Uncertainty

:: CATALYST WEST :: APRIL 23-24, 2009 ::

Recently, I went to the CATALYST WEST conference in southern California. The conference was packed with great speakers. I took some notes on what they said and am putting them on my blog so that 1) I can re-evaluate what each speaker said and hopefully gain something from it, and 2) you might be able to gain something from my notes as well.

Here is the first installation.

:: Andy Stanley ::

Uncertainty is why we have jobs. Uncertainty is why we need leaders.

Life is uncertain, but God is not uncertain.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership, uncertainty is the arena in which great leadership is found.

Uncertainty is when God shows up.

Clarity :: As a leader it is okay to be uncertain, but it is not okay to be unclear.
Flexibility :: Plans change, vision remains the same.

In uncertain times, to be clear we need to go back to the original thing we were called to.

Joshua 1:10-11 :: So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you for your own.' "

The reason a lot of churches are dead is because people long abandoned the vision and fell in love with the plan.

No decision was sacred, but he never changed the vision. (referring to Sam Walton, founder of Walmart)

BE HONEST (when sharing vision)!

Leadership is not making decisions on your own; it's about owning them once the decision has been made.