Leadercast #1

Recently took in the Chick-fil-A Leadercast with a number of guest speakers.  Here are a few thoughts on one speaker (more will be coming)...

ANDY STANLEY (author, pastor, North Point Ministries)

• By providence and God's grace, I am in leadership
• The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty, but rather to navigate it.
• Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership, but underscores the need for it.
• Good book on when family and work collide (family better win).

Three questions to ask when faced with choices:

• What would my replacement do?
• It's okay for a family to move around with an old couch that has memories, leaders cannot do the same with the old "couches" of what we did in the past.
• If we were removed - what would a new CEO do?  
• Bring objectivity to the decision.
• What would a great leader do?
• We don't need bigger - we need better!  
• There's always another path - another question.
• Level 5 leadership - self-less, not in it for me, best for the company
• What story do I want to tell? 
• Every decision will eventually be a story I tell.
• Legacy - don't choose anything that makes you a liar for life.
• Make decisions that create the story you are proud to tell.
• Money comes and goes, your story is forever.

I listed four things I would focus on if I was a new CEO to BCOS and walked in the door today knowing everything I now know.  So what is stopping me now?  Comfort, fear, indecision, time, empowerment, money?


Every decision will eventually become a story I tell 6 months from now.  That is so true.  Every decision is a story I tell 6 minutes from now when I am back in the office or go home.  It is important that I live my life so there are parts of the story I do not want to leave out.  Make the story you are proud to tell.  Make the story that brings honor - and not to myself.