If you want to see your strategic plan drive new growth, you need to weed out the ideas that just don’t belong.
The following is an ancient, classic story. It is somewhat of a parable from yesteryear.
It is easy to see their shortcomings as failures, but when you take the time to dig in you may learn that these aren’t failures at all.
It’s difficult to think of an effective leader who isn’t an effective communicator.
As the pace of change accelerates and the chaos continues, it’s hard to know what tomorrow holds, let alone the future.
Here I describe how fundamental brain processes affect leadership.
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you” (John 15:16, NIV).
Change is not always a popular experience, and it can produce a lot of damage if it is not done wisely, carefully, and lovingly.
“I don't have time for that.” This is the most constant complaint I hear from leaders.
Today, I want to ask you a very different leadership question: Is your soul in a better place today than it was a year ago?
Church vision and mission will rarely build your congregation. Here’s why they’ll fail you.
If we're going to navigate the present and the future in a healthy way, it's important to realize what things we can expect to change, and embrace them with flexibility.
Leaders would like to think they lead in unbiased ways. However, that’s easier said than done.
What is the big secret that helps leaders get to the next level?
I believe our teams are better and our cultures are healthier when both men and women are at the leadership table confidently bringing their respective perspectives, gifts, and strengths to the whole organization.
Is today a circle or an X day? A big part of the outcome is determined by what we decide right now.
We can’t predict all things, like the economic situation or new regulations. Only God knows what the future holds. But we can make calculated inferences about the future.
There is no better time for an inspection than the end of this chaotic year.
Christmas is past, and New Year’s is swiftly approaching. In this strange, in-between time, it’s tradition to pause and reflect on the past year and the one to come; on the good, the bad and the hoped-for.
Every leader has habits that drain his or her effectiveness. Before you resolve to start new habits, why don't you jettison some current ones?
