Leadership Summit Review

I’ve studied many leaders, but none of them have impressed me more than the study I’ve done on Mother Teresa. Cf. 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.

Very early on in her life she made some powerful vows:

1) To give God absolutely anything He might ask for; to refuse Him nothing.
2) If God imparts Himself fully to us, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves? How could we?
3) To do His bidding without delay.
4) Little practices, and little sacrifices. The little fidelities.

Are you the kind of person that is lighting up the radar screen in the Heavens, right now, by your “yieldedness?”

If you were God for a day, would you pick you for your work?

I believe God could tap you on the shoulder. I believe in a God that still rocks the world. I’m just getting a little worried how the average Christ-follower responds to these urgings.

What do you do when God taps you on the shoulder?

On the balance between God’s Assignment and the other side of the scales with money, ego, comfort, etc., which way do you tip?

Would I lay down my life to carry out this vision?

So how long is it going to take before I can carry on the calling of God? According to my study of Mother Teresa and of the Scriptures…as long as it takes. Outlast the waiting. Callings are precious commodities, they are holy things. Sometimes you only get one in a lifetime, and getting them right is of the utmost importance.

Mother Teresa made herself into a phenomenal leader. Don’t say you can’t. How bad do you want it?

“Even though I do not feel His presence, I will seek to love Him as He has never been loved before.” - Mother Teresa.

WHY DID YOU GO TO SEMINARY? WHY DID YOU DROP OUT?

“The reason the church is not making disciples is because we’ve bought into a lie. We’ve traded in our commitment to truth for therapy.”

1. Train the troops.
2. Inspire a bigger vision.
3. Follow Me.

“If you’re a shepherd, your job is not to pander to the people, your job is to lead them into the truth, to defend it, and to defend the faith.”

How can we hold in our minds John 14:6 and say that all religions lead you to heaven?

Stop blaming the culture when everything goes wrong. Cf. gay marriage in California.

Why are 2.3 million people in prison? They lack the moral training given during the time of the morally developmental years.

“Culture is nothing but religion incarnate.” If the culture is sick, that means that the church is sick. Maybe we’re in Babylonian captivity. Are we in exile?

WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? Conversation? Relationship with Jesus? Church? Religion? All of those things, and so much more. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God! It is a worldview, seeing all of life through the eyes of God and all Christians are called to live that way.

GOD IS. The first presupposition of reality is that “God is.” We have wonderful rational reasons to believe this. Clearly this is the most rational choice.

HE HAS SPOKEN. There is no question in my mind that this book is the Word of God. We need to absorb this and make it part of our being.

THE FALL.

WE NEED DESPERATELY TO UNDERSTAND THE INCARNATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT A BABE IN A MANGER, BUT THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE COMING AMONG US. A conversion is not raising your hands to accept Jesus. It’s when you go to the cross and your life is changed.

WE ARE NOW RECONCILED TO ONE ANOTHER. Unity is our condition.

WE ARE TO BE HOLY. We must live righteous lives amongst each other.

“The Christian worldview is the only one that is sustainable.” And, we don’t impose wepropose. We have an invitation to you for a way of life that is rational, sustainable, and true. Come to the wedding feast.

Craig’s church is in 13 locations in six states with 25,000 people.  Lifechurch.tv

You can learn from anyone. You’ve heard that said. So have I. But the fact remains; some people are easier to learn from than others. They are more interesting. They demonstrate competencies others lack. They have an impressive track record. They know something you don’t (yet), can do things you can’t (yet) and offer what you need (now).
Craig is a person I want to learn from. 
He is talking. I am listening.

I suggest you ask yourself, “Who do I listen to? Who would have to be speaking for me to sit up and pay attention?

VIDEO: 
18 minute worship
90 second transition to campus pastor
19:30 into the service they transition into the live satellite feed.
Goal: be an effective church, reaching people
We can take the same resources and launch 200 campuses…
The Key to any church maxing out is for the leaders to discover who they really are and to look at the environment/context where they do ministry.
We’re not about being multi-site. We’re about leading people to Christ.

Craig:

Craig started by recognizing all the sites and asking for everyone to “Thank Willow for the great experience.”

“I am white, so set your expectations accordingly. OK?”

