Tweet When it doesn’t make sense to people… People often complain. While speaking at a conference in a major city several years ago we treated ourselves to a nice restaurant….
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Tweet Now almost a year after serving as a full-time vocational pastor, I realize how many demands there were on the position. There are pressures from church members, staff, and…
Tweet Everyone who has ever served with me on a team could probably agree I am not a wordsmith. I often say to people, “Listen to the principle of what…
Tweet Someone asked me a great question once. It came from a young pastor. He appeared to be doing a great job leading, but he wanted to do better. I…
Have you learned a valuable principle about your leadership?
The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond.
If they expect you to respond in anger…they’ll dance around an issue, afraid to confront…
If they expect you to respond defensively…they’ll only bring you the proven answers…refusing to take risks…
If they expect you to respond with condemnation…they’ll be tempted to only share part of the story…maybe none at all…
If they expect you to respond negatively…they’ll hold back some of their best ideas…afraid you’ll crush them…
However…
Tweet Is found in the reward of experience. It doesn’t make sense at first that you would benefit from failure. Failure almost seems like something you would avoid. We strategize…
Tweet Write better rules. That principle came to me in a personal illustration. Cheryl and I love to travel, and we have done a lot of it together. Several years…
Please understand this is not a formula for success. I don’t believe those exist in any relationship and God is certainly not defined by my prayers. This is, however, based on Hezekiah’s actions in response to receiving a letter that threatened his entire kingdom. (2 Kings 19:14-19). I have tried this numerous times and God always responds.
Tweet I was visiting a church recently and decided to jump over to the church’s Facebook page during the service. Leadership Network helps churches with their digital presence and so…
Tweet If you want your team to explore, take risks, and make new discoveries there will be mistakes made along the way. Sometimes lots of mistakes to find one good…