Month: February 2021

Illustrative Notes—GLS: Special Edition 2021

Posted on February 26, 2021 by - Articles, Calling, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Confidence, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Influence, Leading Others, Leading Yourself, Managing People, People Operations, Relational Intelligence, Resilience, Team Building, Wellness

The GLS special Edition will take place on February 25th online.

On February 25, 2021, the Global Leadership Network debuted its first half-day Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event featuring an incredible faculty, including fashion designer for the label, Fear of God, and head of Adidas Basketball, Jerry Lorenzo; behavioral investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards; 11-time best-selling author and leadership consultant, Patrick Lencioni; and best-selling author, award-winning leader and pastor, Craig Groeschel.

 

Enjoy these fun illustrative notes created by Natalia Warren, and use them to help you reflect on and apply what you learned.

 

Jerry Lorenzo

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Jerry Lorenzo Illustrative Summary

During this interview, Craig Groeschel explored the leadership behind Jerry’s fashion brand phenomenon, identifying how conviction, intention and empathy can drive your organization forward. See written notes >>

 

Vanessa Van Edwards

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Vanessa Van Edwards Notes for 2021 Special Eddition

During her talk, Vanessa explored the science of personality and dived into how we can better predict behavior, fix communication problems and build stronger, deeper relationships. See written notes >>

 

Patrick Lencioni

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Patrick Lencioni The 6 Types of Working Genius

During his talk, Patrick helped us unlock our natural genius and the genius of our teams, showing us how his simple model can guide our teams to thrive. See written notes >>

 

Craig Groeschel

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4 Steps to Boost Your Leadership Confidence

During his talk, Craig helped us identify the four steps we can take to boost leadership confidence to battle insecurity both personally, on our teams and in this season. See written notes >>

 

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Craig Groeschel Session Notes—GLS: Special Edition 2021

Posted on February 25, 2021 by - Articles, Calling, Confidence, Influence, Leading Others, Leading Yourself, Resilience, Wellness

Craig Groeschel Session Notes from GLS: Special Edition 2021
On February 25, 2021, the Global Leadership Network debuted its first half-day Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event featuring an incredible faculty, including best-selling author, award-winning leader, pastor and The Global Leadership Summit champion, Craig Groeschel.

During his talk, Craig helped us identify the four steps we can take to boost leadership confidence to battle insecurity both personally, on our teams and in this season.

 

Introduction

  • I still battle with insecurity as a leader. I have good reason to battle with insecurity. I was rejected for ordination by the ordaining board of my denomination. That thought in mind echoes, “You’re not good enough. They’ll find out.”

When the leader lacks confidence, the team lacks commitment.

  • Early in my ministry, before I would preach, I would vomit in a trash can.
  • In some area of your leadership, you feel insecure. You might feel too young or too old. You might feel too green or that don’t have the skills. We all need a boost in leadership confidence.
  • An insecure leader comes across as needy. They might avoid conflict. They might be passive, lack direction, or tolerate inappropriate behavior because they lack the confidence to jump in.
  • When the leader lacks confidence, the team lacks commitment.

 

Three Steps to Grow in Your Leadership (Work on 1)
  1. A discipline to start.
  2. A comparison to kill.
  3. A belief to change.

 

A discipline to start (develop).

  • What’s the one thing that has allowed you to grow as a leader? I’ve added one small discipline to my leadership regimen.

Small disciplines lead to big confidence.

  • Small disciplines lead to big confidence.
  • Discipline closes the gap between want and achieve.
  • Small consistent changes over time have changed how I see myself as a leader.
  • One example: I floss my teeth. When I floss, I’m mentally triggering my mind that I am choosing to do something I don’t like to do. When I floss, I feel disciplined. I go to bed early. I get up early. I have a productive day. I leave on time to go to the gym. I come home feeling productive. And it starts when I floss.
  • As a leader, there will be some small disciplines that will create cascading habits.
  • One of the disciplines I added years ago was daily Bible reading, then later the whole Bible in a year.
  • Another I’ve picked up is journaling. I journal about what I’m learning, where I’m being stretched.
  • Pray every day with my wife before I leave my house.
  • Daily confessions–daily declaration of who I am or who I want to become.
  • The path to public confidence is always paved with private discipline.
  • You want your team to be more disciplined? You might create better systems. Who does what by when? Reward it when they do it or correct it when they don’t.

The path to public confidence is always paved with private discipline.

  • Forget BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). I’ve created SBAGs (Stretching but Achievable Goals). For example: when I meet with our local pastors, they always have an SBAG. It might be 20 new volunteers, launching 10 new small groups, inviting 5 people every day to church.
  • It’s the small things that no one sees that creates the big things everyone wants.
  • If you want to grow in your leadership confidence, you create a little discipline, and next year you add another.
  • The path to public success is always paved with private discipline.

 

A comparison to kill.

  • One of the greatest enemies of confidence is comparison. Comparison is the thief of confidence.

One of the greatest enemies of confidence is comparison.

  • In John 20, we see comparison. Back in seminary, I had a professor who said that Peter and John had a rivalry. In John 20, you can see the competition. If I was Peter, John would have annoyed me. He wrote about himself in the third person. John called himself, “the one that Jesus loved.”
  • John 20 was Sunday morning after the crucifixion. Notice how many times John tells us that he is faster than Peter in a footrace. The tomb was empty. Jesus was risen from the dead. John was a heck of a lot faster than Peter.
  • The fastest way to kill something special is to compare it to something else.
  • The fastest way to kill your leadership is to compare it to some other leader.
  • No external win satisfies the internal need. There is not enough money, power, promotions, likes, success… Insecurity is woven through so much.
  • When we are insecure as a leader, the team lacks commitment.
  • For me, the way that my insecurity manifests itself is that I want you to think I’m important, successful. “He’s a good leader, husband, father.” I want you to think I’m important.
  • As a spiritual person, God never called me to be important. He didn’t call me to be important, He called me to be faithful. When I am faithful, I am doing something important.

God didn’t call me to be important, He called me to be faithful.

