Tweet The beginning days are critical in leadership transitions. I’ve learned the impressions created in the initial days – positive or negative – are often hard to overcome. The momentum…
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Tweet I have served in some toxic leadership cultures in the past. I was once a division manager for a large sales team and sales were down due to the…
Tweet The way you begin a leadership position often determines the degree of success you will have in the position and the impact or value you will bring to the…
Tweet Leader, let me share one easy, but huge thing you can do to better empower people on your team. And, in full disclosure, I’m the worst at this, but…
Tweet When we think about leadership, we don’t always think about peaceful leaders. But if you’ve ever observed a skillful and thoughtful leader, you know their relationships are marked by…
Tweet What is the role of a shepherd of God’s people? Sometimes I think we confuse our role and get discouraged as a result. Many pastors and teachers get frustrated…
Tweet If I could give one secret to leaders who want success in leadership it would be this: Learn people. I know it sounds too simple, but until you learn…
Tweet Want to “shoot yourself in the foot” as a pastor? Hopefully, through this blog and my conference speaking I have established myself as someone that loves pastors. I came…
Tweet Leader, if it is “driving you crazy”. (Which is a phrase I often hear leaders say about their organization, their team members, or things that are impacting them at…
Tweet I heard a leader make a common but damaging leadership statement recently that made me cringe. It is perhaps one of the worst leadership statements to organizational health, but…