We have a choice to make about our perspective for 2020. We can wish it away so we can start 2021, or we can use the opportunity for change to become people God can use more effectively.
I've learned that it’s okay to be friends with those I lead, but that friendship must never get in the way of my responsibility to truly care for, guide, challenge, stretch, and lead them.
The world has become an increasingly difficult place to communicate. Polarization and divisiveness have wreaked havoc on respectful and constructive conversation.
During the pandemic, churches and organizations have shut down to varying degrees, and in a sense they were scattered.
"The hardest leadership lesson I’ve ever learned is how to pass the baton of leadership, since there are no guarantees of success."
Sometimes the most productive thing I can do is stop checking things off the list, and take a step back to breathe.
Teams don’t make decisions. Individuals make decisions. Every decision must have someone’s name written next to it.
I learned to not put someone in a leadership position just because they were willing. That decision had a terrible outcome.
I recall two experiences that interrupted my well laid-out plans. In the process, I also learned a few important life lessons.
If you want to change corporate culture, you'd better do more than make your office a cool place to work.
Election Day has come and gone. Do you know what this means? It means television ads are all about Christmas now.
If a church is going to become revitalized, it will come from a group of leaders that may need to prevail over some of their peers who lack motivation for change.
If we're going to reopen with a changed church, let’s change more than the cleanliness. Let’s begin to clean our hearts and souls from racial division.
I found this book extremely helpful, insightful, and relevant to leadership issues today, especially in the church.
Communicating words of truth and life is not about impressing or baffling people. It's about “giving light, so even the simple can understand.” Here are a couple ways to do this.
When we believe we have all of life totally buttoned-up and figured out, we aren't really ready for the shake-ups that come.
A sign that we are growing spiritually is that we are willing to embrace the storm as an opportunity for the church.
Work is stressful, demanding and oftentimes thankless. What's the point?
Where should I focus? How do I determine my priorities? I’m fielding these questions from leaders daily… and frankly, asking the same ones myself.