  • I’m called to build leaders. I’m called to build the church. I’m called to collect pens. This is to celebrate a year of being faithful. The next year, I got another pen. After 4 or 5 years, it started to get incredibly meaningful to me. They represent striving to be faithful.
  • Define your win. I can’t win your race, but I can win mine. Mine is different than yours.
  • If you want to kill comparison, look at your win and run your race.

 

A belief to change.

  • I recently released a new book, “Winning the War in Your Mind.”
  • Your leadership is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts. If you think you can’t, you probably won’t. If you think you can, you probably will.
  • If you dwell on problems, they will overwhelm you. If you think about solutions, you’ll see them.
  • Most of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind.
  • Every time we think a thought, it is easier to think that thought again. If you’re constantly thinking negative or critical thoughts, you are creating negative pathways.

If you’re constantly thinking negative or critical thoughts, you are creating negative pathways.

  • Science calls it rewiring the brain. God would call it renewing your mind.
  • What wrong belief is limiting your leadership?
  • Some think you’re not good enough? I’m too young. I’m not good at vision casting. I’m not good with numbers. Name it. Be clear about it. You cannot defeat what you do not define.
  • Very clearly and very specifically name the truth that demolishes that limiting belief.
  • Years ago, we played capture the flag in our office. One time I came into the office early. Kevin had been in the office waiting for the 8am start time. I found Kevin hiding in a closet. I told him there was a chair under the door and that he wasn’t going to get out. Kevin believed me. I went into an 8am premarital counseling class. I heard something in the ceiling. Kevin was trying to make an escape through the ceiling tile.
  • You think you’re locked in a leadership impossibility. I’m telling you the door is unlocked. It’s time to come out and lead.
  • “I don’t have what it takes to be a great leader.” God has given me the gift of leadership. Leadership is not just something I do; a leader is who I am. I cast a compelling vision…
  • “No one can do it as well as I can do it.” I’m surrounded by other great leaders who are getting better every day.
  • Write it. Name it. Think it. Confess it until we believe it.

You cannot defeat what you do not define.

  • My personal insecurity is that I’m not enough. If I give my best to the church, I’m failing as a husband/father. If I give my best to my wife and children, I’m failing the church. Every day I say: Jesus is first in my life. I exist to serve and glorify Him. I love my spouse. I will lay down my life to serve the one God entrusted to my care. My children will love God and serve Him with their whole hearts. I will nurture, equip, train and empower them to do more for His kingdom than they can imagine. I love people and believe the best about others. I am disciplined. Christ in me is stronger than wrong desires in me. You are growing closer to Jesus every day. Because of Christ, my family is closer, my body is stronger, my faith is deeper, my leadership is sharper. I am creative, innovative, driven, focused and blessed beyond measure—because the Holy Spirit dwells within me. I develop leaders. That’s not something I do, it’s who I am.
  • You are a leader called and equipped for this moment. Because you can, you will speak for those who can’t. You are strong and bold and courageous, integrity-infused leader. Go out and do what leaders do.
  • With God’s help and with God’s power, leaders go out and change the world.

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Patrick Lencioni Session Notes—GLS: Special Edition 2021 

Posted on February 25, 2021 by - Articles, Communication, Conflict Management, Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Leading Others, Managing People, People Operations, Performance Management, Relational Intelligence, Supervising People, Team Building

Patrick Lencioni's Session Notes from GLS: Special Edition 2021
On February 25, 2021, the Global Leadership Network debuted its first half-day Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event featuring an incredible faculty, including 11-time best-selling author and leadership consultant, Patrick Lencioni.

During his talk, Patrick helped us unlock our natural genius and the genius of our teams, showing us how his simple model can guide our teams to thrive.

 

Introduction
  • I’ve spoken at The Global Leadership Summit more than ten times now. I’ve never been more excited than I am today.

Life is a team sport. We need each other to be successful.

  • Last summer, I discovered accidently that there are six different activities, skills, geniuses that are needed to get anything done. We need one another. Life is a team sport. We need each other to be successful.
  • Two of those six things really rob us of our joy. When we understand these things, it takes away unnecessary guilt for what we are not and unnecessary judgement of others.

 

Wonder (W): Why are things that way?
  • One of my colleagues looked at me and said, “Why are you the way you are?”
  • The genius of wonder likes to sit and ponder. Is there something better? Is there something we’re missing? Is this enough?

 

Invention (I): Let me figure it out
  • People with this genius love to come up with an idea from nothing.
  • In society, we tend to look at them as a genius. But all of these are geniuses.

 

Discernment (D): Natural ability to discern/judge things
  • They see patterns and have great judgement.
  • We ask Tracy her opinion about everything. She’s my editor and she wasn’t an editor. Tracy just knows if you should do something.
  • The I and the D work together.

One of my colleagues looked at me and said, “Why are you the way you are?”

Galvanizing (G): I’ll get everyone in a room
  • They love to inspire, motivate, provoke, move people around what they’re doing.

 

Enablement (E): Naturally support others
  • They sometimes think they are just nice. They have a genius that many people do not have.
  • When my wife says, “I need your help with cleaning the garage this weekend.” I say, “Why are we cleaning the garage? How are we going to do it?”
  • It’s not the way that I am wired. Some have the God-given ability to come alongside and say I’ll get this off the ground.

 

Tenacity (T): Finishing
  • They love to get things across the finish line. They want to get it done.

 

Understanding Working Genius
  • It’s like a coffee cup, or thermos. It gives you energy all day long.
  • If you can work in your areas of genius, you’ll love your job forever.
  • There’s another cup that holds heat for a little while. This is your working competency. You can do it. You’re competent. But it’s not life-giving.
  • The final cup has a hole in the bottom and leaks out. This is your working frustration.

If you can work in your areas of genius, you’ll love your job forever.

