Catalyst – Christopher L. Scott

Today I am continuing my series of posts sharing what I learned about momentum from the Catalyst One-Day event taught by Craig Groeschel and Andy Stanley.

Craig taught a session titled “Busting Barriers with Mindset Changes” which gave some good insight about the thinking we have as leaders have and how our thinking can prevent momentum from being created.

Busting Barriers with Mindset Changes
Craig Groeschel

Organizations like to settle into what is comfortable.
Craig shared that it is a natural tendency for organizations to settle into what is comfortable. People like to have predictability, security, and certainty so once things start going well it is the natural tendency for people to start to find ways to settle into what is happening.

What got us here won’t get us to where God wants us to be.
Often what we do in ministry today leads us to where we end up tomorrow. So if we want to end up in different places tomorrow we need to do different things today.

A couple of years ago I received some audio CDs from a workshop Craig Groeschel and Andy Stanley did on the topic of momentum at Catalyst One-Day. I found the teachings they shared to be very beneficial and encouraging as a leader.

Over the next few days I will be sharing with you some of the notes I took while listening to their talks. The format will be that I write a statement they shared in their talk, then I will elaborate on each statement a little to explain it to you.

I hope you find this series of posts beneficial to you as we learn about momentum together.

Gaining and Sustaining Momentum
Andy Stanley

Three things that trigger momentum:

New
Improved
Improving

The basis of Andy’s talk is that there are three things that trigger momentum. Something that is new, something that already exists which is improved, or something that is currently operating and is improving. All of those create momentum because we live in a society where we do not like to see things stay the same. We like to see things change, improve, and become better.