I’m at the leadership summit with the team from Revolution Church. This is by far the best leadership conference of the year. This is my 13th summit and every year, God stretches me and challenges me. So much wisdom and inspiration wrapped up into two days. I always blog my notes, so if you can’t attend or missed something, I’ve got you covered.

I was so excited when I saw that John Maxwell was going to be speaking at the summit. He has so much wisdom and insights into leadership (and is the king of one liners!). His talk was based on his new book Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters.

Here are some takeaways:

• The return is amazing when you pour into leaders.
• Leaders add value to people.

• Everything rises and falls on leadership. Leaders lift.
• Before a leader can lead anyone, you have to find the person.
• To turn something around, you have to become very intentional.

• Leaders add value to people.
• Adding value to people is the core of leadership.

• There is a thin line between motivating people and manipulating people.
• There are 3 questions followers ask leaders: Do you like me? Can you help me? Can I trust you?
• People are asking will this leader add value to my life?
• Everything worthwhile is uphill all the way.
• The problem: people have uphill hopes and downhill habits. 

• The only way to make the change you need to change is to be intentional.
• There is no thing like accidental achievement.
• Intentional living is deliberate.
• Selfishness and significance are incompatible.

• The problem is people don’t need their life, they accept their life.
• Christ followers have to ask if they are going to spend their life connecting with people or correcting people.

5 Things to do Everyday to Add Value to People

1. To add value to people you must value people.
2. To add value to people you have to think of ways to add value to people. Who am I going to see today and how can I add value to them?
3. To add value to people you have to look for ways to add value to people.
4. To add value to people, you must go from knowing to doing. Ask at the end of the day, did I add value to people today?
5. To add value to people you must encourage others to add value to people.