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Catalyst One Day Session 3: Creating a Culture of Self Awareness by Craig Groeschel

This talk by Craig Groeschel on “Creating a Culture of Self Awareness” was worth the price of admission by itself. My notes by no means do this talk justice. You’re going to have to go to Catalyst One Day and hear it for yourself.

  • Those who don’t know, don’t know they don’t know
  • The higher we rise in an organization the more difficult it is to get people to tell you the truth, the more perceived power that you have the more people are going to tell you what they think you want to hear.
  • The problems you don’t know about are the problems you can’t fix

3 Principles of Self-Deception

1. We as leaders have limitless capacity for self-deception

  • As leaders we love to tell ourselves that things are better than they really are

2. The longer we believe a lie the harder it is to hear the truth

3. The leaders lack of self-awareness is the leaders greatest barrier

  • The problem with the self-deceived leader is we always find something else or someone else to blame
  • We need to change our language from “They won’t…” to “I haven’t led them to…”

How do we uncover the truth about ourselves?

1. Pray ask God to point it out to you

2. Listen

  • The more convinced I am that I’m right about something; the more likely it is I’m wrong (Peter is a great example of this…”Jesus I’ll never leave you…”)
  • Build a team that craves and gives helpful feedback
  • If the Leader isn’t open to evaluation then no one else in the organization will be either
  • Implement annual 360 evaluations for every team member
  • Really listening to others about yourself will be more helpful and more hurtful than you will ever imagine

3. Change when God shows you something…do it

Moments that God used to get my attention:

  • When I heard Bill Hybels say, “The way I’ve been doing the work of God has been destroying the work of God in me.”
  • When my young daughter innocently said, “This isn’t your home, you live at the church.”
  • When I recognized that my self worth was connected to the growth and decline of the church.
  • When my wife told me over and over and over again for months, “Would you please put down your phone and be a dad.”
  • We confess to God for forgiveness…we confess to others for restoration and healing

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 Session 2: Staffing by Andy Stanley

I’m posting my notes this week from Catalyst One Day and here is session #2 from Andy Stanley where he talked through how the culture you’re building on your staff drives the organizational culture you’re creating!

  • If you make your church an extraordinary place to work then you’ll have a team full of extraordinary people because they will want to be there.
  • Great leaders don’t pretend everything is perfect and great; they take the time to investigate and understand what’s happening in their organization…they work on their work
  • Follow “we” never works. It sounds good…but “we” doesn’t get much done.

The Principle of Mutual Submission:

Healthy and productive staff cultures are characterized by mutual submission

The Message of Mutual Submission:  I’m here to facilitate you’re success regardless of where either of us show up on an organizational chart.

The Assumption of Mutual Submission: While our responsibilities differ we are both essential to the success of the organization.

The Question of Mutual Submission: What can I do to help?

  • The biggest problem for this in the church world is the entitlement of Sr. Pastors who think they are special and anointed of God.
  • If you’re the boss it makes you responsible, not important. It means you have more available to you in order to leverage to help others in your organization be successful.
  • Titles create distance. If you have to have a title to have leadership you’ve already abdicated leadership.

6 Principles of Mutual Submission:

1. Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone

2. Systematize top down service

3. Create and maintain a sustainable organization pace

  • Show me an overworked staff and I’ll show you turf wars and politics…when we are too busy we withdrawal to our own little world and we don’t have time for others.

4.  Celebrate and reward mutual submission when you see it

  • What’s rewarded is repeated

5. Confront your ego

  • What’s most important, creating a great organization or creating a name for yourself?

6. Drop the term loyalty from your vocabulary

  • If you have to ask people to sign something to be loyal, you are the one with the loyalty problem. Earn it.

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 Session 1: Values by Craig Groeschel

I’m posting my notes this week from Catalyst One Day and here are my notes from the first session where Craig Groeschel did an incredible job unpacking how values influence and drive the organizational culture you’re creating!

Healthy Cultures never happen by accident, they are created

  • The #1 source that shapes your culture is your values
  • What we value determines what we do, what we believe determines how we behave
  • If you want to change your culture you have to change what you value

5 Ways we allow our values to shape our culture

#1 Honestly determine what your actions say you value

  • There’s often a big difference between what we claim to value and how we behave

#2 Identify the values that God has put in your heart

  • Don’t copy values. It doesn’t work. You have to be you.

#3 Narrow down your values to 10 or fewer

  • If you value everything you don’t value everything

#4 Once you clearly define your values write them down in short life giving statements

  • If they don’t move you to action get some new values
  • If you can’t tweet your values they are too long
  • If they don’t move you emotionally they are too dry

#5 Build your people and shape your culture around your values

  • Lead towards your values as if your future depends on it, because it does
  • Organizations don’t change; people change. If you want to change the organization you have to change the people.
  • Hire and recruit for your values.
  • Remove people with distinctively different values
  • If you don’t like where you’re going, change directions

Want to catch 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

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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the day after catalyst

This past week I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days hanging out at Catalyst. As always it was an incredible opportunity to connect with friends from all over the country and hear from some incredible leaders who are influencing all of Church-World. Below are some of the highlights and take-aways from my notes. If for some reason you missed it purchase the DVD’s…seriously…it was that good this year.

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