Craig integrated several of the “moments” we’ve enjoyed at the Summit. This is one example. He later referenced previous speaker’s statements, even citing comments from Jim Collins and Bill Hybels at previous Summits. 
You may wonder why more speakers don’t do that more often. I think it’s because it takes great effort and commitment; it means you need to sit through the sessions. It means you need to arrive early and participate in more than your session. While you are mentally and spiritually preparing to speak to one of the most influential crowds imaginable, you have to prayerfully listen to the speakers scheduled to deliver their messages before you.
Not everyone can come around and stick around when they’ve finished speaking. Commitments must be kept, and speakers/leaders of “Summit caliber” have things to do. That said, I’ll make the point. When a speaker is able to be part of the whole experience he/she can bring something more to the table. I like that, and Craig nailed it. He brought this “extra” gift and I appreciated it.

Everybody say, “It.”

How many of you ever walked into a church experience, and it was very dead? It was very “dead.”  
How many of you ever walked in and sensed the presence of God. You were different, and others were different, and you wanted to say, “They have IT.”

I was associate pastor in a wonderful United Methodist Church…and came to Willow. I was overwhelmed with a sense of “something.” You could see it, feel it and almost touch it. I was overwhelmed with the sense that they had something I didn’t have, but I wanted it.  I thought, “They get it. I want it.”

I left Willow with tears in my eyes and asked God, “Someday can I have it? I want it.”

Bill said, “The local church is the hope of the world.” When he said it, everything in me believed it was true. 

I’ve often wondered how many of us had similar experiences at Willow. I’ve so often been touched by God through the ministry of Bill Hybels and the Willow Creek Association that I’ve lost count. (Luckily, I journal, so I’m sure I could go back and recover the memories of each divine moment.  Even with that, Bill was the practitioner who inspired me to be more faithful to journal.) Craig was rocked at Willow. 
How about you? 
Did you ever thank Bill? Did you ever take the time to tell him your story? What are going to do about that?

We started the church in a two-car garage; the most miserable of circumstances. They had mirrors in the garage, so 40 people looked like 80. We had green-felt-back chairs. We had an overhead projector. (A machine run by Jerome – who had lost a finger in a drug-deal-gone-bad – and he changed transparencies.  We didn’t have anything that most people think you have to have to have church today.  But we did have “it.”

People were transformed. They would meet Christ. They brought their friends. We had what was necessary…the Sprit of God!  We had it.

All our campuses are under the same exact leadership, the same exact style of worship, similar locations….but the results were very different.  Some groups had “it” and others didn’t have “it.”  It looks the same, same teaching, same kind of people…but some had “it” and some didn’t. 

It’s something more than the Spirit.  It is the very special working of the Holy Spirit thought some people. 

For example: the New York campus has seen 145% growth in a single year.  But the campus my family attends has declined by 3%.  Think about that. The only campus that is smaller this year is the campus my family attends.

Some had “it.”

Some teams obviously have “it.”  There is power and movement.  They care for each other.  They have “it.”  You could name churches that have “it.”

I believe God wants to give “it” to you…in a very special way.

What is “it?”  
I don’t know.  I’m not sure.  I do believe it has a lot to do with the Holy Spirit.  But God shows up where God’s people are…but some have “it.”

This is what “it” is….

God makes it happen. It is from him, by him and for his glory. We can’t create it, manufacture it. One person can bring it. One person can kill it.  It can’t be taught; it can be caught. It is not a system.

Craig’s strong admonition here was bold and clear. The arrogance of suggesting that “it” is simply and only the presence of the Holy Spirit demeans the Spirit-led ministries of faithful pastors around the world who love God deeply and serve God passionately.  I loved Craig’s clarity on this.

“It” has an upside. Wherever you see it, you see transformed lives.  It has a downside, people criticize it. 

You could say, “It happens.”

Bad news…if you have “it” it doesn’t mean you’re going to keep it.

Good news…..if you don’t have “it” it doesn’t mean you can’t get it.

Consider: How is it that you deliver your messages? Craig holds high the banner of optimistic faith when he assures multitudes of leaders that they “can have ‘it’ too.” Do your people hear you calling them up? Do your people leave your presence believing they can do better?  Think about it.

The early church had “it.”  
If someone had a need, people would sell what they had and feed others.  When the church was like that, God gave it to them and people said, “I want it.”