Missing a Genius
  • I was working with a high-tech team in California. They looked at their results and nobody had the genius of wonder. In fact, for most of them, it was a working frustration. The CFO said, “This is why we are behind with what’s going on in the market. If we don’t learn to wonder, we’ll be out of business.” Nobody was asking why. They created meetings where they just wondered aloud.
  • I worked with another company that only had one person that had the genius of invention. It was a lawyer. They changed his job to New Product Development.
  • Another company was looking for a new strategy. They kept asking a person with the genius of E & T. She couldn’t land the strategy and they were about to fire her. They went and found another on the team with an I. She was able to make the new strategy work.
  • For years in my organization, I was the only G. It’s a working competency for me but it doesn’t feed me. Everyone else had galvanizing as a working frustration. After 20 years, I figured out that we had someone else in the organization who was better. We made him the Chief Galvanizing Officer. My job satisfaction went up. His job satisfaction went up.

We need to honor one another’s strengths so that we can produce more and be joyful in producing it.

  • I have an organization that works with churches/parishes. They had no one that had an E. You’d think churches would all have it, but not necessarily.
  • If you have an organization without a T, it is not going to work.
  • Ideation: W & I, Activation: D & G, Implementation: E & T

 

The Genius on a Team
  • Team map: Map your team by the genius and the frustration.
  • My team didn’t have any galvanizing. We hired someone out of college to do it. I told Liam who is just 22 that he would have to galvanize Karen (who is in her 40s). He was afraid. We told him it was his role.
  • Often people think they have to grind harder on the things we don’t like to do. Work is a gift. It’s a chance to understand how we need one another.
  • We need to honor one another’s strengths so that we can produce more and be joyful in producing it.

 

Q&A with Trey & Paula

Paula: We’re only meant to have two geniuses. We’re not meant to be a WIDGET. You don’t have to have all the different geniuses.

Paula: What’s the best genius for a leader?

Patrick: Self-awareness. It’s nice to have D. It doesn’t have to be a genius, but it should at least be a competency. There is no one type though.

Trey: What if we have a gap on our team?

Patrick: First look to see if they have a competency. Do not regularly ask someone to work in a frustration because it will burn them out.

Patrick: Jim Collins says to get the right people on the bus then get them in the right seat. That’s what this is about.

Patrick: This assessment is super practical. It’s about the art of getting things done. It’s about how you like to get things done. Running a family is work. My wife will say “I’m just wondering.” My wife will come to me and say, “I need your I.”

Are there particular pairings that are helpful or harmful?

Humility is not denying your genius.

Patrick: Any pair works. When they are next to each other, it can be helpful. If they’re far apart, it can get disconnected. You need to be aware. W happens at 50,000 feet. T happens at 5 feet off the ground.

Corrine is a pastor of a small church. She’s expected to do all the geniuses.

Patrick: When I was in college, people thought I was a T because I went to every class, took every note. It was draining me but I was just acting as an achiever. Find a volunteer. Hire to fill the gaps.

Can you have more than two geniuses?

More than likely there is one that is a learned behavior but not a natural genius. It’s not that someone doesn’t have three, just most people have two.

These geniuses operate at different levels of work. W&I seems brainstorming. E&T is more operations.

The Nike guy was so interesting. We dream it up and then we throw it over to the people who made it, skipping the D&G. The D&G ask is it an idea worth galvanizing.

Trey: How do you have the conversation well when we have to communicate what you’re really good at, we don’t need now?

Patrick: The letters have allowed us to have better, difficult conversations. “Your W is really going right now. We don’t need your W right now.”

Patrick: We hired this Gen Z person to galvanize a Gen X.

What if two different people with D have different discernment?

Patrick: That’s where the leaders need to break ties. If they weigh in on a decision, they’ll often buy in.

Patrick: Humility is not denying your genius. I want this to be such a standard that no one takes a job out of college that makes them miserable. I’m writing the book right now. 72,000 people have already taken the test.

 

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Patrick Lencioni The 6 Types of Working Genius

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Vanessa Van Edwards Session Notes—GLS: Special Edition 2021 

Posted on February 25, 2021 by - Articles, Communication, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Leading Others, Managing People, People Operations, Relational Intelligence, Team Building

Vaness Van Edward's Session Notes from GLS: Special Edition 2021
On February 25, 2021, the Global Leadership Network debuted its first half-day Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event featuring an incredible faculty, including lead behavioral investigator at Science of People, Vanessa Van Edwards.

During her talk, Vanessa explored the science of personality and dived into how we can better predict behavior, fix communication problems and build stronger, deeper relationships.

 

Introduction

  • Had to teach my husband how to wrap pizza better.
  • 35-50% of how we behave is genetic.
  • Personality is not a choice.

What if we didn’t try to change people, what if we tried to honor them?

  • My daughter was born with personality. If we’re wired for personality, when does it kick in?
  • A study of 3-year-old children had parents rate them on personality traits. Then followed them for 23 years. When the children were 26, the researchers asked them to identify their personality traits. They were strikingly similar.

 

There are three big traits of personality and every person polls high, medium or low.

 

Openness: how we approach new ideas.

  • High open folks are explorers, they love experimenting and new ideas.
  • Low open are preservers, they thrive in predictability.
  • How to identify if a person is a high or low open person?
    • Ask “What do you want for lunch?”
    • A high open will say, “Let’s try the new place.”
    • A low open will say, “Let’s go to my favorite place.”
  • High-wired people produce more dopamine: helps us feel motivated, excited, rewarded.

You’re living with a high open person if you have a lot of started projects all over your house.

  • Low open people produce less dopamine, thus less reward for new experiences.
  • Another quick way to identify? Look at their calendar.
    • High open have new activities all over calendar. During pandemic they made sour dough bread, learned French, etc.
    • Low open have rituals. Taco Tuesday, date night every Thursday, schedule in fun.
  • You’re living with a high open person if you have a lot of started projects all over your house. They’re great at starting but not necessarily finishing.
  • High open people become difficult when they do not have enough new to look forward to. They get bored and struggle with finishing. They have shiny object syndrome.
  • Low open people get difficult when forced into newness. As soon as they hear shiny object, they dig in their heels.
  • How can you honor openness?
    • Highly open people like to be pitched new ideas more often. Juice their dopamine. Say things like: “There is a new thing I want to try…” This is the worst way to pitch a low open person.
    • With low open person, start the pitch with the problem. “I’ve been thinking about this problem, here’s what we’re not going to change…but here is one thing we need to change.”
  • Write down three names of the highest impact people (HIP) in your names. Gauge where they fall on the openness spectrum.
  • We need both high and low opens on our teams.
  • We need our high O’s to discover new opportunities.
  • We need our low O’s to protect the opportunities we’ve already grabbed.

