Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Global Leadership Summit in Chicago. This was my third time attending, and it continues to surpass my expectations. In fact, one of my favorite parts this time was that, either at a site location or online, each one of my team members was able to attend as well. Below are a few of my favorite takeaways from my notes.
Craig Groeschel
- “Leadership maturity may have less to do with what you know and more to do with what you notice.”
- “If you don’t like the outcome, change the pattern.”
- “Good patterns never design themselves.”
Vanessa Van Edwards
- “Micro-moments of liking are more impactful than you think.”
- “Leadership is helping others feel their impact.”
- “Anxiety and excitement are two sides of the same coin.”
Julio García
- “Leaders are not born; they are made.”
- “The dream in your heart belongs to God.”
Jim Collins
- “Not all time in life is equal.”
- “If you see a cliff coming, pre-clear as much of the fog as possible.”
- “Feed the fire within.”
Kwame Christian
- “Negotiation is when someone wants something.”
- “Compassionate curiosity is a better starting point than control.”
- “Listen more than you talk.”
David Ashcraft
- “Time will either be your best friend or your worst enemy.”
- “Success can breed arrogance.”
- “Let’s not do anything stupid to mess up what God is doing.”
- “Level 5 leadership means your organization is better after you are gone than when you were there.”
Priscilla Shirer
- “Trying and following Jesus is no excuse to be lazy.”
- “You cannot have uphill success with downhill habits.”
- “Will you pause for divine, sacred moments?”
Arthur C. Brooks
- “Happiness is made up of enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning.”
- “Why am I alive? For what would I give my life?”
- “Change ‘Love things, use people, worship self’ to ‘use things, love people, worship the Divine.’”
Alison Levine
- “Fear is okay, but complacency will kill you.”
- “Clear intent matters more than perfect visibility.”
- “No one summits alone.”
Andy Stanley
- “Great leaders ask great questions. Your job as a leader is to incite curiosity.”
- “What is currently considered impossible to do?”
- “If the board kicked us out and hired a new leader, what would they do? Let’s walk out, walk back in, and do it ourselves.”
- “What would a great leader do?”
Tara-Leigh Cobble
- “Don’t become content with a secondhand relationship with God.”
- “To the left, to the right, ahead above, behind, beneath, and all around you, your Good Shepherd is with you. And He wants to be known by you.”
- “He’s where the Joy is.”
Ryan Leak
- “Create a culture where the right people want to stay, because staying is the same as getting better.”
- “Show me a group of people that think the same way, and I’ll show you a group of people who have the same blind spot.”
- “Your vision has to be personal enough so that the right people can see a vision of their own future, with you in it.”
If you attended in person, at a satellite location or online, I’d love to hear what you learned. If you’d like my visual notes from the sessions, email me at Tim.Weddle@keatinginc.com and type GLS Notes in the subject line.
Personal visual notes are from Ryan Leak’s Global Leadership Summit session. These notes reflect the author’s takeaways and may paraphrase or summarize the speaker’s remarks.