everyone
    Culture – What kind of person connects with the culture of our team. Will they fit into our culture
    Sacrifice

    *A fundamental of leadership is to attract people who will flourish in your leadership culture.

    Reactions to team members resigning
    * Relief
    * Oh No
    * Read it, read it again, and then realize that you might be losing someone that is irreplaceable.
    *Do you view this as a privilege or a hindrance to your movement of the organization?

    3. MILE MARKERS and CELEBRATIONS
    *When you are on the journey make sure to refill the vision bucket so you continue to move forward
    *Celebrate every mile marker on the way. Make sure you put them in to rejuvenate the team!
    *What keeps people on the journey is the sense of hope that they will get there someday!
    *Point out that you are no longer HERE you are halfway THERE!
    *The power of inspiration – 40% differential in the productivity of an inspired volunteer and an un inspirited volunteer!
    *When was the last time you through a party to celebrate the progress you have made thus far. Doing this keeps people on the journey.

    4. WHISPERS FROM GOD
    *JOHN 10:27 – My sheep hear my voice and they listen
    *You want to hear God, you have to read the Bible!!!!! Read it!
    *Do you listen to Gods promoting? It’s the feeling that allows you to see the unseen!
    *Do you believe that God still speaks today?
    *What is God whispering to me? Am I listening? What will I do? What will we do?
    *REALITY: Sometimes God speaks and we don’t hear Him because the other noise is so loud in our lives.
    *Will you do everything in your power to hear from the Lord?
    *If leaders world wide, would listen to the Whispers of God, it would radically change the coarse of history.

    LEADERSHIP WHISPERS FROM GOD
    *DONT QUIT!
    *STEP UP
    *TAKE THE RISK
    *APOLOGIZE NOW
    *MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION
    *GET HELP
    *STOP RUNNING FROM GOD
    *SLOW DOWN
    *SHOW YOUR HEART
    *LET OTHERS LEAD
    *FEED YOUR SOUL
    *BLESS THE TEAM
    *MAKE THE ASK
    *DO SOMETHING MORE IMPACTFUL
    *COME CLEAN
    *EMBODY THE VISION
    *CELEBRATE VICTORIES
    *COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
    *END THE SECRET
    *CHECK YOUR MOTIVES
    *SET PACE
    *GIVE GOD YOUR BEST
    *GET PHYSICALLY FIT
    *SERVE YOUR SPOUSE AND KIDS
    *PRAY
    *HUMBLE YOURSELVES
    *SPEAK LORD YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING