Updated from February 5, 2015 post Leadership is built on a foundation of credibility. Take away a leader’s credibility and you’ve lost the platform from which leadership is built. I’ve been focusing a great deal of late on the critical importance of credibility in leadership. And, as I noted in this post from earlier this…
Why Leaders Must Avoid These 10 ‘Credibility Killers’
Updated from February 5, 2015 post The Global Leadership Summit season now turns its attention from the original gathering, which took place at Willow Creek in Chicago, and now looks ahead to our international events. It was at the site of our GLS in Hong Kong where, earlier this year, Bill Hybels coached a group…
How I Learned the Importance of Tuning Fork Leadership
Updated from July 12, 2012 post This week, the Willow Creek Association held our annual gathering of Summit host pastors from across the U.S., to debrief the recently held Global Leadership Summit. One dynamic I found fascinating was to observe how many leadership “tuning fork” moments took place. These are moments when it appears that…
10 Easy-to-spot Character Signs for Building a Great Team
Updated from July 26, 2013 post Our Willow Creek Association team has been bolstered recently by the addition of a couple of high-caliber new teammates. And in each case I have come to quickly realize that these new members of the team possess the same traits of strong character that have come to exemplify our…
How Leaders Restore Sanity to the Excellence Value
Updated from March 13, 2012 post In the aftermath of the 2015 Global Leadership Summit, one of the pieces of feedback I’ve heard over and over is an appreciation for the level of excellence in the experience. While the fact that this was noticed is gratifying, somewhat less obvious is that it was healthy excellence that…
