Tweet Cheryl and I are in a good season of life and marriage. In many ways it is a stressful season with work, family demands, and constant transition, but it…
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Tweet One of the consistent barriers I have seen in having a strong marriage is the way the couple deals with outside influences. It could be friends, family, work, or…
Tweet When I think I have a great idea I do the same thing every time – I sleep on it! If you read this blog regularly, surely you have…
Tweet Do you want to know one sign you’re actually doing well as a leader? It’s not fool proof, but it’s pretty telling – in my experience. You’ll know you’re…
Tweet What should you do when a church is in decline? I get asked that question a lot. It should be noted there are no cookie-cutter solutions for reversing a…
Tweet As a pastor, I was often asked what my routine was as I prepared to preach on Sunday mornings. Ultimately, it’s all about Jesus, but I realize I have a…
Tweet There are many leaders I admire who have influenced my own leadership. I admire the teachings on leadership by guys like John Maxwell, Andy Stanley, and Patrick Lencioni. There…
Tweet How do you fit more activity into an already busy schedule? Isn’t this a great question? How do you create more margin in your schedule – to do the…
Tweet Vision casting can be dangerous for the health of a team. Sometimes vision-casting can destroy an otherwise healthy team. I know that goes against what all the great leadership…
Tweet One of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen leaders make is forgetting everyone doesn’t think like them. I have personally made this mistake many times. We assume what we are…
Tweet The Challenge One of the greatest challenges I have felt as a senior leader is to regularly communicate the big picture vision I own in my head. Of course,…
Tweet In my experience, people typically tend to hire someone they can easily get along with, relate to and with whom they will enjoy working. That often translates into hiring…
Tweet All the leadership examples I post on my blog come from real life situations – either mine or yours, collected through years of leadership experience. I get asked frequently,…
Tweet Every organization has a life cycle. In fact, over time an organization will likely be many separate cycles. I have written about organizational life cycles before. But I have…
Tweet Being a leader isn’t easy. With every decision a leader makes someone is happy – and someone is not. One often misunderstood reason leadership is challenging is the tension…