ACTS 2:42-47
“They devoted themselves….everyone was filled with awe…many wonders…all the believers were together…everything in common…gave to anyone…met every day together…daily people were saved.”

Daily….
Imagine if God added to your ministry “daily.”  What would that be like?
What if seven people were saved a week?  How many would that be in a year? 365!

I want “it.”

How do we get “it.”

There are certain qualities that seem to be present, when “it” is there.  The book has more, but today I’ll focus on four.

First.
Organizations that have “it” are incredibly focused!
More ministries are not better. “Better ministries” are better.

At Granger we’re constantly trying to maintain laser-like focus. The pressure to “do more,” and divert resources away from the critical growth path of our ministry is huge. I’m sure you feel it too. Every leader is faced with this reality; you can’t say “No,” until you’ve said, “Yes.”  Figure out what God wants you to do. You need the “God idea,” not just a “good idea.” Say “Yes,” to the God-idea and you’ll have courage (and reason) to say “No” to the things that dissipate your energy and drain your resources.

“What can you be the very best at?” Jim Collins asked that question.  

In order to reach people that no one is reaching, you’ll have to do things that no one is doing.

That’s key.

In order to do things that no one is doing, you can’t do what everyone else is doing.

You can memorize this phrase. You should. It’ll serve you and your team for the rest of your days. Craig’s strategy here is brilliant, memorable and precise. 
Get this message and pass it along to your teammates.

Hear that!  If what we’re doing is working, keep doing it. 

We need some “planned abandonment.”  Do what God put us on earth with an assignment. 

At our church I had the vision for a “full-service” church.  I wanted everything….everything that you need to be a church.  Six years in I wondered, “Which ones are producing maturing disciples?” We were putting a lot of resources into these ministries. 

We didn’t do Christian concerts very well. We entertained Christians from other churches.

I asked, “Why are we doing this? What can we best do to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.”

We cut everything

Worship experiences
Small Groups
Kids ministry
Students Ministry
Missions

We don’t do other things; we do those five things very well. We have the margin and resources to do what others aren’t doing because we aren’t trying to do so many of these other things.  We can do the things others aren’t doing because we

So ask four questions:

FIRST
What are you doing that you should stop doing.

Second
Leaders who have “it” see potential when others see problems.

You have everything you need to do everything God wants you to do.  Peter didn’t have silver or gold. He said to the beggar, “What I do have I give to you…”

If I told you that you have a sick child who will die by next Friday unless you can raise $100,000 to get it done, you’d find a way.

You would see an opportunity when others don’t.

God often guides on what He doesn’t provide.  One of the greatest things He didn’t provide was a big enough building.  We couldn’t build fast enough.

People say, “We like you better on video.”
                “Don’t call me ‘Little Craig.’”

Whatever problem you face, ask yourself.  
“What is God trying to show you through your greatest limitation?”

Laser focus lets you see opportunity.

Three
Organizations that have “it” are willing to fail. Those without “it” aren’t!

Failure is not an option. Failure is a necessity!  Failure is often the first step in seeing God!  Peter failed like he did and in that failure saw Jesus like he did!  Peter got “it.”  When he preached 3000 were saved on that day.

Our first video teaching experience, off-site, failed! We thought we heard God speak. I think we were eating Tacos too late at night.  We tried, swung for the fence, and we failed.  Thirty days later I stood before our church (who had given sacrificially) and said, “We failed.”

God may be giving a vision to do something and you have three steps of failure to learn what he wants you to learn so you can do what God wants to do through you!

Every time the mule (in the hole) got dirt on his back, he’d shake it off and the floor got higher. He’d shake it off…and step up.  We need to shake it off and step up.

Get out of the boat…”Though a righteous man fails seven times…get up…”

You have everything you need to do what God put you here to do. Shake it off. 
Those who have “it” are willing to fail.

One of the benefits I’ve gained through the WCA is a deep awareness of shared failure. I’ve bumped into walls, fallen down, moved when I shouldn’t have moved and stood still when I should have moved. Early in my ministry I wondered if anyone who made as many mistakes as me could ever do something significant for God. I’ve heard speakers (who lead huge organizations and run marvelous ministries) admit to failures and set-backs. Craig not only wades into the current of this strong WCA tradition, he adds brilliant insight into the benefits of “shaking it off” and then “stepping up.” 
Not only is Craig’s advice good advice, his illustration is one you can easily pass along to your team. Nice.

