Andy Stanley closed out day 2 of Catalyst by talking about several of the leadership quotes he keeps in his office. Here are the five quotes Andy shared, along with the comments he used to unpack them:1) "To reach people no one else is reaching, we have to do things no one else is doing." (Craig Groeschel)
We have 175,000 people within 10 miles of North Point church, and we aren't reaching them. We aren't going to reach them by building another church building. We have to do something no one else is doing.
Become preoccupied with those you haven't reached as opposed to those you are trying to keep.
2) "The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation." (Al Reis, Focus)
If you are over 45 years old, your job is to recognize good ideas... and to champion the ideas of the next generation.
Don't do to the next generation what the previous generation did to you. Be a student, not a critic.
3) "I'm looking for what can't be done in church, but if it could be done would fundamentally change the church." (Andy's paraphrase of Joel Barker, Future Edge)
It always used to drive me crazy that the communicator and the leader had to be the same thing. Multi-sites solved this. Now the great leader doesn't have to be the communicator.
Like that, you may be the one to crack the code on something no one else has figured out that will fundamentally change our "business."
Pay attention to people who are breaking the rules. It's the rule-breakers who are oftentimes the problem solvers.
4) "If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new guy, what would they do? Let's walk out the door and walk back in, and make those changes ourselves." (Andy's paraphrase of Andy Grove, Only The Paranoid Survive)
The problem with ministry is that we've fallen in love with the way we've done ministry.
It's not "no pain, no gain" -- it's "no pain, no change." Without pain, there typically isn't any change.
Ask: "Where are we manufacturing energy?" The things we aren't very excited about, it takes energy to get it done, but the results aren't stellar.
Acknowledge what's not working. Own up to it. And own up to why you aren't willing to do anything about it. What is it you fear? You need to deal with that. It is a leadership lid for you.
5) "When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near." (Michael Hammer)
You look back with smiles and lots to celebrate, but you don't have a lot to work forward to.
Are you willing to be involved in the future more than the present?
Don't let success overshadow your vision.
Success breeds complacency, and complacency breeds failure.