 

Conscientiousness: how we approach and organize details.

  • I love to do lists. I like checking things off.
  • High conscientiousness love plans. They’re focused. They’ll schedule everything.
  • Low conscientiousness are flexible. They like the general strategy.

“One of our greatest leadership challenges is not only trying to be the best version of ourselves, we have to honor our differences. If we honor our differences, we all grow together.”

  • How to identify if a person is high or low conscientious? Ask them, “Working on anything exciting these days?”
    • High conscientious will tell you down to the minute what they’re doing. Their calendars are works of art. It doesn’t exist if it’s not on the calendar.
    • A low conscientious person, know what their calendar looks like? They don’t have a calendar. They have it all in their head because they’re thinking of big ideas.
  • They have different opinions of time.
    • For low, deadlines are suggestions, a time is a timeframe.
    • A high conscientious person loves agendas. If you go off agenda, they slowly implode. They are wired by details.
  • Another way to spot a low C? Their desk. Their desk, their bed looks like a hurricane disaster-zone. A high C desk looks like a Container Store.
    • A high conscientious person give us a label maker and we have weekend plans.
    • A low conscientious person loves piles.
  • How else can you spot a high C? Researchers have found a very interesting non-verbal cue. They have found lower eyelids harden when they’re trying to “see” people. High C does this when you’re a little late, when you get off topic in a meeting, when you don’t finish what you start.
  • How do you honor conscientiousness?
    • When pitching to a high C, present them with the full plan.
    • A low C just want the big idea. Just pitch the big idea, three important takeaways and the one action.
  • We need our High C’s to help us plan for the future.
  • We need our low C’s to help us enjoy the present.
  • Think of your three highest impact and are they high, low or medium conscientiousness?

Go and take an official test: scienceofpeople.com/big3. Not only should you take it, but have others take the quiz as you.

 

Neuroticism: how you approach worry.

  • High neurotics carry the serotonin transport gene. Serotonin is essential for being calm. High neurotics produce less serotonin less quickly. It takes them longer to recover.

Serotonin is essential for being calm.

  • High neurotics can work themselves up and have trouble calming themselves down. They produce the chemical slower. It makes them worriers. It gives them high anxiety.
  • Low neurotics are stable, calm. They say, “Don’t worry about it. It will work out.”
  • How to identify neuroticism? How do you react to a dying cellphone battery?
    • If you’re a high neurotic, you worry at the end of your cellphone battery. “What if there is an emergency? What if my mom calls?”
    • Low neurotics sort of want a technology break.
  • Another way to identify neuroticism? The dots of an incoming text message.
    • The dots drive high neurotics crazy. “Know what I think? They hate me. It’s the end of the world.”
    • Low neurotics think, “They’re just typing.”
  • “Calm down.” This is the worst phrase you can say to a high neurotic. Never say it down to them. In the history of calm down, saying it has never calmed anyone down.

In the history of calm down, saying it has never calmed anyone down.

    • High neurotics are afraid.
    • Low neurotics don’t understand the fear.
  • How do we honor neuroticism?
    • Low neurotics are our rocks, level heads. They ground us. They save us in a crisis.
    • The high neurotics prevent crises. They have plan A, plan B, plan C.
  • Think of your highest impact people. Are they high, low or equal on the scale?
  • When you’re worried, you have to talk it out. Some neurotics are internalizers. They want alone time to process. The biggest you can give is the way to worry that is right for them.
  • “One of our greatest leadership challenges is not only trying to be the best version of ourselves, we have to honor our differences. If we honor our differences, we all grow together.”
  • Honor yourself. Honor your 3 highest impact people.

 

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Vanessa Van Edwards Notes for 2021 Special Eddition

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NOW REVEALING—The Global Leadership Summit 2021 World-Class Faculty Lineup

Posted on February 25, 2021 by - Influence, Leadership Development, Leading Organizations, Leading Others, Leading Yourself, Learning Agility, News & Updates, The Global Leadership Summit

Now Revealing Three GLS21 Faculty Sure to Equip, Encourage and Inspire You

This can be a new day for your leadership! Join hundreds of thousands of curious, growth-minded, change-driven women and men for the premier leadership event of the year—The Global Leadership Summit—August 5-6, 2021.

Featuring 15+ world-class leadership faculty eager to share their latest insights and encouragement, these are two days you won’t want to miss!

Check out the recently announced lineup!

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Jerry Lorenzo Interview Notes—GLS: Special Edition 2021

Posted on February 25, 2021 by - Articles, Character, Collaboration, Influence, Leading Others, Managing People

Jerry Lorenzo Interview's Session Notes from GLS: Special Edition 2021
On February 25, 2021, the Global Leadership Network debuted its first half-day Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event featuring an incredible faculty, including fashion designer for the label, Fear of God, and head of Adidas Basketball, Jerry Lorenzo.

 

During this interview, Craig Groeschel explored the leadership behind Jerry’s fashion brand phenomenon, identifying how conviction, intention and empathy can drive your organization forward. Enjoy these notes to help you go deeper and discover the value of having a core message to unify and focus your team, and learn how overcoming internal obstacles and creating healthy habits can keep us grounded and confident.

 

Craig Groeschel: Almost every great leader has a story behind the story. At what point did you realize that you were in a home with leaders and how did that influence you?

Jerry Lorenzo: Father was coaching in the big leagues. All the guys I looked up to on the team looked up to my dad. There was something special about the way my dad was carrying himself that was influencing even beyond what his role or position was. My mom had the same effect on the player’s wives.

“Nothing really belongs to you until you give it away.” C.S. Lewis

It was an example that they set. It was simply the way they lived their lives that was super influential.

When does data matter and how does it weigh against your intuition?

You want to be careful that data doesn’t lead beyond the instinct. You want to make sure that instinct is ahead of the data and then the data supports the decisions you are making.

You grew up in a competitive home. How does competition drive what you do today?

