Tweet Is found in the reward of experience. It doesn’t make sense at first that you would benefit from failure. Failure almost seems like something you would avoid. We strategize…
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Tweet Write better rules. That principle came to me in a personal illustration. Cheryl and I love to travel, and we have done a lot of it together. Several years…
Tweet If you want your team to explore, take risks, and make new discoveries there will be mistakes made along the way. Sometimes lots of mistakes to find one good…
Tweet One of the controversial issues of our day involves sexual identity. As a pastor, and now working with pastors, I realize we don’t always know how to address the…
Tweet I am excited about the 3 books we helped publish at Leadership Network so far this year. Through our partnership with Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins, we are addressing topical issues of…
Tweet I’m convinced the biggest battle in leadership is often within the emotions of a leader – and equally powerful – the emotions of those we lead. The biggest battle…
Tweet Whether or not they are successful at it, most leaders understand the importance of delegation and empowering of leaders. (I wrote previously about leading leaders and not followers. Read…
Tweet Hezekiah ruled over Judah and was a good and faithful king. Hezekiah often became the target of warring nations. The king of Assyria, which was a much more powerful…
Tweet I love leadership. I feel called to it. I realize the need for good leadership, but the fact is leadership is hard. In my last pastorate, I met regularly…
Tweet Leadership is not about having all the answers. One sign of a great leader — in my opinion — is to be bold enough to say, “I don’t have…