What has God called you to do that you are afraid to do? If you don’t have faith, you can’t please God.

FOUR
Organizations that have “it” are led by people who have “it.”

You need to have “it” for your ministry to get “it.”

When I came to Christ, I came from a sinful past.  It’ll mess you up.  It’s like a big sneeze; it feels good coming out, but there is snot everywhere.

At a Bible study I read Ephesians 2:8-9. 
I was bold. I got “it” and people said I was full of it.
Craig died and Jesus lived inside of me.  I had “it.” I went into ministry. My motives were right. Before long, ministry started to kill “it.”  Ministry stopped being about building His kingdom and more about building our church.  I lost “it.” I tried to be Bill Hybels.  I tried to be Rick Warren. I tried to be Joel Osteen but I’m just not that happy.

Here is what goes on.
When you have it in your heart…you tend to get it around you.  When you have it, it tends to draw people. When you have it “in here” you get it “out here.”  Because you have it “in here” you have the resources to get what you want “out here.”  Beware. You get caught up in the stuff…..you being to acquire the things that are NOT necessary to have “it.”  I began to preach a message about “What are they going to think…”

God showed me that I had become a full-time-pastor and a part-time-follower-of-Christ.

Some of you have lost “it.”  You’ve become more about your ministry than about His Kingdom.

How often do we wish the people we lead would get “it?” 
How often do we wonder why our people aren’t more with-“it?”
Don’t you ever have one-of-those-days? Don’t you ever think your team needs “it?”

I love the way Craig explodes the myth that good leaders deserve better people. The reality is that people need better leaders. Men and women need leaders with “it.” Teens need mentors, teachers and coaches with “it.” Children need pastors and teachers with “it.”

“It” matters. If you don’t have “it,” go get “it.” 
If you lost “it,” go find “it.”
You need “it.”

I’d suggest you buy Craig’s book. Do it now.

It was not a “one-point” process to get “it” back.  It started fasting again.  I went to another country and held a baby who would probably not live one week after I left. I read that six million children under the age of five will die of starvation again this year. 

Some of you, it’s time to let God break your heart again.

Amy’s brother passed away.  I saw eternity.

I have “it” again. It hurts deeply, because I’m never satisfied.

“It” doesn’t satiate. “It” doesn’t mellow you out. “It” messes you up…and “It” is awesome.

If you don’t have it, where are you going to get it?

I pray you don’t sleep until you get “it” and fall in love with Jesus again.

This Franciscan blessing closed Craig’s session. (It also closes his book.)

   “May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
    May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and the exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
    May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, and starvation, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
    And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.”

May we fall in love, all over again, with our First Love…Your Son, our Savior…the Risen Christ.

Four things you can do next….

1. Accept responsibility for your next steps. Get some people around you who can “put their eyes” on your ministry schedule, program and resources. Ponder the question, “What are you doing that you should stop doing?” Reasoned answers to that question will come from people who care about you and your mission. They’ll need to know your vision and understand your values. Give people like that an opportunity to speak, then listen to them.

2. When was the last time you memorized something? How about the Franciscan Blessing? Why not memorize that blessing and pray it over your people, teams and ministry for a year?

3. Tell a few of your key leaders what Craig said. “In order to reach people no one is reaching, you’ll have to do things that no one is doing.” Get some conversation going around that statement. Ask what your leaders think about “doing what no one is doing” so you can “reach people no one is reaching.”

4. Buy Craig’s book. Read it with your team. Talk about it.

Making and maintaining good soil is everything for making beauty grow.

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 3, “…we are God’s co-workers…”
God causes the growth. You don’t.
We don’t have to fix or change people. That’s God’s job.
Our job is the soil. The environment in which God can cause growth in people.

Are you willing to get your hands dirty?

“People come to church kinda messy.”

John reviewed several stories. Each was the story of a person who came to Gateway with loads of problems and troubles: Atheism. Alcohol abuse. Homosexuality.

The emerging global culture  requires that we get our hands dirty, cultivating the soil as necessary. We are to help people become the Body of Christ. To do that, what will our ministry look like?  It’ll look like the ministry of Jesus.

