2008 Leadership Summit -- Session 3

Finding Your True North -- Bill George

Bill George is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world's leading medical technology company and is currently professor of management and ethics at Harvard Business School.

"Think about your gifts and leadership and ask “Am I doing all I can?”

A 21st Century Leader must:

Align people around the mission & value of the organization
Empower people to unleash their individual power to lead
Serve those that you lead.
Collaborate to bring together people to solve problems

A final challenge from Bill George ....
"At the end of your life, when your grandchild asks “what did you do to make a difference?” how will you answer?"

“Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and then the total -- all of these acts -- will be written in the history of this generation.” - Robert F Kennedy


Stand Up And Lead-- Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp is the founder and CEO of Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that recruits the nation's most promising college graduates to teach in America's most distressed urban and rural communities.

She challenges young people to give two years of their live to teaching in  rough settings.

Did her unapologetic and passionate approach to recruiting the best leaders inspire any any change in the way Childrens Ministry leaders can address ministry recruiting.?