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…
Tweet I love team dynamics and organizational structures. I have written many times about what makes a healthy team, my expectations of team members, and elements to build health into…
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:
Tweet In making decisions whether or not to take on a new project, adopt a new stance, or move forward in a new direction I like to discern whether it…
Tweet I’ve noticed this principle so many times in my own leadership and in working with other leaders. The more prepared I am to face a situation the less stress…
Tweet This post – posted several years ago – prompted a book. A publishing friend, who had been encouraging me to write a book for years, read this post and…
Tweet This is a guest post by my friend Lincoln Kaffenberger. Lincoln was a member of our church plant, served as a military officer, and now works as an information…
Tweet I’ve meditated quite a bit on this question: What is a leader’s most important trait? Is it charisma? Is it intelligence? Is it wisdom? Is it people skills? Well,…
Tweet I remember talking with a young hurting pastor just after he resigned from his church. For several years he had attempted to restore a dying church into a healthy…