The great leader Nehemiah shows us eight ways to engage with the Bible for maximum impact.
One of the greatest leaders of all time, Nehemiah, effected change in the setting that surrounded the building of the wall around Jerusalem.
I believe leaders would do well to practice these four behaviors to improve their leadership success.
This is an inevitable part of life. Here's how I’ve learned to defeat discouragement.
Every pastor needs what I call “true north” values—core convictions we refuse to compromise even when external pressures tempt us to do so.
Unfortunately the church can be guilty of overloading people with information. What might indicate that your church is guilty of infobesity?
I suggest five ways to deepen your integrity from the book of Daniel.
Should we avoid setting resolutions for the new year because we might fail?
Here I want to illustrate how a leader’s brain might work in real life.
Here I describe how fundamental brain processes affect leadership.
Leaders would like to think they lead in unbiased ways. However, that’s easier said than done.
In this post I’ve created a simple self-evaluation for pastors to determine how much people-pleasing affects them.
Unmet goals, putting out fires, staff issues, displeasing people, and general tiredness all contribute to discouragement. When it weighs us down, how can we dig out?
The Bible says a lot about gratefulness. Answer these six questions to rank how grateful you are.
Here's how to supercharge your staff morale.
Neuroscience is teaching us a lot about how people remember things. Two mental processes related to attention simultaneously activate in the minds of those sitting in the pews on Sundays.
When you preach a sermon or make presentations and want to maximize your impact with your presentation, keep the brain in mind.
If this has ever happened to you, a small almond-shaped structure called the amygdala has hijacked your brain.
The next time you lead a staff brainstorming session include a few of these five ingredients in your meeting and see what happens.
Try applying some of these ideas the next time you do a staff review and see how it helps.