There’s something in us that we want to be the best at whatever we are doing that day. We’re all fighting to make sure we execute at the highest level. I’ve been blessed with a lot of peers who are executing at a high level also. By watching their success, it somehow pushes me.

A great leader is always others focused. What advice do you have for leaders that are more self-centered?

You have to have compassion, empathy and understanding for others. The blessing that comes from being a minority is that you understand what it means to be the least of these. I have an inherent understanding and inherent empathy for others. I lead with empathy. I lead with compassion. You have a vision for where you would like to take your team, or take my brand or the world but that vision is led by how I am serving the world. It’s not what can I get, what can I take, but what can I give. Another C.S. Lewis quote, “Nothing really belongs to you until you give it away.”

It’s not what can I get, what can I take, but what can I give.

Sometimes the most difficult person to lead is yourself. You are incredibly disciplined. What is a key discipline that helps you fulfill your calling in all aspects?

It’s super important for me to get up really early in the morning. I have a full house with my wife and three kids. I have to get up before them by at least two hours so that I can have quiet time for myself, whether it’s physically working out, quiet time, reading, praying or meditating. What are those foundational things that are foundational to who I am and making sure I am building that. How can I get better? What can I get from above or from this workout that is going to allow me to be a better servant to the people I am leading?

You have explosive influence. That is both a blessing and a challenge. How do you deal with the downside, the critics, the fear of not living up to what you’ve done in the past?

I’ve been blessed to understand the cost. I’m always cognizant of where I am paying the cost. As this grows, the cost becomes greater, the dedication becomes greater, the discipline becomes greater. Others have paid a cost for you to be here. What cost are you paying to take it to a place beyond here?

It’s often the things that no one sees that brings about the results that everyone wants. Can you unpack the private price of the pain, work, sweat you have endured so that someone might be encouraged when their day comes?

My struggle has been getting past my moods. I had to get to a place where whether I felt like doing it or felt lethargic, I know I needed to do it. Like working out. The things you know that will feed you, not letting your mood dictate whether or not you will do it but being disciplined to do those things.

What would you say to a leader that says I really struggle to choose the right disciplines?

You are going to struggle to lead. What’s the quote you said the other day?

“Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.”

Exactly. I would give them that. I would steal that from you and then give that back.

Outside of the product, what is something that is really core to your heart that you want people to know?

Intention. Intention is one of the things that I look for in building my team. My dad was asked if he was going to sit a player for not running out a ball to first base. My dad said, “I’m more concerned about why he’s not running out the play.” I’m able to take that same understanding and look deeper into the why assignments aren’t getting done. I think you’re then able to look at those situations with grace, with empathy, with compassion, with understanding. Always looking at the intention rather than the physical product.

What is a core message that you are intentionally trying to communicate to your team members?

No matter what your role is, you are a leader in what you do.

I use this Miles Monroe analogy about a car. Who is the leader within the car? Is it the engine? The spark plug? The battery? The reality is that a $2 spark plug can stop a car. No matter what your role is, you are a leader in what you do. What you bring is important and it can stop this machine from moving. I encourage them to lead in their respective areas: whether it’s the stock room, design or making financial decisions.

For every leader that excels in their field, there is almost always a story of overcoming something. Is there something in your background that you overcame that propelled you to where you are today?

I think I overcame a lot of insecurity. There was a time when I felt my point of view was not valid. Anyone starting in business, there’s a lot of insecurity, fear, risk that has to be accounted for. Once you’re focused on the destiny and what you believe in your heart, those other things start to fall off.

How can a leader take what they are doing and make it a mission to make the world a better place?

My sister is a great spiritual coach. One of the things she says is, “The way you do one thing is the way you do all things.” Handling everything with an appreciation for the smallest task can propel anyone.

Here are some key takeaways from Jerry Lorenzo’s interview:
  • There was something special about the way my dad was carrying himself that was influencing even beyond what his role or position was.
  • It was simply the way they lived their lives that was super influential.
  • “Nothing really belongs to you until you give it away.”  C.S. Lewis
  • It’s often the things that no one sees that brings about the results that everyone wants.
  • “Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.”- Craig Groeschel
  • Intention is one of the things that I look for in building my team. My dad was asked if he was going to sit a player for not running out a ball to first base. My dad said, “I’m more concerned about why he’s not running out the play.”
  • Always look at the intention rather than the physical product.
  • No matter what your role is, you are a leader in what you do. What you bring is important and it can stop this machine from moving.
  • “The way you do one thing is the way you do all things.” – Jerry’s sister
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A Game Plan for Your Calling

Posted on February 16, 2021 by - Articles, Calling, Leading Yourself

Two basketball team play against other for the championship

One of the greatest NCAA men’s basketball comebacks of all time happened in 2005. The University of Illinois defeated Arizona in overtime after being down 15 points with only four minutes to play. I recently watched the comeback of this historic game with my family. It was amazing. Illinois turned up the intensity in the final minutes and played with a level of urgency they hadn’t displayed for most of the game.

It got me thinking. Why does this kind of comeback happen in sports all the time?

Teams tend to play with a sense of urgency and purpose in the final minutes in a way they didn’t for the majority of the game. This also reminded me of life.

I’ve recently attended several funerals and there’s nothing that shines a light on life like death. Death is a reminder of what matters most. It reminds us that life is short. It reminds us that our lives matter. How we live matters. It reminds us that life is more than the careers we choose. It’s about the calling we pursue. An eternal calling awaits us all and transcends every aspect of our lives.

A calling isn’t a job, it’s not a title, it’s the very reason you and I were created.

In John 18:37 Jesus said, “To this end I was born and for this cause came I into the world.”

Jesus had a very clear sense of his calling. He understood it at an early age when his parents couldn’t find him and, when they finally did, he said, “Didn’t you know I must be about my father’s business?” The clarity and urgency of Jesus’ calling allowed his life to have an impact that ultimately changed the world forever.

What if we had that same kind of clarity and urgency as Jesus? What if we pursued our calling with the same level of urgency and intensity a team has in the final minutes of a game?

