The Top 25 Most Read Leadership Blogs Of 2021 As Determined By You The Readers

Weekly Top 10 List

Each Friday I post my Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Previous Week.  These are some of my most popular posts because they cut through the clutter and point leaders to top quality resources and leadership content.  These posts spotlight some of the greatest thinkers and writers in the leadership community.

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2021’s Top 25 Most Read Leadership Blogs As Determined By You The Readers

Now as promised, the following are 2021’s Top 25 Most Read Leadership Blogs As Determined By You The Readers:  If you have not subscribed to these sites, I recommend you click on the provided links and do so today.  To give you a picture of the quality writing they produce, their link goes to their most-clicked article from 2021 provided on my site.

1. Scott Cochrane – Scott is the Vice President of the International, Global Leadership Network.  He is one of my favorite leaders and was the most-read person on my website in 2021.  His most popular post of the year was 4 Ways You Can Immediately Become A Tough Leader Without Being A Jerk.
2. Carey Nieuwhof – Carey is no stranger to this list and was 2020’s most-read author.  This year he is in the 2nd position. Every month 250,000+ people visit his site to become healthier, thriving leaders – at work and at home.  His most popular post of the year was 10 Leadership Quotes That Will Get Everyone On Your Team Thinking.
3. Phil Cooke – Phil works at the intersection of faith, media, and culture, and he’s pretty rare – a working producer in Hollywood with a Ph.D. in Theology. His client list includes studios and networks like Walt Disney, Dreamworks, and USA Network, as well as major Christian organizations from Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, The Museum of the Bible, The Salvation Army, The YouVersion Bible app, and many more.His most popular post of the year was Why I’ve Stopped Ordering Books On Amazon.
4. Leadership And Main – This site is written by James Albright. Leadership and Main is not intended for those who settle for the status quo, the resistors, the self-seeking, bureaucratic minded, or those that feel the future of their community is decided by anyone other than the leaders who comprise it.  It is solely intended for leaders in local communities who want to selflessly serve and simply make their community a better place to live, work, and play.  His most popular post of the year was Don’t Walk Past Trash.
5. The Daily Coach – Everyone gets better with a coach.  This is why former NFL general manager Michael Lombardi and coaching legend George Raveling launched this site and daily newsletter.  It is without a doubt one of my go-to’s for leadership development.  A must-read!  Lombardi’s most popular post of the year was Bill Belichick’s ‘Tilting’ Lesson For Us.
6. Gavin Adams – As a church consultant, organizational advisor, and leadership coach, Gavin understands that leaders love progress.  It’s what they are designed to do. Unfortunately, progress isn’t always easy. Progress begins with a clear understanding of reality. Progress demands a strategic solution from this reality. And finally, progress requires a guided implementation of the plan.  It is for this reasons he created Transformation Solutions. At Transformation Solutions, Gavin helps leaders make make progress through a strategic and highly practical framework.  His most popular post of the year was How To Never Lose A Staff Member Again.
7. Dan Reiland – Dan is one of my mentors.  He is the Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia.  He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at INJOY.  Dan is best known as a leader with a pastor’s heart and a coach’s instincts. He truly loves the local church, and is described as one of the nation’s most innovative church thinkers.  His passion is developing and empowering leaders who want to grow, are willing to take risks, and enjoy the journey.  His most popular post of the year was 10 Relationship Essentials Wise Leaders Do Every Day.
8. Thomas McDaniels – Pastor Thomas is the Founder of Thomas McDaniels Ministries and has been a lead pastor for over 36 years in both large and small churches. He has planted churches in America and on foreign soil, and has been called to pastor pastors.  Thomas shares his expertise through writing blogs, authoring books, public speaking and his podcast called “5 Fold Unplugged” on the Charisma Podcast Network. He has published 5 books and currently writes for Charisma News, and Charisma Magazine.  His most popular post of the year was 5 Core Qualities Of A Confident Leader.
9. Chuck Lawless – Chuck is Dean of Doctoral Studies and Vice-President of Spiritual Formation and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, where he also serves as Professor of Evangelism and Missions. In addition, he is Team Leader for Theological Education Strategists for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.  His most popular post of the year was 9 Reasons Church Attendance Won’t Soon Return To Pre-COVID Numbers.
10. Rich Birch – Rich has a dual vocational background that uniquely positions me for serving churches to multiply impact. While in the marketplace, he founded a dot-com with two partners in the late 90’s that worked to increase value for media firms and internet service providers.  Today, Rich speaks at conferences like Orange, WFX and various regional multisite church events. He is a featured writer on Auxano’s Vision Room, ChurchLeaders.com and MinistryBriefing.  His most popular post of the year was Building Staff Culture While Leading During Trying Times With Rusty George.
11. Charles Stone – Dr. Stone has been a pastor for 40 years serving as Lead Pastor, a Teaching Pastor, an Associate Pastor, and as a Church Planter. He earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  His most recent degree is an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute.  His most popular post of the year was 6 Neuroscience Insights That Can Make A Pastor’s Sermon Stickier.
12. Ministry Pass and Justin Trapp – Few organizations provide as many quality sermon series, sermon graphics, and youth and children’s media content as the team at Ministry Pass.  Click HERE to learn more about all they provide.  You will love what they resources.  His most popular post of the year was 6 Sermon Ideas For The New Year + FREE Mark Batterson Series.
