Chick-fil-A Leadercast: Andy Stanley

Sunday, May 12, 2013

If you missed the Chick-fil-A Leadercast this past Friday then you missed out on some great content! But no worries you can catch up quick. I’m going to post my notes and thoughts from each of the sessions over the next couple of days! First up was Andy Stanley…enjoy!

I may be in charge but I don’t always know what to do.
I’m never the smartest person in the room, I’m just the leader
Level 5 Leaders have the humility to aspire to be the dumbest person in the room via Jim Collins

When you realize you’re not the smartest person in the room:

You learn to surround yourself with people smarter than yourself
You’re willing to risk and try new things

Growth creates complexity | Complexity is unavoidable | Complexity is the enemy of clarity (everything)
If you have the only hot dog stand in town, your hot dogs don’t have to be that good

Leadership Made Simple:

Question #1: What are we doing?

There is incredible power when you can reduce what you’re doing right now down to one simple statement – it has to be memorable and portable
The mist in your mind will eventually become a fog in your organization
If you don’t know exactly what you’re doing, you’re going to have a difficult time doing it
If you don’t have a simple answer to the question “What are we doing?” then it’s because you haven’t worked on it long enough

Question #2: Why are we doing it?

Where there is a compelling answer to the question “why” people will lean in passionately
If this question isn’t answered then people lose their motivation and it just becomes a job

Question #3: Where do I fit in?

What’s your critical role?
What is your unique contribution?
What is your core responsibility?

Action Step: Create for yourself and your direct reports (and critical players in your organization) a one sentence job description. Examples:

Andy’s: Inspire our staff and congregations to remain fully engaged in our mission and strategy
CFO: Create implement and monitor systems that ensure our organization remains fiscally secure
Andy’s Admin: Keep Andy’s path clear of nonessential tasks and decisions so that he can do what only he can do

Growth creates complexity which requires simplicity

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Catalyst One Day 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

If you missed any of my notes from the 2013 Catalyst One Day with Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel no worries! Now you’ve got all the notes to every session right here at your fingertips for free! These guys did an incredible job of tackling what Patrick Lencioni has called, “The single greatest opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage” Building a healthy organizational culture. Truth is my notes can’t relay all the great stuff shared by these guys so I’d encourage you to check out the Catalyst One Day website and watch for a One Day coming soon to a city near you this year! Hope you enjoy!

1. Introduction by Andy Stanley

5 incredible insights about organizational culture and building a healthy culture on your team.

2. Session 1: Values by Craig Groeschel

A healthy organizational culture never happens on accident but by intentionally fleshing out clear values.

3. Session 2: Staffing by Andy Stanley

Driving this principle of mutual submission through your organization can make your church an extraordinary place to work. And you’ll have an extraordinary team because extraordinary people will want to work there.

4. Session 3: Creating a Culture of Self Awareness by Craig Groeschel

As leaders we have a limitless capacity for self deception. And to boot, the higher we rise in an organization the more difficult it is to get people to tell you the truth, because the more perceived power that you have the more people are going to tell you what they think you want to hear.

5. Session 4: Programming by Andy Stanley

Andy talked about creating a culture around and through your programming by unpacking 3 irreducible minimums for irresistible ministry environments.

6. Bonus Material: Andy Stanley interviews Judah Smith

Two pastors kids talking through ministry transitions and leading through change. Incredible stuff!

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Catalyst One Day Bonus: Andy Stanley’s interview with Judah Smith

Friday, February 1, 2013

I’ve enjoyed sharing my notes and take aways from Catalyst One Day with you this week. My hope is they’ve been helpful. Truth is my notes can’t relay all the great stuff shared by these guys so I’d encourage you to check out the Catalyst One Day website and watch for One Day coming soon to a city near you this year! Here are ideas some I wrote down from an interview that Andy Stanley did with Judah Smith who hosted the Seattle One Day.

