According to the official website, www.chick-fil-aleadercast.com, the Chick-fil-A Leadercast is a one-day leadership event featuring a premier speaker lineup of the world’s best leaders. [It was] Broadcast LIVE from Atlanta on May 7, 2010, to hundreds of locations throughout the country and world.
Among those attending from FastPivot.com were: Matthew Ledford, President; cow, Leta Krieger, eBusiness Consultant; cow, Keith Enloe, Vice President; Daphne Kirkwood, Director of Human Resources, and Jonathan Poston, eBusiness Consultant.
During the simul-cast, the entire FastPivot team was tweeting it up. Just have a look at some of the posts below to learn why this meeting was so awesome: (also some great speaker video on the official site here)
@jonathan_poston: Jim Collins, Good 2 Great author: biggest take away from all our work: greatness is not circumstance, but choice & discipline #cfaleadercast
@jonathan_poston: Jim Collins, Good 2 Great author: a signature of the greatest executives we studied is their humility #cfaleadercast
@daphanator: Multi-tasking is the ability to screw up more than one thing at a time! Steve Uzell #cfaleadercast #yam
@jonathan_poston: former National Geographic photographer: Steve Uzell: solutions are sometimes found in very unexpected places #cfaleadercast # fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: former Nat. Geo photographer: Steve Uzell: the moment one commits oneself providence moves too #cfaleadercast # fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: Former Nat. Geo photographer: Steve Uzell: chance favors the prepared mind #cfaleadercast # fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: former Nat. Geo photographer: Steve Uzell: reexamine all the stuff you know #cfaleadercast # fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: Former Nat. Geo photographer: Steve Uzell: 2 get open road state of mind at ur desk, make all preparations necessary #cfaleadercast
@jonathan_poston: John Maxwell:constantly look 4 common ground..effectiveness in communication is based on similary, not difference #cfaleadercast #fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: John Maxwell at #cfaleadercast: leaders go down to where the people are and bring them back up to the top w/ them #in # fastpivot
@mattledford: Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your kids ~ @JohnCMaxwell #cfaleadercast /via @leannetaylor
@jonathan_poston: Collins: how do we pay our mentors back? we mentor the next generation #cfaleadercast
@daphanator: Amen Jim Goodnight! Introduce more technology in the schools..kids are bored with old methods of teaching!!! #cfaleadercast
@jonathan_poston: Ed Bastian: @delta #cfaleadercast young 2day r focused on job they dont have rather than 1 they do..1 they have today is most important
@mattledford: #CFALeaderCast #FF: @johncmaxwell @Mark_Sanborn @MichaelHyatt @TonyDungy @trippcrosby @Connie_Podesta @brianpreston
@mattledford: Like SaS #FastPivot has flextime and flex space, team across the country “these are not factory workers” #cfaleadercast
@mattledford: “Take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers.” Ed Bastian @delta #cfaleadercast
@mattledford: Agree!! > Mark Sanborn’s definition of hope at #cfaleadercast has already made this whole day worthwhile. Love it! /via @JanetOber
@mattledford: Leadership is not controllership – Mark Sanborn #cfaleadercast /via @RelaxItsHandled #ff 11:44 AM May 7th via TweetDeck
@mattledford: Tony Dungy – “Be yourself don’t imitate me!” #cfaleadercast /via @_createone
@mattledford: Reflection from Tony Dungy – What mark do you want to leave? Who are you pouring into? #CFALeadercast /via @kellypower
@jonathan_poston: #tonydungy: biggest thing you’ve gotta have is perseverance #cfaleadercast #fastpivot
@daphanator: 2 get a player “unstuck” a good coach can xfer a player’s energy & show em what they r capable of #tonydungy at #cfaleadercast #fastpivot
@jonathan_poston: Tony Dungy: mark of a great coach is how you can let others know what they are capable of #cfaleadercast #fastpivot
@daphanator: #CFAleaderscast – “#JimCollins Create a “Stop Doing” List with your “To Do” List!
@daphanator: # CFAleaderscast – “We lose our values, we lose our soul, we lose our soul we lost it all” – Jim Collins
@jonathan_poston: Jim Collins, Good 2 Great author: why do great companies endure..u have to have a reason 2 fight..beyond making $ #cfaleadercast #fastpivot
@daphanator: Humble Leaders! Passionate 4 the company, not themselves – they can transfer this passion into great things 4 their company. #cfaleaderscast
@mattledford:It’s not so much about the how, but the WHO when you pursue success. Get the RIGHT people. РJim Collins #cfaleadercast /via @michaelrobison
@mattledford: Chicfilaleadership has been awesome today! Very encouraging! Dr Ben Carson, finishing the day strong!! brilliant!
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Thanks for the great tweets from Leadercast. And best regards to the fastpivot team that attended. Best always, Mark