Tweet As an organization grows, adding structure will be required to sustain it. Frankly, I think there is value in unstructured growth. We shouldn’t be afraid of growth we cannot…
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Tweet Every organization needs both protectors and advancers. A successful entrepreneur gave me this advice a number of years ago. Shortly into our meeting he dropped this nugget of insight….
Tweet Have you ever had to lead change when you aren’t sure what changes are even needed? Or have you had to lead change when there wasn’t clear agreement on…
Yesterday I began some thoughts about the term team idleness. To understand the term fully read that post HERE.
What causes team idleness? What causes a team to stagnate and fail to move forward towards reaching its goals and objectives? Here are a few of my thoughts:
When budgets are stretched, development often is pushed to the back burner or cut altogether from the budget. This is dangerous for a team that wishes to remain healthy and continue growing. If a team is not learning and improving, it will soon struggle to maintain any level of success. It’s important to find ways to develop even during times with stressed budgets.
Here are 10 inexpensive, or less expensive, ways to offer development to a team:
In addition to the normal celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, I love the energy that Easter brings to a church. That energy, if channeled correctly, can fuel a church beyond one day per year. The problem I see with many churches, however, is that they stop the work put into the Easter services a few days too early.
Tweet Can I be candid with you? I don’t read every email I receive. And I’m not talking about spam. I’m talking about informational emails. These are emails which have…
Tweet There are some lessons we only learn the hard way. One of them for me has been ways I help creative people on our teams flourish. I used to…
Tweet Sometimes the smallest changes to our life reap the biggest results. In fact, I often recommend these small additions to a person’s day and people have told me they…
Tweet Let me introduce you to something I’ve been working on for years, but formalized over the last few weeks. Introducing 5T Leadership. In my previous post, I shared that…