Now How to Apply It?

Over the course of Thursday and Friday last week, I heard lots of speakers talking about leadership.

CEO's, Presidents of Colleges, Consultants, Counselors, Authors, Mayors, School District Counselors, Pastors, Nobel Peace Prize Nominees, all with lists of credentials that intimidate me.

Each speaker gave me something to think about, process and come to conclusion on.  So far, all but 1 have given me something to feel the need to apply at some point in my life.  The question for me to start processing now is...what should I be doing now with the motivation and learning garnered over those two days?

I don't simply want to act out of sheer ambition, and end up moving in the wrong direction, or more nervously, taking an "organization" (in my case a ministry or program) in the wrong direction...but also don't want to sit idly by and watcht the conference become two days where I was filled with knowledge and inspiration but left me and my leadership unchanged.

I'm hoping that as we have a staff meeting tomorrow (17 of us from Grace went, included in that 17 is everyone from this particular staff meeting) and debrief the conference that more of the themes will be illuminated, or at least hear from others what they think might be positive first steps.

Regardless of the application though, my range of emotions during the conference went spanned humbled, honored, challenged, motivated, bored, priveleged, restored (my faith in some in the political realm), frustrated, excited, blessed, and encouraged.

If most of those happened everyday, I'd be a lucky man.