Tweet .A few years ago I met with a group of Millennials in our church – asking them to help me think through leadership today. The most repeated word was…
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Tweet Have you ever heard the phrase “odd person out”? I’ve been odd man out numerous times. Some people assume because I’m a pastor I can’t also be fun. So,…
Tweet You remember the cowardly lion from The Wizard of Oz, don’t you? He was supposed to be the king of the jungle, but he had no courage. I’ve known…
Tweet One of the hardest decision a leader makes is to release someone from employment. Making any kind of employment decision comes with the sobering reality, regardless of what the…
Tweet One of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen leaders make is forgetting everyone doesn’t think like them. I have personally made this mistake many times. We assume what we are…
Tweet The Challenge One of the greatest challenges I have felt as a senior leader is to regularly communicate the big picture vision I own in my head. Of course,…
Tweet I remember an especially hard year as a leader. It was so bad several members of our staff had told me where I was letting them down. So much…
Tweet There are some things in leadership I could almost say I despise. Those things are almost always the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power – or…
Tweet In making a first impression the little things matter. When a visitor shows up on one of our church campuses for the first time the little things matter. When…
Tweet There are a lot of gray issues in leadership. So many times I simply don’t know what to do. I try to lead by consensus building, but even with…