Many pastors really do struggle with depression.
The “Hedgehog Concept” has helped successful organizations define who they are, focus their energies and become more successful. They do this by answering three critical questions.
As leaders, you need to know that there is a battle going on for your credibility and character.
Is ‘preferences’ a biblical reason for not supporting a pastor?
I’ve been in vocational ministry for more than 38 years, and if only I knew then what I know now.
I’ve noticed over the years that leaders do more problem suppression than problem prevention—often with damaging results.
What? Another book on leadership? Yes, it is, but Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development has a different take on the subject.
As I listen to leaders talk about their organizations, there seems to be a shift from an overemphasis on vision to a neglected emphasis on leadership performance.
How do you manage to be at peace under pressure?
Here are eight questions a leadership team can ask to discover their target group.
If we aren’t equipped to see these blind spots on our own, then how are we supposed to address and work on them?
It’s easy to neglect such vital conversations for several reasons: fear, they’ve gone sour in the past, we don’t know how, etc. But to lead well, we must not avoid those talks.
Karl Vaters begins his new book, Small Church Essentials with three facts that may change your perspective on small-church pastoring.
In my experience of helping churches with strategic-planning tasks, the most controversial part of the process is choosing a target or focus group.
These five words of gratefulness could change the way you approach life and leadership.
Do you spell it s-e-r-v-i-c-e or serve-us?
When it comes to leading difficult people, who do you continue to invest in and who do you stop spending time and energy on?
It’s easy to focus on the negative people and interactions and spend a lot of time discussing them (if not complaining).
Excellent biblical leadership enables people to taste, smell and touch the culture of God’s kingdom. Here are 10 things Jesus understood and practiced about culture, which will help us do the same.
Every leader has both buckets. Good leaders know when to use the right bucket.





















