28 Leadership Quotes From Andy Stanley And Craig Groeschel At Catalyst One Day

I am currently at the Catalyst One Day Conference representing Injoy Stewardship Solutions.  Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel just completed the first session.  The following were their incredible comments that all leaders should read:

Andy Stanley

1. “You can’t fix cultural issues with a meeting.”
2. “Leaders shape organizational culture whether they intend to or not.”
3. “If you love the organizational culture, (ask) what have we done accidently to create a great culture?”
4. “If you have been somewhere six months or a year, you inherited a culture.”
5. “Have a ministry.  Don’t hire a ministry.”
6. “The longer you are somewhere, the less you are aware of the culture.”
7. “All of our employees get a list of questions after their first three months and after six months (asking about the culture).  Here is what a new person experiences.”
8. “Healthy cultures attract and keep healthy people.”
9. “Healthy people are productive people.  Healthy people are about the future.  Healthy people are about advancement.”
10. “The healthier the organization, the quicker the unhealthy people are identified.”
11. “The culture of an organization impacts its long-term productivity.”
12. “Unhealthy cultures are slow to adapt to change.”
13. “The healthier your culture is, the more open they’re going to be to change.”

Craig Groeschel

1. “(In the early stages) All we had was God’s Word, faith, and a dream.”
2. “Healthy cultures never happen by accident.  They are created.”
3. “The number one force that shapes your culture is your values.”
4. “What we value determines what we do.”
5. “Something that was great was no longer great because of lack of values.”
6. “If everything is important to you, nothing is important to you.”
7. “If you can’t tweet your values, they’re too long.”
8. “If your values don’t move you emotionally, they’re too dry.”
9. “Shape your culture and build your people around your values.”
10. “Organizations don’t change, people change.”
11. “You can teach skills.  You can’t teach values.”
12. “Remove people with distinctly different values.”
13. “If you don’t like where you are going, change directions.”
14. “Hire and recruit for your values.”
15. “To reach people no one’s reaching, you have to do things no one’s doing.”

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