Tweet We have to be very careful with progress. Progress can be a fun. Most leaders want to see progress. Most people do also. But, as much as we may…
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Tweet In church planting, we defied the “rules†of growth for several years. By rules I mean things which happen that naturally stall growth. They are true in every organization….
Leadership is influence, so the words a leader says are powerful…
Therefore, leaders must choose their words carefully…
I see leaders get excited, underestimate the power of their influence. fail to realize …
Tweet I deal with pastors often who are trying to make leadership decisions. One of the most frequent discussions, and honestly one of the hardest things we do as leaders,…
Tweet Pastor, there are some things your church can’t do for you. They simply can’t. Please understand. I love the church. Greatly. I’m a local church guy. But, they simply…
Tweet I am consistently asked for suggestions I have for moving to another city to plant a church or revitalize a church. I planted once in my hometown, so I…
Tweet I have a strong desire to help improve the quality of leadership in churches and ministries, especially among the next generation of Christian leaders. My youngest son, Nate, who…
Tweet I have been asked why I wrote The Mythical Leader I have toyed with the idea of writing a book for years. I have an Evernote file of book…
Tweet One struggle I’ve witnessed consistently with leaders – including this one – is we drown in information overload. There are more good ideas than we can ever implement. We…
I love organizational leadership and I am happy to serve on a healthy team. It’s amazing how many church leaders I know that say their team is not healthy. Recently I started wondering why it is that I claim our team is healthy and it led me to this post. Here, in my opinion, are 10 elements of a healthy organization: