Leading Hope with Kevin Jack

Every great story has a relatable and admirable protagonist.

The Error: Most people make their communication about them. As an individual, as a company.

The Goal: Position your communication to make them the protagonist.

Start with why — how great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek https://youtu.be/u4ZoJKF_VuA

In Narrative the obstacle reveals the purpose behind the desire.

People can learn from a point, can accomplish a goal, but can find themselves within a story.

Your role as a leader is to find & tell the better story that is taking place.

I’d rather have missing details, than an incoherent story.

The awareness of the difficulty doesn’t make it less difficult.

The awareness of the difficulty should change how we prepare for it.

Create expectation for how long the current circumstance will be difficult, ensure you overestimate it.

Don’t look back, look forward.

Seek out people who have been through what you’re going through, not people who are going through what you’re going through.

If I’m never overreaching I’m probably not progressing.

Recovery comes after exertion.

You should be overreaching from time to time. It’s good to deliberately hit empty from time to time, hitting empty allows you to grow., but don’t continuously run yourself into the ground, you should not exhaust yourself over and over again.

Leadership development is an action- not a system, not a value, an action.

Pastoring is about being present, leadership is about being absent.

I don’t need to do what I can do, I need to do what only I can do based upon position and skill-set.

If I’m not encouraged everything I do will be diminished.

We reproduce not what we want, but who we are. If we are discouraged, the impact will be significant.

If you are discouraged, that’s a problem. And no one else can keep you encouraged other than yourself.

Leisure Time: The time when someone is not working or occupied; free time.

Leisure Activity: What you engage in when you are away from your everyday responsibilities.

We’re engaging in more and more activities that are not our responsibilities but aren’t refreshing.

As you’re doing what you don’t have to do ask: is this making something better, or is this helping me feel better?

Leaders know what’s rewarded is repeated.

Don’t do something just because it’s rewarded, decide if it’s worth it.

Don’t do it for the gold star, do it because you decided it’s worth it. Be your own motivation.

Good leaders know when to be absent and when to be present.

Key Question: What do you need from me?

Key Phrase: Here’s what I need from you.

Leaders open the door to this conversation.

We have so emphasized leading well that most of us have no idea how to follow well.

Good followers strive to gain influence which comes from personal contribution to the team goal.

The only thing worse than someone who doesn’t make a contribution is the person who values a personal win even if it comes with a team loss.

Practices

1. Clarify for your team what you celebrate, then let your team celebrate it in each other. Break down that idea.

2. What’s rewarded is repeated.