Leadership


Me and one of my favorite leaders.

I am in Syracuse New York.
A group of leaders from the church and I are attending the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.

This is an incredibly large event that makes the United Nations look like a city council of a small town.

170 000 attendees in 101 countries in 42 languages!

The main event is in suburban Chicago - but the leveraging of technology sends it out all over the world - including central New York, where I am.

The folks from our church are a music prof. from Ithaca College and a couple who work for InterVarsity at Cornell.

I have never attended the Leadership Summit, but have always wanted to.
My only regret now is not attending sooner!
What an amazing day.

Today's speakers included:

Bill Hybels
Colin Powell
Mark Burnett - the guy who has produced Survivor, Apprentice, The Voice and Shark Tank.
Patrick Lencioni - most likely the best consultant to corporations alive today.

All in all it was quite a stunning day of inspiration and information.

It will take some time to digest all I have taken in today.

I think something that stuck with me today is the need to overcome fear as a leader.

Many leaders abort visions prematurely because they fear failure. We need courage to give birth to grandiose visions.
This has challenged me to question what MY vision is - what do I want to see happening in the coming years in Bethel Grove Church and in Ithaca?
And how does my fear stand in the way of that?

How do I leverage what I have been gifted with for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God?

Wait and see.

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