The first plenary speaker this morning was Ken Blanchard, founder of Lead Like Jesus.  He shared his story of coming to faith as a leadership consultant and author, when he learned “everything I had taught and written about leadership, Jesus already did.”  He described these stages of leadership development, with stories of Jesus forming his disciples in this way:

• Enthusiastic beginner
• Disillusioned learner
• Capable but cautious contributor
• Self-reliant achiever

A few other soundbites:

• Jesus wants to give us a heart attack
• Who would have put their money on a Jewish rabbi and his 12 inexperienced followers?
• Servant first, leader second
• Jesus first, others second, you third
• If you mention Jesus, he does all the marketing/work
• Eternal life as not real attractive to those whose lives aren’t working right now.
• 5 habits of leading like Jesus
  • Solitude
  • Prayer
  • Study of scripture
  • Small vulnerability group
  • Remember God’s love
  • Go to an ego-anonymous meeting and get over it.

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