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Tweet I’m a fan of delegation. In fact, I consider myself somewhat of a professional delegator, if there is such a thing. I certainly love to delegate. I think it…
Tweet There will come a point in time in every Millennial’s career when we move from being primarily executioners to leading teams and managing others. Whether you’re a young pastor…
Tweet Dictionary. Thesaurus. Encyclopedia. We all know what these are. These are all reference books, and a reference book is only used when you need to use it as a…
Tweet This is a guest post from my son, Jeremy Chandler. Currently, Jeremy serves as a Marketing Manager at Pursuant, a fundraising agency serving the nation’s leading nonprofits, faith-based ministries,…
Tweet Mother Is there a sweeter word in the English language? Maybe your word is: Mom Maybe your word is: Momma Or, many of the tousands of words in any…
I am a controlling person. It’s part of my character. I know that. I test that way with StrengthsFinders. I think my team, however, would tell you that I don’t perform as a controlling leader. It’s been a long process to discipline myself not to respond how I am wired. Successful leaders understand the difference in leading with influence versus leading with control. The differences are measured in results.
Leaders, if you want to to have a healthy team environment, you must learn to control less and influence more.
Here’s what I mean by the results:
In an organization where control is dominant:
Tweet You’re familiar with the common scenario where someone half-jokingly asks for advise for a “friend”. Everyone knows the “friend” is actually the person asking the question. Well, that scenario…
Tweet I’m at that point in my ministry where I feel like I’d rather cut grass for a living than serve Christ as a preacher of His gospel. That’s just…
Tweet If you are going to lead – wouldn’t you want to lead in a way which creates value in the lives of others and the organizations you lead? I…
Tweet I often wonder if the reason we don’t forgive as we should is because we don’t understand the subject well enough. Previously, I posted 7 Things that Forgiveness is…
Tweet I have posted and reposted this for over a decade now. (If you see this list elsewhere, I must offer the reminder this is not the first time I’ve…
Tweet At the time of this writing, I have been married for ten months. It’s been an incredible ride with Christie, my wife, and I’m very lucky to have found…
Tweet Family and work can’t be balanced. The good news is that it’s not supposed to be. You heard me. It’s not in the Bible. Not one time in Scripture,…
Tweet I saw this on one of my mentor’s Facebook wall and felt it might be helpful to some of my ministry friends, so I asked his permission to share…