Jesus was hanging out with messy people. The religious leaders didn’t like messy people. That’s why they complained. In Matthew 9 they asked about it. Jesus replied, “I’ve not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”  They were playing religious games. Jesus came for messy broken people who recognized they need God’s help.

What if our hands are not dirty? Are we accomplishing His Mission if we don’t have messy people around us who are in the process of becoming His church?  Am I leading more like Jesus, or more like the Pharisees?

1. We must cultivate the soil with grace-giving acceptance.
   People have to experience that – from us – to believe it.  
   Grace says, “Come as you are.”  That is good news for all people.
   
   But, many people do not experience Grace-giving acceptance from Christians.
   
   Here is a great illustration. 
   John said, “Imagine you found a painting worth millions of dollars.  Would you treat it like mud? No!  You’d treat it like the precious and valuable painting it is.  You wouldn’t even try to clean it yourself.  You’d take to a master who could clean it and reveal the value for all to see!”
   
   The Pharisees saw mud. 
   What do you see?
   
   Grace gets leeched out of the soil of this world.
   
   We need to move barriers so people can experience grace.  That’s what the early church had to do.  Some of the early church leaders wanted to keep people out of the church until they could prove they could do right (live right).  Acts 15:10. “…neither we, nor our ancestors could bear…”
   
   So, what are the potential barriers to grace, that we need to move.  This is what Paul did in Acts 17 when he build bridges from their idol worship to the grace of God. Get your hands dirty. Get involved. 
   
   John was asked by a neighbor, “Does your church teach you to love other people?”
   “Sure.”
   “How do you feel about gays?”
   “Why?”
   “I just could never attend a church that teaches people to hate other people.”
   
   John said, “I’ve been asked two questions more than any others.”
   I’ve been asked (1) “How do you feel about gays?” and (2) “How do you feel about other religions?”
   How we answer those questions either smacks of law and Pharisees, or grace.
   
   These are the predominant questions of the culture.
   
   How we answer is critical. Your answer can slam the door shut for any further conversation about Jesus.  We must be wise as serpants.
   
   You can read my book, “No Perfect People Allowed” for more on how I would answer these two questions.
2. We must answer with authentic and honest community.
   
   The source of all human problems is broken relationship: with God and others.
   So, we need soil that restores connection with God and others.
   
   James 5:16 “Confess…and pray for each other so we can be healed.”  Grace allows us to bring our struggles and temptations so we help each other.  When we model that, and teach it, we become healing agents for each other.
   
   People are calling out “the masterpiece” under the “mud.”
   
   John told the story of a woman who was high on LSD at a Rock Concert when she met God. She came to Gateway (after eleven years in yoga, meditation and retreats). She joined a mother’s group. She prayed. “God, I’ll give you 30 days. If this is what you want of me, come. I started reading the Bible. I couldn’t get enough of it. I kept giving God 30 day extensions. After eleven years of searching, there has been a change in me that’s hard to describe.”
   
   
   

Some of you are thinking, “What if they never change?” 
Then you’ll be like Jesus. Didn’t He invite Judas?  And he didn’t’ change.

One other way we must cultivate the soil is constant connection with God’s Spirit.

Read John 13-17.  Jesus knew changing and growing was difficult. He made it graphic for us.  He reaches down and picks up a vine. He says, “I’m like this vine. You are like this branch. All you have to do to bear much fruit is stay connected to me. Remain in me. Apart from me you can do nothing.”
Think about that leaders.
If we don’t lead people to do this one thing…stay connected to Jesus…we can do nothing!

Grace was given so we could connect with God and stay connect forever.

Paul says so in Romans 7 & 8.  “There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.   …   Those who live in accordance with the spirit have their minds set on the things of God….”

Stay connected. 
Fruit happens.

Spiritual growth is so simple it’s scandalous. A child can do it.

Self-centeredness tries to over-run God-centeredness.  Spiritual development is helping other people do “this one thing” together.

When I’ve learned to stay connect, it is a wonderful thing.

God challenged me to call the people to an experiment. “Have people stay in a posture of radical responsiveness to His Will and talk constantly to God.”  We called it the “60:60 Experiment.”  For those who did it, they found the experience remarkable.

Willing to radically respond to nudges and promptings to do God’s will.  “Man is it hard.”  So, you have to be on the foundation of Grace, and in community saturated with grace.