13. Kurt Bubna – Kurt has been in pastoral ministry since 1976 and now serves as the founding and senior pastor of Eastpoint Church in Spokane Valley, WA.  He has also been a staff pastor at two mega-churches, a church planter, and he has successfully rebooted two churches.  Besides his current ministry role, Kurt has extensive experience as a banker and business systems analyst.  Kurt is an author of seven books, an active blogger, itinerate speaker, and a highly-regarded international consultant and trainer.  His most popular post of the year was One Of Life’s Greatest Uncertainties.
14. Growing Leaders and Tim Elmore – Dr. Tim Elmore is founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta‐based non‐profit organization created to develop emerging leaders.  Since founding Growing Leaders in 2003, Elmore has spoken to over 500,000 leaders in businesses, universities, athletic teams and non-profit organizations, including The Home Depot, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, American Eagle and Chick-Fil-A as well as the San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ohio State University, Stanford University and the University of Alabama athletics.  His most popular post of the year was Why Leaders Miss New Opportunities And How To Fix That In 2021.
15. Courage To Lead and Shawn Lovejoy – Shawn is the Founder & CEO of CourageToLead.com.  His heart beats for coaching leaders through what keeps them up at night.  Shawn has been a successful real estate developer, church planter, megachurch pastor, and successful entrepreneur and leadership coach.  CourageToLead.com facilitates leadership growth and organizational health for leaders all around the globe.  Shawn developed the GearsofGrowth® Organizational Health Assessment for Teams and the Gears of Personal Growth® Assessment for Leaders.  Shawn now leads a team of coaches through CourageToLead who Help Leaders & their Teams grow stronger and faster.  His most popular post of the year was 3 Indicators Of A Healthy Leader.
16. Brett Powell – Brett is the fifth Canadian on the list!!!  He has been in full-time ministry for the past 28 years.  Brett las led in many environments: parishes; as an executive with Catholic Christian Outreach; as Director of an Archdiocesan Development Office and currently; as the Archbishop’s Delegate of Development and Ministries for the Archdiocese of Vancouver.  His most popular post of the year was 8 Ways Dads Can Affirm Their Kids.
17. Rookie Preacher and Brandon Kelley – Brandon helps preachers communicate more effectively.  To help you develop these skills, check out Rookie Preacher’s The Intentional Pastor’s Toolkit. For only $30 you get time and energy tools, sermon planning tools, strategic planning tools, leadership development tools, and attendance and giving tools.  Great, no-brainer offer for pastors!  His most popular post of the year was 51 Quotes On Preaching And Leadership That Will Give You Courage.
18. Joshua Reich – Josh is the Lead Pastor at Community Covenant Church in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  The goal of his blog is to help you take your next step in leadership & life. You will find posts about healthy leadership because without healthy leadership, everything falls apart.  To have a healthy lifestyle, a healthy marriage & family, and a healthy church, you need to have healthy leaders.  His most popular post of the year was How To Make Your Life Count.
19. Church Leader Insights and Nelson Searcy – Coaching is at the heart of what Nelson does for pastors.  He launched the Renegade Pastors Network to help you as a church leader abandon average in your life and ministry.  Every coaching level with Nelson has this critical philosophy as its foundation — “If you want to grow a healthy church and have a happy personal life, look at what the average pastor is doing and do the opposite.”  His most popular post of the year was Managing Your Time: Develop A Top 6 List.
20. Joe McKeever – A native of Alabama and the son of a coal miner, Pastor McKeever has been saved since 1951, been preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ since 1961, and has been writing and cartooning for religious publications since the mid-1960s.  He put in 42 years pastoring six Southern Baptist Churches– the last three were the First Baptist Churches of Columbus MS, Charlotte NC, and Kenner LA– followed by 5 years as director of missions for the SBC churches of metro New Orleans.  His most popular post of the year was 20 Things I Tell Young Pastors.
21. Joseph Lalonde – For the past 13 years, Joe has flexed his leadership muscles helping mold students into leaders who are going out and changing the world.  He has seen many young people grow into responsible adults leading extraordinary lives.  Through these experiences, heI realized he could share the leadership insights and knowledge with a broader crowd if only there was a larger platform.  Thus, his website was born.  His most popular post of the year was 10 Powerful Phrases For Positive Leaders.
22. Tony Morgan and The Unstuck Group – These are some of the smartest people on the planet!  They can equip you to grow your church’s impact and your own effectiveness as a leader-helping you to successfully align vision, strategy, team and action.  Their most popular post of the year was Awaken The Sleeping Giant: How Temple Baptist Church Is Getting Unstuck.
23. Inc.com – For marketplace leadership, there is my go-to resource.  They provide the most pragmatic, helpful leadership content I can find.  Their most popular post of the year was Delta Airlines Just Sent A Brilliant Email To Millions Of Passengers.  This 1 Word Mattered Most by Bill Murphy Jr.
24. Mark Howell – Throughout this site Mark share everything he has learned over a three decade ministry leading small groups and small group ministries, launching new groups, connecting unconnected people, making disciples, building effective coaching structures, leading church-wide campaigns, and working with senior pastors, helping them be the champion they need to be.  His most popular post of the year was Top 10 Ideas To Help You Build A Thriving Small Group Ministry Post-COVID.
25. Dr. Nick Morgan and Public Words – Dr. Morgan is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. He helps people to find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and to deliver them with panache.  Nick is an acclaimed author and keynote speaker, he has taken his message to executive retreats, annual meetings, high-level training sessions, winning sales functions, high-tech conferences and entrepreneurial conclaves around the world.  His most popular post of the year was The Problem With Virtual Communication.

That’s the Top 25 for 2021!  Please visit this site every Friday and Saturday as I can’t wait to keep bringing you quality content in 2022!

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