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Ministry

Willow Leadership Summit: Session 13 – TD Jakes

August 6, 2010

How to impassion and motivate the people that serve with you . . . You cannot inspire passion in people if you are not passionate yourself. Your leadership must come from the divine, inner, sacred place. You cannot inspire passion in people unless the vision/mission is bigger than you. You cannot inspire passion in people [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 12 – Jack Welch

August 6, 2010

Authenticity, energy, candor, differentiation Leaders have to be authentic: don’t be something other than who you are; leaders need to be transparent Anyone can be a whirling dervish, leaders energize the people around them. Energizing is not hyping them.. But energizing people is about getting them to FEEL the vision, which assumes that the leader [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 11 – Blake Mycoskie

August 6, 2010

Founder and “Chief Shoe Giver” of TOMS Shoes, Inc. Acknowledged as one of today’s most dynamic serial entrepreneurs, Blake Mycoskie launched five successful companies before the age of 30. He is best known as the founder and “chief shoe giver” of TOMS shoes, a for-profit company with a unique social enterprise model that has drawn [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 10 – Daniel Pink

August 6, 2010

His talk is about: Human Motivation Human Beings have a biological drive and also a reward/punishment drive. We also have a third drive: purpose, learning, interesting, meaning, inherently fun, about personal development, etc. The science of understanding the drives -normally organizations don’t consider the third drive. “Effective organizations compensate people in amounts and in ways [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 9 – Terri Kelly

August 6, 2010

President and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates; Innovation Leaders and makers of GORE-TEX® Products “We recognize the importance of fostering a work environment where people feel motivated, engaged, and passionate about the work they do.” A good company fosters an environment of collaboration. Situational hierarchy allows for leadership based upon the situation, arising from [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 8 – Jeff Manion

August 6, 2010

“You are not where you once were. You are not where you’re going to be. You are in a confusing zone. Welcome to The Land Between.” Biblical illustration: Israel after they left Egypt before they entered the Promised Land. Numbers 11:4 The land between is fertile ground for complaint It’s healthier to place ourselves among [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 7 – Andy Stanley

August 5, 2010

Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be solved and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved. ie: Family life and work; marketing and sales; management and leadership; reaching unchurched vs caring for churched. For example: What’s more important? Some tensions should not be resolved, but rather leveraged for growth. If you ‘resolve’ any of those tensions, you [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 6 – Dr. Peter Zhao Xiao

August 5, 2010

Dr. Xiao spoke through a translator; these notes represent my own ‘take away.’ Zhao came to US to study the platform for economic success, and discovered that Christianity opened the door to success. In the process, Zhao read the Bible, saw the power and potential in the church, and converted to Christianity. He has since [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 5 – Adam Hamilton

August 5, 2010

His talk: “When Leaders Fall” 30% of pastors admit to sexual impropriety sometime during the course of their lifetime. For restoration, we need both to take seriously the integrity of trust that congregations put into its leadership, and also the integrity of being the body of Christ. What can be done for protection: Staff covenant [...]

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Willow Leadership Summit: Session 4 – Tony Dungy

August 5, 2010

Interview with Craig Groeschel about Tony’s new book “The Mentor Leader” Leading by encouraging, mentoring, and coming alongside rather than ‘top down.’ Tony Dungy: “It’s about the journey—mine and yours—and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.” Life balance is critical and an [...]

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