August 21, 2009
Unlike conferences that focus on making money, the Willow Creek Leadership Summit focuses on inspiring and empowering leaders. Although run by a church, the Summit is widely attended by business people and community leaders who have heard about the amazing speakers and understand the great value this conference provides. The 17 Summit speakers represented a culturally and racially diverse group of leaders from business, ministry, politics and entertainment including: Willow Creek senior paster Bill Hybels, former British PM Tony Blair, Made to Stick authors Dan Heath and Dave Heath, renowned leader and thinker Gary Hamel, and U2 leader Bono. Some [...]
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August 19, 2009
Sometimes what gets done is not what really needs to be done. I always have lots of things on the go, and even more jumping off my desk. It is time to focus on the creative, vital and inspiring projects that have waited earnestly as too many moons have spun past. I am putting myself on notice: You must be active and earnest about creating the next stage of your life. We need to recognize when important things aren’t getting done, acknowledge that they are important, and make changes today to help ensure that tomorrow is a better day. Here [...]
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