Quotes from Bill Hybels on "The High Drama of Decision Making"

• Every leader makes high stakes decisions.
• A few years ago, I had to make a decision to layoff 30 staff members go.
• Over time, a leader can master the skill of decision-making.
• Traditionally, Christian leaders take their decisions through a series of four questions...
  • Does the Bible have anything to say about this?
  • What would smart advisors tell me to do?
  • PG&E -- What can your pains, gains, or experience tell you?
  • Is the Holy Spirit prompting me in a certain direction?
• If a decision turns out good, you thank everyone. If a decision turns out bad, you blame no one.
• Axioms (or proverbs) are powerful...
  • Bob Galvin: "Create motion for motion sake."
  • Abraham Lincoln: "The best way to defeat an enemy is to make him your friend."
  • Colin Powell: "Check your ego at the door" and "Promote a clash of ideas."
• Some of Hybels axioms...
  • "Vision leaks."
  • "Get the right people around the table."
  • "Facts are your friends."
  • "When something feels funky...engage."
• I haven't given my life to create a community of people in a country-club setting. I've always only wanted to help people who are far from God take steps toward Him.
• Don't believe the lie that unattended problems go away if left alone.
• Leaders have to call "fouls" in meetings or they could turn into a degenerate gathering.