Here are some of my favorite quotes from the speakers at this year's Global Leadership Summit that I had the opportunity to participate in at NMC. Thanks to Tony Morgan for taking good notes...
Leadership Summit | Adam Hamilton
“It’s a short distance from communicating your feelings to acting on them.”
Leadership Summit | Tony Dungy
“I wasn’t there to be their boss. I was there to help the players get better.”
Leadership Summit | Jim Collins
Great leaders = “it’s not about them” + “they never give up”
“Do we have all of our key seats filled with fantastic people? If the answer is no, we must resist growth until that happens.”
“Greatness is not a singular event. Greatness is a cumulative process.”
“The signature of mediocrity is not the inability to change, it’s chronic inconsistency.”
Leadership Summit | Bill Hybels
“Leaders move people from here to there.”
“Your job is to convince people ‘we cannot stay here.’”
“What kind of person flourishes in our unique culture?” (Something Bill looks for in people in addition to character, chemistry and competency.)
“You have to celebrate every mile-marker you possibly can on the way to the destination.”
“The smartest moves I’ve made as a leader didn’t come from my human wisdom.”
Leadership Summit | Andy Stanley
“Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be solved and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved.”
“Progress doesn’t depend on the resolution of tensions but on the management of those tensions.”
“If it’s a problem that keeps resurfacing, it’s a tension to be managed.”
“The role of leadership is to leverage the tension for the benefit of the organization.”
“Don’t think in terms of balance – think in terms of rhythm.
“As a leader, never try to be fair.” (Fairness ended with Adam & Eve)
Leadership Summit | Terri Kelly
“To be innovative, you have to create an environment of collaboration.”
“The notion that the leader is responsible for coaching and mentoring the whole organization is very limiting.”
“One of the important roles of leaders is to figure out how to divide in order to multiply.”
“They are only a leader if there are people who want to follow them.”
Leadership Summit | Dan Pink
“One of the problems that we have in our organizations is that we make the wrong assumptions about people.”
“Give people autonomy over their time, team, task and technique. That leads to engagement.”
“Making progress is the single greatest motivator at work.”
“I’m convinced that anything good in life began with a conversation. That’s what changes the world.”
Leadership Summit | T.D. Jakes
“Leadership is transition. It’s not maintaining.”
“People follow people who move. People who take action. People who take risks.”
“People are passionate when you ask them to do something when it’s within their reach.”
“When God gives you people, he’s given you something he really cares about.”
“If you only surround yourself with people who do what you do, they only compete with you but they don’t complete you.”
“When Jesus picked the 12 disciples, he didn’t pick one rabbi.”
“Don’t try to hold people too tightly who are meant to come and go.”
“You don’t want to kill the fight. You want to direct them to the target.”
“You can’t be led by someone you can’t read well.”
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