How to Turn a Summit Chair into a Seat of Transformation

You’ve heard the comments before at the Leadership Summit. With great flourish a renowned leader points to a chair in the auditorium as he passionately thunders, “That’s the chair where everything changed. I remember sitting in that very chair many years ago at a conference when my life was forever changed…” [caption id=”attachment_2534″ align=”aligncenter” width=”580″…

3 Indicators You Could Be Developing the Wrong Person

Originally posted May 29, 2012 Bill Hybels has accurately described the local church as the most leadership-intensive organization on planet earth. Therefore, for prevailing churches, leadership development is not a function of filling empty slots in an organization; rather it’s an ongoing process of identifying, equipping and releasing leaders to live out their call. But…

How 2 Strategic Days Can Advance an Entire Ministry Year

When it comes to leveraging The Global Leadership Summit as a key strategy in your personal development, and that of your church, you are likely in one of three categories: Category 1: You do not attend events like the Summit. If that describes you, this post does not apply to you.Category 2: You already committed…

A Dream for Year-Round Leadership Development

I’ve just emerged from our annual Willow Creek Association International Council meetings in Frankfurt, Germany, where we poured enormous energy into looking at how to extend the impact of our annual leadership conference, The Leadership Summit. These three days have left me with an even greater sense of resolve as to my core beliefs about…