Top 25 Insights from 2010 Chick-fil-A Leadercast

1. Talent is God-given be thankful, praise is man given be gracious, conceit is self-given be careful. Tony Dung

2. Personal life impacts business life, perhaps more than anything else in your life. Connie Podesta

3. Failure always teaches us more than just studying success. Jim Collins

4. You will become known for the problems you solve! Steve Uzzell

5. People underestimate the actual control they have during turbulent times. Ed Bastian

6. Leaders don’t tell a better story, they make a story better! Mark Sanborn

7. If you take care of your employees your employees will take care of you. Ed Bastian

8. Look for the bright spots and copy them! Chip Heath

9. Hubris (outrageous arrogance) born of success is first step to down fall. Jim Collins

10. If no one accepts your excuses, then you stop using them, start finding solutions. Dr. Ben Carson

11. You must demand responsibility, but balance with the understanding that I am here to help you achieve our goals, I am here to help make you successful. Tony Dungy

12. Character is revealed when what you had planned is so far from your current reality that you can hardly breath, this is when you are revealed for who you truly are at the core. Connie Podesta

13. You must learn or languish, no matter how bad the circumstances. Mark Sanborn

14. Success is using talent God has given you to elevate other people! Dr. Ben Carson

15. Connecting=ability to identify with and relate to people in such a way that it increases our influence with them! John Maxwell

16. Multitasking gives you opportunity to screw up more than one thing at same time! Steve Uzzell

17. To be good teacher you must be good learner. Steve Uzzell

18. Connectors find common ground. John Maxwell

19. Outcomes/Results are not tied to circumstances. Jim Collins

20. Outcomes are based on our choices. Jim Collins

21. All great institutions are built on a purpose beyond making money, they are built on a set of core purposes that sustain you during the ups and downs. Jim Collins

22. Many times you must have perseverance, you must stay the course, even when you don’t think you are having an impact you will look back some day and realize how you impacted others, how much you influenced their lives in a good way. Tony Dungy

23. Your life is your speech, you life tells your story, it paints a picture for all those around you to see each day. Connie Podesta

24. I don’t believe in political correctness, I believe it is a very destructive force in our culture today. Dr. Ben Carson

25. There is a part of us is in love with our current comfort. Chip Heath


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