Tag Archives: Leadership Summit
Leadership Summit: Leading in New Cultural Realities (John Burke)
Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
What John shared during this breakout is some great stuff (John’s the pastor at my church and he’s been sharing this stuff for many weeks now). In some ways it comes across as fluffy stuff we hear in a lot of churches out of the mouths of a lot of pastors. The difference here is [...]
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Leadership Summit: Stand Up and Lead (Wendy Kopp)
Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
Wendy Kopp is the CEO and founder of Teach for America. Teach for America is described like a Peace Corps for education. The best and brightest college graduates are recruited to give two years to teach in a failing school.
Wendy describes how even in America, where you are born does determine your educational prospects.
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Leadership Summit: Finding Your True North (Bill George)
Posted on 08. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
Bill George is a professor at Harvard Business School, former CEO at MEDTRONIC and the Author of Authentic Leadership and True North.
Bill begins by saying that we’ve been in a leadership crisis for the past 10 years.
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Leadership Summit
Posted on 08. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
Today I had the privilege of attending the Leadership Summit. Not at the Chicago location, but at the satellite location in Austin, TX.
Churches I’ve worked with in the past have not been Willow Creek Association churches, I I haven’t really known that much about Willow. I’ve certainly read a lot about Willow Creek and of [...]
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Anyone going to the Leadership Summit this week?
Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
Just curious if anyone is attending this year? I signed up this afternoon to attend. I won’t actually be in Chicago, but I will be at a video venue here in Austin. Our Senior Pastor, John Burke, will be speaking on Friday. He’s got a new book out (just in time for Leadership Summit) and [...]
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