1269 Leadership Quotes
Every organization I know wants to attract the best leaders. Let’s be honest, no one wakes up and says, “I want to recruit some bad leaders today. Give me all the bad leaders.” Specifically, every organization wants to attract talented young leaders. Young leaders keep your organization fresh, energetic, green and growing. The question is […]
Leadership is a subject that is shallow enough for everyone to wade in to and deep enough no one will ever reach the bottom. Those are my thoughts when I look at this week’s Top 10 list. The following subjects are covered – expanding your platform, burnout, staffing issues, generosity, creativity, and preaching just to […]
Tonight I had the privilege of seeing HIllsong: Let Hope Rise. Presented in documentary style, this movie tracks the rise of Hillsong Church and the band Hillsong United into a global phenomenon. You will see both behind-the-scenes and live performances from the band. I was blown away with the level of humility, hard work, preparation, […]
“Leaders in companies of every size, shape, and approach … can benefit from what I am about to tell you. If you want to complete a project, bang out a task you’ve been putting off, or just see-through a lot of work in a relatively short period of time, there’s an easy way.” These are the […]
Almost a decade ago, a little-known pastor from Washington D.C. wrote a book called, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. This book would impact a generation of people wondering how to survive and thrive when opportunity roars. Ten years later, Mark Batterson is now a New York Times best-selling author, and he is releasing a sequel to […]
Let’s go back five years to September 12th, 2011. You analyze the attendance numbers of your suburban church. You run 500 in attendance with annual giving of $750,000. Your evaluation is you have a good, solid church where lives are being changed. Great things appear to be ahead for this congregation. Now let’s return to […]
Whether you lead a church, business, non-profit, or athletic organization, you want it to be successful. Few things are as worse as going to church, the office, or to a team you are part of knowing you have little chance for succeed. Everyone wants to be part of a winner. No one wants to be […]
“Sully” is absolutely AMAZING!!! Directed by Clint Eastwood and played by the incomparable Tom Hanks, Sully is the true story of the January 15, 2009 US Airways flight 1549 piloted by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. After colliding with a flock of Canadian geese, Captain Sullenberger safely glided the plane to rest in the Hudson River. […]
One thing I rarely discuss but is a BIG DEAL for Christian leaders is the hiring and firing process which takes place at churches. From the feedback I receive, we are fairly weak as a leadership community in this area. Therefore, I want to make you aware of a number of quality posts written this […]
Hiring young leaders is critical to the success of any organization. Whether you lead a church, business, non-profit, or athletic organization, young leaders give you sustainability. Young leaders bring fresh perspective and innovative ideas. Great organizations are always green and growing. An organization struggling to find quality young leaders is the National Football League. The […]
This is a post I have wanted to write for a long time. There are countless articles written on how to become a successful leader. In fact, I have added many logs to that fire. But there are very few posts, articles and books written on how to REMAIN a successful leader. Lasting leadership is […]
John Maxwell famously said, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” When you consider four of five churches are plateaued or declining, we must then look at those in church leadership as an area where we could improve. I am HUGE fan of pastors but am seeing a great need to increase the leadership skill, capacity […]
