How could this reclaimed definition of stewardship transform the way you lead in business?
One of the essential truths that any good leader needs to learn is that leadership begins with you. If you can't lead yourself, you can't lead others.
How contemplative are you? The person who gives focused thought and reflection to his or her life lives, learns, adjusts, and improves going forward.
Perhaps you've even heard people talking about things they don't like about the church you serve, but no one connects the symptoms to the underlying causes.
What is God asking you to do today that totally doesn't make sense?
The idea of the "fearless leader" owes more to myth than it does to leadership reality. The goal is not to be fearless, the goal is to be courageous.
I don't actually have signs on my desk, but I feel like I should have a few. Every day, I make mental notes to remind myself (seemingly again and again) of some basic things I keep forgetting as a leader.
We must be people of integrity. The world is watching how we respond to the tests and trials in our lives. We either draw people to Jesus or repel them with our lack of integrity.
More than ever, we must learn to cultivate times of silence and solitude so we can slow down, reflect, and listen to the voice of God.
We've become fast-food customers of leadership. We eat, eat, eat with little time to digest what we've consumed.
Being a pastor is a high calling, yet they often face loneliness and discouragement.
Maybe you are generous and loving, but you always looked at your work as second class compared to being a pastor or missionary.
Effective church communication is all about scratching itches (or helping them scratch the itch).
In today's turbulent times, leaders are being called upon to lead with more courage than ever before. But how can you lead courageously, when you're just not feeling particularly brave?
In a recent conversation with a leader we work with, a concern he raised really caught my attention. He said, "My team seems to be doing the best they can, but I don't get a sense that they're flourishing."
"I'm not getting fed." It's one of the most common complaints of church members looking for excuses to leave a church.
When they came to me with an idea, I applauded them for their idea and then shared with them two or more things that would add horsepower to their plan.
Pastors may consider adapting these thought-provoking questions and answers when they address their congregations' grads in a sermon or in written recognition.
Good leaders recognize that the majority of the conflicts in their organization can be prevented or resolved by employing these six practices.
It was a monastery on the top of a hill on a foggy, rainy afternoon in the Pacific Northwest. Just the monks, a spiritual coach, and me for three whole days – a silent retreat. What would I say to myself?
