One of the things I love about the weeks leading up to the Global Leadership Summit is the sense of purpose and urgency that grips our team. Every year at this time the Willow Creek Association staff gets seized with a powerful sense of resolve (mixed with a generous heaping of fun). By contrast, I…
4 Measurements Leaders Need to Weigh, not Count
Updated from April 10, 2012 post With the Global Leadership Summit just weeks away there is a flurry of counting going on at the Willow Creek Association. We want to know how many people are registered, we want to know how many teams are attending, the average size of those teams and how many people…
5 Times Leaders Need to Turn Their “Amp” Up to 11
Updated from January 3, 2012 post With less than two months to go until the 2015 Global Leadership Summit, the level of energy in the hallways of the Willow Creek Association is on the rise. At this week’s executive team meeting we reviewed some of what must take place within this relatively short period of…
When It’s Okay to Punt a Core Value
Updated from April 15, 2011 post This week I engaged in a robust conversation with a teammate on the subject of core values. While we agreed on the importance of having organizational values, we saw things differently when it comes to whether you can ever let go of a value. In my opinion, organizations change, values…
The Level of Your Ownership Reveals the Level of Your Leadership
“So, who’s leading this thing, anyways?” The question cut through all of the noise and caused each of us sitting around the table to pause, catch our breath, and re-assess everything. At issue in this meeting of Willow Creek Association leaders, was the direction of a successful initiative. The initiative had been launched by a…
