During the month of June I am looking at Apex Leaders, those who at the top of their professions, along with their habits. This study would be woefully incomplete without including Ike Reighard, the incomparable senior pastor of Piedmont Church located in Marietta, GA. I cannot convey how much I love and respect Ike Reighard. There […]
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8 Hurdles All Leaders Must Face And Conquer
This is the third post in our June series looking at the practices of Apex Leaders, those who are the very best at what they do. Just in case you missed the first two articles, click the following: 12 Tips On How The Most Successful Leaders Deal With Failure featuring the world’s top surfer Nic Lamb […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of May 30th
Jeff Henderson often says, “Leadership comes with a microphone.” This is because at some point in everyone’s leadership you must stand up and say, “Here’s where we are going. Follow me!” Therefore, your leadership capacity is largely determined by your ability to communicate a clear, crisp, and compelling vision. If you want to know how to […]
15 Practices Of Highly Successful Financial Leaders
This is second of my June posts on Apex Leaders, leaders who are the very best in the world at what they do. Yesterday we profiled pro surfer Nic Lamb in the post 12 Tips On How The Most Successful Leaders Deal With Failure. Today we will look at one of the world’s top businessmen […]
12 Tips On How The Most Successful Leaders Deal With Failure
This is first in my series of June leadership posts on the Apex Leaders – people who are the best in the world at what they do. Today’s post deals with the subject of failure. Failure is a part of leadership. The process of failure can never be avoided. In fact, it is necessary for […]
15 Things No One Ever Sees Which Largely Determine A Pastor’s Success And 9 Other Most Read Leadership Posts From May 2016
Bill Hybels says it best, “Everyone wins when a leader gets better.” And a lot of leaders got better during May 2016. This past month was one of the most heavily visited in this site’s history. And the great news is the content during the month of June could add value to your leadership like […]
11 Warnings About Foolish Leaders
If you want to know where to begin reading leadership lessons in Bible, start with reading one chapter a day in the book of Proverbs. It is full of wisdom which will make you a better person and leader. In fact, there are 31 chapters in Proverbs. One for each day of a 31-day month. […]
7 Tips To Building Healthy and High Performance Ministry Teams
Meetings are an unavoidable part of ministry leadership. If you want to move the ball forward in ministry, you have to have meetings. But, what’s the difference between a productive and effective meeting, and one that sucks the life out of everyone in the room? Here are some tips from Lance Witt’s upcoming MinistryU class, […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of May 23rd
While this week’s Top 10 list contains its standard helpful resources, content and challenging thoughts from some of the greatest leaders in the world, it also contains one of my favorite posts of the year. Revivals still happen in America and Jesus Christ is still bringing thousands to Himself. The story of a revival currently […]
17 Leadership Quotes And Lessons For X-Men: Apocalypse
When I went to see Captain America: Civil War I had the bar set very high. I was expecting the movie to be one of the best action films I had ever seen. It proved to be just that. When I went to see X-Men Apocalypse I had the bar set very low. I expected […]
33 Lessons On Leading A Growing Business
Shannon Miles co-founded Miles Advisory Group (MAG) with her husband, Bryan in 2010. She serves as COO of the organization, which is the parent company for eaHELP, MAG Bookkeeping, Render Virtual Webmaster Services, and Ellipsis Virtual Writers. Shannon and Bryan left their high-paying jobs to start MAG in 2010 and have experienced amazing success, including eaHELP’s recognition as the 131st fastest […]
33 Lessons For Christian Leaders Needing Financial Freedom
“Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant havest.” – Proverbs 14:4 Pastors desperately need resources they can use to invest in the business and financial leaders in their church. That resource has arrived. Oxen is the latest book from I Was Broke. Now I’m Not and Injoy Stewardship Solutions CEO Joseph […]