John 7:17 is where Jesus says, “If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out…”

One simple thing: STAY connected, in the context of authentic community…and that CHANGES people!

Are you willing to get your hands dirty? Tilling the soil with grace and authentic community? If so, God will cause growth; it’ll be messy, but it’ll be beautiful.

Think about your leadership and whether you are doing everything you can, using all you gifts to be all you can be.  Each of us is “called” to make the world a better place.
“Let your light so shine among men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Bill said, “There are two goals: become a values-centered leader, and encourage others in my generation to become values-centered leaders.
I failed.  
Many in my generation failed to hold value-centered leadership.
In the last third of my life I’m determined to leverage my influence to develop values-centered leaders in the world.

We’ve been in a leadership crisis for the last ten years.  

Many leaders have failed; people have lost trust in their leaders.  Only 12% of US citizens trust members of Congress.

Where have all the leaders gone?

Last night my wife and I spent time with one who could be in the Whitehouse. When my wife asked, “What are you going to do?” the question was turned back on her and she was asked, “What are you going to do?”
(RMB here: I’m not sure I like that answer to this wife’s question.  Maybe some parts of the conversation have been omitted for brevity.)

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. 
Do you believe that?

What’s the problem? Why do we hold back?

We’ve been choosing people (to lead us) more for “image” than “integrity,” more for “style” than “substance.” We’ve chosen people who are “takers” rather than “givers.”

So many of our leaders have lost sight of their true North. We even see people in ministry like that; pulled of course by pressures, or seduced by opportunities to obtain power and glory.

“Leadership is responsibility.” – Peter Drucker

I think leadership must change dramatically in the 21st Century.

Command and Control leadership styles must change to “empowering others…”
a. People in organization often know more than their bosses. Give them opportunity.
b. People are looking for meaning and significance in their work.

My Definition of Leadership:
1. Align (around vision)
2. Empower (People support what they help create.)
3. Serve (People are not there to serve you; you are there to serve them.)
4. Collaborate.  (In the organization and between organizations)

Problems are so tough, no single organization can solve them.

What are the traits and competencies of successful leaders? 
They found their passion to lead in their life-stories.

You are solely responsible for your life.

Here is Bill George’s story:

George’s dad said, “I want  you to become a leader.” 
I never got chosen to be on Student Council. I lost by a margin 2:1 for Class President. I went to college and lost every race for office. 
I was told, “Bill, you don’t take time for other people.”
I went to the woods and prayed to God for help. I’d been rejected.  I asked God to help me develop.  I worked very hard and began to take on leadership roles as a Junior and Senior in College.  Then I was confronted by the fact, “Life is not always fair.”
My father called to say my mother had died that day of a heart attack.  
I realized my mother was the real leader I should have been all along.  
I fell in love and got engaged.
My fiancé went home and three weeks to the day- before our marriage – I got a call from my future in-laws saying my fiancé had died of a latent brain tumor.
There are things in life we don’t understand.

One month later I met my wife-to-be and we’ve been together for the last 39 years.
I went to work in two corporations. I was in line to be CEO of Honeywell.
I was coming home one day…in Minneapolis…and I was miserable.
I was working so hard to become CEO of Honeywell that the company was changing me more than I was changing it.

How do leaders develop?

Six things Leaders Do to Develop.

1.  Understand the purpose of your leadership.
2. Gain self-awareness. 
Don’t just observe others. Do something.
Get feedback.
3. Go through introspection. Prayer.
4. Values: Will you be true to your values?
5. Follow your motivated capabilities. 
Note your passions.
Note your intrinsic and extrinsic motivations.
Are you in your sweet spot right now?
6. Build a support team around you.
Open and honest.
Real feedback.  We need someone who will give us that.
Support groups….
7. Lead an Integrated life.
Be the same person in all environments. Lead your life with integrity.

Leadership is not about power…it is about empowering other people.

Hybels:
“Why do leaders lose their way?”

George:
“Because they are not grounded. I see people going off in many different directions.”
“Some are imposters.”
“Some are shooting stars. They work 100 hours a week but they have no life. They don’t have a family life. They don’t work in the community. You’ll lose it if you don’t have a life.”

Bill:
I’ve always wanted to figure out what drives you.
We are so consumed with building churches, we often look right over the problems of the educational system.  What did you see when you were in college that made you stark raving mad?