Tweet I was coaching a pastor trying to help a church grow again. The previous pastor left town after a series of bad decisions – some decisions the church is…
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Tweet Numerous times throughout my more than 35 years leadership career I’ve been the new guy. Navigating those early days in a new leadership role is critically important. Much of…
Tweet I spend a good amount of my ministry investing in younger leaders and I love it, because it fuels me to know something I’ve learned – often through trial…
Tweet In my world, the word team is used almost on a daily basis. Most of us want to be in a team environment. However, in my experience working with…
Tweet As a leader, I am forced to make dozens of decisions every day. During this pandemic that has only multiplied. Thankfully, years ago I learned the secret to making…
Tweet I was talking with a pastor that I coach recently. He asked me how I handle difficult people in the church. I assured him I didn’t know what he…
Tweet (This is a guest post written by my friend Matt Lombardi. Matt has launched a new company called Shaar that I believe has great potential to help churches and…
Tweet Do you believe in prayer? And do you love your marriage? Well here are some suggestions for praying for your marriage. 10 Prayers For Marriages: Dear Lord, Grow our…
Tweet “The secret things belong to the Lord our God…” Deuteronomy 29:29 Make your plans. Work your plans. That’s good leadership. I’m an advocate of strategic leadership. I don’t believe the…
Tweet I have a number of pet peeves in leadership. Leadership is hard. But there are some principles in leadership, which simply need to be adhered to for good leadership….
Tweet In a previous post, I wrote about the emotions of a pastor or leader’s spouse during a time of ministry transition. You will need to read the post HERE for this…
Tweet I have found that regardless of how motivated I am, if the people around me are unmotivated, we aren’t going to be very successful as a team. This is…
Tweet Here’s a reality I came to a year of so ago. We have placed so much energy investing in the next generation of leaders that we’ve left a ton…
Tweet Some of the most vocal opponents to changes we made in church revitalization were simply rule-followers. That’s huge insight. Don’t miss this. These people liked to know we were…
Tweet I have learned I don’t agree with everyone. And everyone doesn’t agree with me. I could say shame on them, and while that might be funny, it isn’t fair….