Basketball at Church? . . . . It's not what you think

Today, our weekly all staff meeting was two hours. Usually our weekly all staff is only an hour and here's the agenda.

1. We share stories of life change that happened last week. (This is what makes life great!)
2. We communicate with staff on what's going on so we can be informed and inform others.
3. We pray together and for each other.

Today was different. No we didn't play basketball. We had the defending, two years in a row, Highland Hawks basketball coach Dave Schlabach speak to us. He came to share his leadership principals with us. I was very excited to hear from him and to see if these principals would be transferable to us.

I very surprised. He really didn't talk about basketball at all. His principals were all about leading people. And man did these principals apply to me. Here were my take aways from the church.

1. Have a passion for what you do.
2. surround yourself with Energy Givers
3. Give people a roadmap where to go
4. Make your goals big
5. Never be on time, always be early
6. Sacrifice is needed for special things to happen
7. Understand your role and do it very well (not everyone is the shooter)
8. Ask for help. No one knows it all or sees it all
9. Don't assume people know their role. Help them see it
10. with a "big win" thank the smallest contributors first. Make them feel like hero's. Everyone will thank the person out front.

I know if I would diligently work on these ten things, I'd be a better leader!