God’s game plan, to help bring clarity to our calling, includes the following three phases:

 

PHASE 1 – A heart of COMPASSION

Our calling is always connected to how we love and serve others. It’s about making a difference in the world around us. Compassion is a God-orchestrated catalyst that puts our focus on others.

When Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan, it is centered around the word compassion. When the Samaritan saw the man who was hurting and needing help, his heart was moved through compassion. His heart broke for what he saw. Sadly, we see the opposite in the first two individuals who callously walked past the man who was hurting and in need of help.

The priest, aka pastor, and the temple assistant, both decided to dismiss and walk around the man. Neither of them experienced a sense of compassion for the man who was hurting. The two religious leaders who knew the most about God, did the least. The despised Samaritan, who knew the least, did the most. Why? Because he was full of compassion.

A heart of compassion is the starting place to finding and fulfilling our calling. It positions us to see the needs of others. It positions us to take our focus off of ourselves.

The greatest differentiator between a career and a calling is seen in our focus. Oftentimes our careers heavily focus on our interests and what’s best for ourselves. Our calling, however, focuses on what’s best for others. Our calling is focused on using our God-ordained influence to impact the world around us.

A heart of compassion is the catalyst for your calling. It all starts in the heart. A heart of compassion comes when we see and experience brokenness in our world. When our heart breaks for injustice, inequality and for people who are hurting and broken, God uses that to move us to action. God uses the brokenness around us to break us. Compassion is a powerful catalyst for finding and fulfilling our calling.

What breaks your heart?

 

PHASE 2 – A deep seeded CONVICTION

Rosa Parks changed the landscape of the civil rights movement when she decided enough is enough. She decided to stay seated instead of giving up her seat to a white man. She understood this confrontation would cost her something. She understood her actions would lead to a negative consequence.

What she didn’t know is how it would lead to an incredible change. No doubt, as an African American, she’d experienced the brutality, hurt and pain of injustice and inequality for generations. Her heart was broken for everyone who looked like her and shared similar experiences. For whatever reason, on December 1st 1955, she was deeply and fiercely convinced that she had to do something different.

Compassion breaks our heart and compels us to think and feel differently. Conviction, however, causes us to take a stand and do something different. Conviction causes us to act, change jobs, move to a new city or do something that produces results. Conviction causes us to start the NGO or business that we’ve been dreaming about for years. Conviction grows as we fuel our compassion by spending time in places where our heart breaks. It grows when we spend time researching, learning and praying for solutions.

Conviction happens when we actively pursue greater clarity in addressing the areas in which our heart breaks. Conviction does not happen by accident; it happens with intention. Seth Godin says, “The more you do something the more confidence you have.”

To live with a sense of urgency we must have a strong sense of conviction. We must get to a place where the only option is to go all in.

How are you developing your conviction?

 

PHASE 3 – A plan of CONTRIBUTION

The truth is, we all have something to give. God gives us all different gifts, talents and resources. The story of the talents in Matthew 25 doesn’t focus on how much we have but on what we do with what we have. When the master returned from his trip and talked with his three servants, he was furious with the servant who did nothing and hid his treasure. Perfection is one of the biggest barriers to progress. We aren’t called to be perfect we are called to use what we have to make a difference in the lives of others.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The most important and persistent questions we can ask is, what am I doing for others?”

Ultimately without a plan, we find ourselves waiting until the ‘perfect time.’ We wait…until we make enough money, until our kids are old enough, until we have all our ducks in a row. The truth is, God never calls people who are fully ready. He prepares those he calls.

God has given us everything we need for the calling he has on our lives. We can’t wait any longer. We need to put together a step-by-step plan in order to accomplish the calling that God has on our lives. It will surely cost us something, but the reward will always outweigh the price.

Like Rosa Parks, we never know the impact we can have when we finally decide to move forward. We move forward because of compassion, conviction and a commitment to make our contribution to the world!

 

What are the next 3-5 steps that you need to take?

Our world is hurting, and the needs are great. The time to live out your calling is now.

Take a step and move forward. Position yourself next to brokenness and allow God to fill your heart with compassion. Press in and allow your compassion to deepen into conviction. And finally, with a full heart, share your contribution! There’s no better time. LET’S GO!

The Health of Our Communities Depends on Leadership

Posted on February 15, 2021 by - Because of the GLS, Church & Faith-Based, City Movement, Culture, Influence, Leadership Development, Leading Organizations, Nonprofit, North America, Stories, Vision

Young man standing in the middle of New York City at night

A call to leadership

I had spent most of my career in leadership roles, but my interest and passion for leadership development started with me accepting who God called me to be. About 20 years ago, I looked at the life of Peter in the Bible and the mess he was early in his life and later who he became. I started to think about how my own emotional health was impacting the people around me. I had this feeling people should be the best they can be, but it wasn’t until I realized I wasn’t leading as well as I could, as a part of church leadership, when I got this on-fire passion for leadership development.

I realized we had to do whatever we could do to get better for the sake of the lives of those we were leading.

I realized we had to do whatever we could do to get better for the sake of the lives of those we were leading. It was a journey—I looked at the people who had left the church or even their walk with Christ over how our leadership handled things and thought, we have to do better.

I believe Christian organizations should be some of the healthiest organizations on the planet because we have Jesus! So, leadership development became my passion. Ultimately, leadership is about the people we lead, and less about the things we do or the results we get—yes, the results are important—but the heart of leadership is people, and the impact we have on their lives.

In 2012, while volunteering at my church, my pastor mentioned a job opening at Movement.org (formerly The New York City Leadership Center) where I could be a part of developing a cohort of leaders in the city, and I got the job! I started attending The Global Leadership Summit—this event was part of our leadership development as an organization. But part of my job was also to convince other churches and non-profits that they should host the Summit too. Once I attended the Summit myself, it was the easiest thing to promote it. Every leader needs to go to the Summit and needs to bring their whole team and whole church.

The Summit became the place where I learned about Patrick Lencioni, Marcus Buckingham and Henry Cloud—these guys became my mentors. So many of the people I follow and the leadership ideas I have now started with the Summit. It has been such a transformative experience for me.

Our organization was strengthened during a vulnerable time as a result of Craig Groeschel’s timely content in 2019.

