Convene Chairs eat their own cooking. They get together and work challenges and opportunities just like the CEO teams they gather. In a recent conversation we talked about how we have come to understand and respond to the question that often comes: "What are the points of difference between Convene and other peer-based advising groups for CEOs and business owners?"
Our answer? We have:
* An Essence Process (that distills the team's best thinking)
* The Holy Spirit Co-Creating Wise Counsel (with like-minded peers)
* A Safe Peer Environment Committed to the Ongoing Transformation of the Leader (producing trust, vulnerability and speed of decision-making)
These elements, when combined, lead to greater clarity sooner.
This in turn, empowers our members to make more confident decisions, grounded in deeper understanding for greater (Kingdom, business and family) impact.
Three great temptations wage war against a CEO: fear, pride and confusion. When a CEO does not have clarity on the issue at hand, on God's will for them and their stewardship of the company, or on a particular opportunity, it is nearly impossible to act dutifully. Fear, pride and confusion block right and timely action.
The alternatives are twofold:
1) To not act, delay the decision, gather more facts, avoid, put off, minimize, rationalize or spiritualize.
2) To act with compromised effect based on un-clarity of purpose, opportunity, etc.
By engaging a Convene Team with a tough issue, a CEO is:
1) Humbling themselves by submitting their pride to the counsel of the team, thereby counteracting the enemy's tool of pride;
2) Gaining truth, wisdom, insight and clarity, thereby counteracting the enemy's tool of confusion;
3) Gaining depth as a leader, borrowed experience and encouragement from others thereby counteracting the enemy's tool of fear.
"For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace." (1 Cor 14:33 - ESV)
It is interesting that Paul, who wrote those words, creates a dichotomy between confusion and peace.
And so, we answer the question about the Convene distinctive as more confident decisions, grounded in deeper understanding for greater (Kingdom, business and family) impact... and personal peace.
Convene Chairs
-Harris Wheeler
-Marcus Bigelow
-Mark Vincent
-Michael Powers
-Mike Petty
-Ron Hoover
-Todd Kemp