Making Vision Stick

Name: Making Vision Stick
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Andy Stanley
ISBN: 9780310869078

Author: Andy Stanley

Series: Leadership Library

Narrator: Bill Dewees

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 12/29/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Leadership & Mentoring, Business & Economics, Christian Ministry, Management & Leadership

Synopsis

There are lots of books about discovering or developing a vision for your organization, but this one is about making that vision endure the corrosion of time and complexity--how to make your vision stick.Influential author and pastor Andy Stanley reveals the reasons why leaders' visions often falter, and he delivers 5 in-depth strategies so that you can dodge the pitfalls:How to state your vision simply.How to cast your vision convincingly.How to repeat your vision regularly.How to celebrate your vision systematically.How to embrace your vision personally.Many of us have good ideas, even great ones. The difficult part is putting them into practice and keeping that vision clear and visible to your organization--whether that's a business or a church--when there are so many things in the day-to-day living of that vision that can distract from it.Making Vision Stick offers valuable, practical tips and case studies. This is a book you'll want to highlight and dog-ear and pass around as you learn how to propel your organization toward the vision God has granted you.Vision is about what could be and should be, but life is about right this minute. The test of a true leader is in keeping that vision on track, day in and day out.

About Andy Stanley

Communicator, author, and pastor Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries (NPM) in 1995. Today, NPM consists of eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe that collectively serve over 200,000 people weekly. As host of Your Move with Andy Stanley, which delivers over 10.5 million messages each month through television, digital platforms, and podcasts, and author of more than 20 books, including Irresistible; Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets; and Deep & Wide, Andy is considered one of the most influential pastors in America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Evan

Stanley’s content is good. Perhaps it’s a compliment to his leadership and insight that I expected more. I loved some of the stories that he shared out of North Point. If you’re looking for a primer on vision, this short book is a great start.......more

Goodreads review by Bill

This small book on vision is one that I have wanted to read for some time. Stanley is pastor of North Point Community Church in Atlanta, the second largest church in the United States. I have listened to his “Leadership Podcast” for the past few years. He writes that this is not a book for those who......more

Goodreads review by Brett

Vision leaks: “vision doesn't stick without constant care and attention” (12). Insightful and concise, Stanley offers five practices that give life and staying power to an organization's vision: state vision simply, cast vision convincingly, repeat vision regularly, celebrate vision systematically,......more

Goodreads review by Valerie

Very good concise book. If you need to understand how and why to make vision stick, this is your go to!......more

Goodreads review by John

Leadership training has become a real commodity, especially among Christian circles. Books, courses, and conferences about leadership have become commonplace, and although it could be argued that the Great Commission is, at its heart, a mandate to lead, one must ask the question: If everyone is lead......more