The Summit has also been foundational to how we’re getting better as an organization at Movement.org.

We had to start thinking about the restrictions we had and think differently.

For example, Craig’s talk in 2019 about thinking inside the box was so valuable. At the time, our organization was not in the best place which is so common in the nonprofit world. I’ll say it like this, if Covid-19 happened in 2019, I don’t know if our organization would have weathered the storm like we are doing right now. We had to shift. We had to start thinking about the restrictions we had and think differently. Craig’s talk was crucial to our organization’s ability to see restrictions as an opportunity to be creative. What he said challenged us to reposition ourselves to not only keep our doors open but to finish 2019 strong enough to carry us in to 2020—not knowing what would lie ahead. And this is just our story—multiply that by a gazillion. There are a whole bunch of people who’ve experienced this kind of impact too.

When you apply what you learn you can see the impact.

The 2020 Global Leadership Summit was the best Summit ever. Even in the context of watching it online—it was amazing. The content is practical. The content is inspirational. And as leaders, we need to go to places to be inspired. We need to maintain hope and inspiration. Then there’s the stretch. When I leave the Summit, I’m always thinking about where I can stretch. My stretch this year was around curiosity and innovation.

The 2020 Global Leadership Summit was the best Summit ever. Even in the context of watching it online—it was amazing.

Self-awareness is key in emotional health and leadership. I know I’m not the most creative person or innovative person. I tend to rely on what is tried and true. In 2020, we’ve had to innovate. You can’t avoid innovation in a year like this. I’m stretching and learning new things. I’m Zooming like I’ve never Zoomed before. Why did it take Covid-19 to be innovative and creative? That was an indictment on me. Why didn’t I think about this before? I was reminded again of Craig’s talk in 2019 about thinking inside the box.

I want to see leaders be the best they can be. If I couldn’t do that, I would wonder why I’m here. My calling is to help people be better, specifically leaders because of the impact a leader can have on those around them—their family, their community, their workplace and their church. The ripple effect is the thing that keeps me going. I go to bed and wake up thinking about how my leadership is impacting other people and how your leadership is impacting other people.

The part of my job I love the most is convincing people they’re worth the investment.

I want to see leaders be the best they can be. If I couldn’t do that, I would wonder why I’m here.

Every single person is worth investing in themselves. If we saw everybody like that, I feel like life would be so much easier. I’ve seen the results of that in NYC. I look over the landscape of the city and I think about the nearly 500 leaders who’ve been through our program. Just asking them how many people they serve on an annual basis—these leaders cumulatively have served almost 6M people. And that’s great but think about it—before Covid-19, 20M people were coming through NYC, so we still have work to do. We have more leaders to impact.

There are so many stories, but there are a couple of leaders who stand out who’ve been through our program at LEAD.NYC (the NYC facing arm of Movement.org).

    • I think of Justin Mattera who developed the organization Pray, March, Act. He wanted the church to respond to what is happening in the country regarding injustice. He is rallying the church in NYC… and recently 40 churches came together and peacefully marched with police in the Bronx. He has a grander vision story, and I’m so honored to be a part of that story.
    • I think of Andrew Oliver and his organization Do For One, which is a ministry for the disabled, pairing people together to be a friend to those in need.
    • I think of the church planters—one planter struggled with fundraising. In one session at Advance Leadership Intensive we talked about fund development. Using what he learned in one session, he went from raising 20% of his budget to 80% of his budget. That creates sustainability in the difficult work of church planting in NYC!

As I look at NYC, I see the places where leaders who were burned out and ready to quit but came through the leadership program. We poured into them and gave them a fresh vision to keep going. What would have happened if we ceased to exist? Where would those leaders be now?

The Global Leadership Summit is also part of these stories.

The Summit is one of the best leadership conferences I’ve ever attended, and I’ve attended many.

What always draws me in is the faculty—they are the best of the best with the best content. There is such a wide variety of thought leaders, practitioners and best-in-class leaders.

If you’re tired or you think you’re not making an impact as a leader, or you’re wondering why you’re doing this, you need to be inspired and encouraged. You need a fresh vision of what could be. If you go to the Summit, that’s what you’re going to get. This year that happened to me. I became a leader who is sharper and more curious.

Even in the middle of Covid-19 in the middle of NYC, I got a fresh vision.

After spending two days hearing from world-class leaders, I was full. So full that I began to cry. All that was poured into me began to overflow in my heart. As I closed my eyes, I began to see a vision of how much I could grow in one year as a leader if I applied the smallest measure of all I learned. I cried tears of joy and tears of hope. I saw a leader that would be so much better for the people I lead and for the organizations I lead in, and my tears turned into a smile. I emerged with a fresh vision for my leadership.

Even in the middle of Covid-19 in the middle of NYC, I got a fresh vision. And leaders need a fresh vision often. If you need a fresh vision, and you know you do, the Summit is your answer.

When it comes down to it, we were born for this season.

It isn’t by accident that you are alive and leading at this moment.

It isn’t by accident that you are alive and leading at this moment. Maybe you’ve felt like these times are overwhelming. Personally, I’ve wondered if I have the chops to lead through these challenges… But my encouragement came when I realized that we as leaders are born for a time and a purpose. We have to do the hard work to be the best leader we can be. We have what it takes to lead through this challenge. We have what it takes to strengthen ourselves to get better too. Don’t be afraid. Lean in. Do what leaders do—go lead. That’s who we are.

Will I see you at The Global Leadership Summit?

Faculty Spotlight: Craig Groeschel on Leadership Insecurity & Confidence

Posted on February 11, 2021 by - Change Management, Confidence, Decision-Making, Execution, Leading Organizations, News & Updates, Resilience, Strategy, Vision

Craig Groeschel - Faculty Spotlight

If this long hard season taught us anything, it taught us that we are sure to face the unexpected and that change is unavoidable. The toll this can take on your confidence as a leader can break even the strongest among us. But what happens if we shift our mindset?

