My 2010 Summit Experience

Since this is the day after, it's going to take a little time to think back on what occurred for me in those two days of the summit.
Let me say that my first day was limited by my vew of where I was positioned on The Crossing compound, which was the annex between the warehouse (CSM) and the garage. I was assigned to to volunteer check-in and refreshments for the volunteers. My first thoughts was that this was NOT going to give me the advantage I desired to experince the summit the way I imagined it needed to be experienced, but as the day wore on, I found that was not the case at all but quite the opposite. It WAS as it turned out THE BEST place to veiw the summit sessions as it was private, exclusive and far more comfortable than the chair set up in the sprung! 
Now mind you I did not get to sit in on every session due to checking in and having to clean up and prepare for volunteer meals, but after all that was settled I was given the green light to sit in and watch the sessions in the voulunteer veiwing room (a far better veiwing for the price we paid!)

THE SPEAKERS:

Of the few I heard; Tony Dungy, Bill Hybels, Jeff Manion, Christine (AMEN!) Caine, Terri Kelly, Daniel Pink, JACK WELCH & T. D. JAKES!!

• THE KEY INSIGHTS: What motivates people? Self direction leads to engagement-Daniel Pink.speaking on IF/THEN Rewards
• on MANAGEMENT: A technoglogy from the mid 1800's at best!-D. Pink ( Loved that one!)
• The LAND BETWEEN by Jeff Manion (EXCELLENT!! 2 THUMBS UP!!)
• Fertile ground for complaints, emotional meltdowns, God's provision, discipline and transformational growth
• 2 types of leaders: Builders and Bankers. A builder will turn a hopless situation around and a banker will maintain it. One cannot exsist without the other, both are needed. T. D. JAKES

The one quote I took away from the summit out of the plethora I jotted down on leadership that stood out was from Bishop Jakes: "YOU CAN'T IMPASSION PEOPLE UNLESS YOU ARE PASSIONATE YOURSELF".

To me this summit was like a 2 day retreat on how to become more spiritually fit, not on leadership. I got that in order for people to be leaders they have to understand who they, themselves are and who they are being entrusted to lead and what it means to own the responsiblility of leadership. But it was so much about our own spiritual fillingness that was recieved that I was just blown away. I had no preconcieved notions of what to expect and so what I got was such a BIG PACKAGE of WOW!! I'm still riding high and can't wait to take what I've learned into the ministry that has been placed in front of me.

Funny thing, I never ever really thought of myself in a ministry position or capacity but I appear to be in one now and just kind of happen to fall into it quite through circumstances of where I chose to go to church. I allow God to use me, which means that I take direction from others that HE has chosen. And this is the result I get to be in "ministry" to be in leadership! And attend a LEADERSHIP SUMMIT that was flipping Excellent!!