When you go on vacation don’t go to church. That’s not a family vacation that’s a ministry trip to look at other churches.
Leadership is acknowledged not appointed. So try out young leaders. Give them something and see what they can do with it.
Acknowledge leadership in young leaders who have a proper view of authority and demonstrate a teachable spirit
The test of any church is how it responds when the lead personality is gone
Adjustment and progress are better words than change
If past leadership is trusted you’ll have the opportunity to be trusted
Every change a new leader makes is a critique of the past
Remember everything is where it is
It’s unrealistic to expect everyone to just get in line with the picture you have of the future and where you’re going
Expect tears and pain in change
Demonstrate extraordinary empathy to the past and the value of all that has come before you
Work through powerbrokers and influencers. Each influencer receives honor differently and there are keys to everyone’s heart so don’t approach them all or treat them all the same.
Don’t play with false humility
Honor is convenient when everyone is on the same page but real honor comes in a moment of conflict and conviction and when you have to put personal agenda aside and do what is best for the people
People want Jesus and the Gospel works!

This is your last chance to grab more Catalyst Resources for yourself and your team for free! I’m giving away a brand new copy of “The Power of Momentum” a 4-part video teaching series from Andy and Craig. Just sign up here and I’ll let everyone know who the winner is next week!

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Catalyst One Day Session 4: Programming by Andy Stanley

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Andy Stanley gave a talk in session 4 on “Creating a Culture Around and Through your Programming” that I know you’re going to find helpful. If you’re responsible for ministry environments (worship services, children’s ministry, small groups, student ministry, etc.) than this talk is pure gold for you!

If everyone doesn’t have the same picture of a win you end up with chaos and nobody ends up winning

Funny Andy Stanley moment: “If I could heal people at will to draw a crowd I would, but I can’t…so I have to hire a band”

Every single ministry program (worship service, student ministry, small groups, children’s ministry) is being evaluated, not formally, but by participants. Wouldn’t it make sense for you as a staff to go ahead and have a plan to be on the same page and evaluate it together?

3 Irreducible Minimums for an Irresistible Ministry Environment

1. An Appealing Setting

The physical environment
Settings create first impressions (What does it appear to be at first pass?)
An uncomfortable or distracting setting can derail ministry before it even begins
Every physical environment communicates something; there are no neutral physical environments
Design, décor, and attention to detail communicate what and who you value most
Design, décor, and attention to detail communicates whether or not your expecting guests
Periodically we all need fresh eyes on our ministry environments

Are your ministry settings appealing to your target audience?
Do the design, décor, and attention to detail in your environments reflect who is most important to you?
What’s starting to look tired?

2. An Engaging Presentation

Engaging presentations are essential to the success of our mission
- Presenting the Gospel
- Teaching them to “obey everything I’ve commanded you”
To engage is to secure one’s attention
Generally speaking it’s the presentation that makes information interesting
An audience’s attention span is determined by the quality of the presentation
Engaging presentations require engaging presenters
Always sacrifice the one for the many not the many for the one

3. Helpful Content

Helpful = useful
It’s not enough for it to be true. It has to be helpful
Helpful content is content that addresses helping people think and act differently
Information that doesn’t address a felt need is perceived as irrelevant

Is your content helpful?
Do you content creators know the goal of content is to help people think and act differently?
Is your content age and stage of life specific?

Want to grab more Catalyst Resources for yourself and your team? I’m giving away a brand new copy of “The Power of Momentum” a 4-part video teaching series from Andy and Craig. Just sign up here and I’ll let everyone know who the winner is next week!

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Catalyst One Day Introduction: by Andy Stanley

Sunday, January 27, 2013

This week I’m going to be posting my notes from Catalyst One Day. Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel did an incredible job tackling what Patrick Lencioni has called, “The single greatest untapped opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage.” Building a healthy organizational culture.

New to Catalyst One Day? Catalyst One Day is an opportunity to hear the nuts and bolts of leadership, up-close with Andy and Craig. The event features dynamic worship, idea-inducing Q&A, and candid conversation between Andy and Craig.

Want to grab more Catalyst Resources for yourself and your team? I’m giving away a brand new copy of “The Power of Momentum” a 4-part video teaching series from Andy and Craig. Just sign up here and I’ll let everyone know who the winner is next week!

Hope you enjoy the notes and I’d strongly encourage you and your team to catch a One Day coming soon to a city near you!

Andy Stanley: Creating a Healthy Organizational Culture

Church culture should be so stellar that people in the market place would want to work at the church because the local church should be the greatest place in the world to work not just on Sunday but through out the entire week!
Every organization has a culture.
Culture is the personality of the organization.

5 Insights about Culture

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