Amidst doubt, questions, frustration and unknowns, do you ask yourself how to move from here toward a better future? Maybe you’re asking questions like:

  • How do I keep going?
  • How do I keep everyone together?
  • How do I empower the best in those around me?
  • How do I battle my insecurity as a leader?
  • How do I fix the communication problem on my team?
  • How do I make sense of what’s happening in our world?
  • How do I know when to move forward?
  • How do I stay healthy?
  • How do I keep others safe?
  • How do I stay sharp?
  • How will I know if what I’m doing is working…if it’s meaningful?
  • How do I see opportunity even in crisis?
With a mindset to see opportunity even in crisis, leaders can experience growth through difficult times and gain new confidence even in the face of the unexpected.

“Your leadership is always moving in the direction of strongest thoughts.” – Craig Groeschel

This is why Craig Groeschel will be speaking at the upcoming Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition on February 25th on four steps to boost your leadership confidence to battle insecurity both personally, on your team and in this season. Get your tickets today >>

If you’ve been to our leadership events over the years, Craig Groeschel is a very recognizable name, having been in our faculty lineup at The Global Leadership Summit event seven times, with this year being his 8th! Traveling the world as the champion of The Global Leadership Summit, we have also been honored to partner with Craig to build leaders in every sector of society.

Craig Groeschel takes a selfie with international guests at The Global Leadership Summit 2019

 

Globally recognized as a leader of leaders, Craig is also the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, rated the #1 place to work in 2020 for small and mid-size companies by Glassdoor. Known for their missional approach to leveraging the latest technology, Life.Church is the innovative creator of the YouVersion Bible App—downloaded in every country worldwide.

Highlighting his church’s ability to pivot and embrace opportunity in the face of the unexpected, in 2020, Life.Church provided and continues to provide free tools, via their Church Online Platform, to thousands of churches who quickly transitioned to a virtual church experience in the wake of the global health pandemic.

“You can make excuses, or you can make progress, but you can’t make both.” – Craig Groeschel

There is so much to learn from this incredible leader, especially on how to change your mindset, embrace opportunity and lead through difficult seasons.

Whether or not you have heard Craig speak before, this podcast conversation between Craig Groeschel and Danielle Strickland is a must-listen. In it, Craig and Danielle discuss how when leaders are willing to pivot and think about change in more helpful ways, the dip can actually springboard your organization to new levels of success and engagement. Listen to the podcast >>

Get your tickets and mark your calendars to join us LIVE online on February 25th for The Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition. Not only will you have a chance to hear from Craig on boosting your leadership confidence, but he will also be joined by Vanessa Van Edwards, Jerry Lorenzo, Patrick Lencioni and others for 3+ hours of high-impact talks to help you get equipped with clarity of vision and new energy to start off your year.

We hope to see you there! Get your tickets today >>  

Faculty Spotlight: Patrick Lencioni’s Top 25 Leadership Quotes

Posted on February 10, 2021 by - Collaboration, Communication, Influence, Leadership Development, Leading Others, Managing People, News & Updates, Performance Management, Relational Intelligence, Team Building

Patrick Lencioni - Faculty Spotlight

Do you ever find yourself dragging your feet on certain tasks? But lose track of time during other activities? There’s a reason for that, and it has to do with how you’re wired.

Patrick Lencioni will return to our stage for the 10th time!

If you want to thrive and feel fulfilled in your work, you must tap into your inner genius and the genius of your teammates. But that can’t happen if you don’t even know your inner genius or the inner genius in those around you!

This is why, 11-time best-selling author and leadership consultant, Patrick Lencioni is on a new mission to help you unlock your inner genius and the genius of your team via his new Working Genius model.

Patrick Lencioni will return to our stage for the 10th time to share his latest research at our upcoming 3-hour Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition event taking place on February 25th! Get your tickets >>

Patrick Lencioni’s Top 25 Quotes

Patrick Lencioni

If you have been to our leadership events in the past, you already know Patrick delivers high-impact talks that shake up teams in the best way, add clarity to your focus and bring humor and levity into your lives. In fact, you may remember some of these top quotes from his thought-provoking talks at the Summit over the years.

But even if this is the first you’ve heard of Patrick Lencioni, you are in for a treat on February 25th!

May these quotes give you a small taste of Patrick’s powerful insights.

    • “I’m tired of hearing about servant leadership because I don’t think there’s any other kind of leadership.”
    • “Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
    • “We have to have the courage as leaders to address the uncomfortable problems in our people.
    • Ideal team players have people smarts.”
    • “If you are a leader, you have to be vulnerable first.”
    • “Humility is the antidote to pride.”
    • “When interviewing, get people out of the office and see how they do in real-world situations.”

“We have to have courage to hire behavior over skill.”

    • “We have to have courage to hire behavior over skill.”
    • “Scare people with sincerity.”
    • “The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health.”
    • “Every endeavor of importance in life brings with it a measure of discomfort.”
    • “Organizations learn by making decisions, even bad ones.”
    • “When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth.”
    • “There is no such thing as too much communication.”

“If everything is important, then nothing is.”

    • “If you can’t measure something, you can’t improve it.”
    • “The only way to build trust is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”
    • “Teamwork begins by building trust.”
    • “One of the ways we manifest humility is by being vulnerable.”
    • “When we fail to acknowledge our humanity, our people will fail to trust us.”
    • “When we forget to invest in relationships with people, we’re throwing money in the fire.”
    • “People need to be reminded more than they need to be instructed.”
    • “Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage that any organization has. It’s free and is accessible to any leader and yet remains largely untapped.”
    • “We have to speak the kind truth.”
    • “Being a leader means sacrificing yourself for the well-being of others.”

 

There is always something new to learn from Patrick Lencioni—we are excited to have him back again!

Get your tickets for only $49 and mark your calendars to join us LIVE online on February 25th to hear Patrick layout his practical Working Genius model and how you and your team can use it to find fulfillment. And when you register today you’ll also get FREE access to his Working Genius Assessment, valued at $25.

During The Global Leadership Summit: Special Edition, not only will you have a chance to hear from Patrick on unlocking your inner genius, but he will also be joined by Vanessa Van Edwards, Jerry Lorenzo, Craig Groeschel and others for 3+ hours of high-impact talks to help you get equipped with clarity of vision and new energy to start off your year.

We hope to see you there!  Get your tickets today >>