I love this week’s Top 10 list. Great leaders are curious. They are always learning and want to know why things work. In addition, smart leaders know what made them successful today will not keep them successful tomorrow. They get better, smarter. This week’s Top 10 list is heavily populated with articles about leadership at […]
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26 Tips For Pastors And Business Leaders On Becoming A Better Vision Caster
Brian Dodd on June 17, 2015 in Church Leadership
“Leadership comes with a microphone.” – Jeff Henderson If you are a pastor, business leader, coach or anyone in a leadership role, you will eventually have to cast vision to your people. This is because the time will one day come when you must stand in front of your team and say, “This is where […]
20 Facts About The Unchurched People Who Visit Your Church
Brian Dodd on June 15, 2015 in Church Leadership
In last week’s The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 8th, Beth Riedemann wrote a post entitled An Open Letter To Mike Linch, Sr. Pastor at NorthStar. The title caught my attention because Mike is one of my dearest friends and one of the great pastors in America. You can follow him […]
10 Lessons Pastors And Church Leaders Can Learn About Creativity
Brian Dodd on June 14, 2015 in Church Leadership
Successful pastors and Christian leaders are humble enough to understand the importance of continual learning. One of the many places I learn from is Fast Company magazine. In their June 2015 edition, this great publication did its annual listing of the Top 100 Most Creative People In Business. Editor Robert Safian identified many similarities and […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 8th
Brian Dodd on June 12, 2015 in Church Leadership
The greatest leader who has ever lived, Jesus Christ, is still changing lives. As I read many of this week’s best posts, I was reminded of this. If you need hope, encouragement or inspiration, make sure you bookmark the posts below and revisit them often. The following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The […]
13 Realities Of Angry Pastors
Brian Dodd on June 10, 2015 in Church Leadership
This is a very important post because the content below is going to save someone’s job and ministry. For others, it will be a sad reminder of lost opportunity. For another group, the information will be laughed off and ignored to your own peril. The only difference between anger and danger is the letter “D”. […]
The #1 Reason Pastors Give Me As To Why Their Churches Are Growing
Brian Dodd on June 8, 2015 in Church Leadership
What is your perception of pastors of fast-growing churches? The media and trolls on the internet do not paint a positive picture for us. We are led to believe these pastors are rock stars, egotistical, and only concerned about numbers, status and financial wealth? Based upon my experience, I have found these misconceptions to be […]
There Are No New Good Leadership Ideas And 3 Ways To Solve This Problem
Brian Dodd on June 6, 2015 in Church Leadership
From 1996 until 2002 I could not wait to receive my monthly leadership cassette tape from John Maxwell’s INJOY Life Club. Annually, I paid $120 for 12 cassettes, a fill-in-the-blank listening guide, a binder to house the cassettes (which I still have), and John’s latest book. Since my daily commute to work was between 75-90 […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 1st
Brian Dodd on June 5, 2015 in Church Leadership
The only appreciable asset in a church or business is people. Everything else depreciates. People are so valuable Jesus died for them. This is why this week’s Top 10 list is so important. Every post deals with people – life-giving people, people who suck the life out of us, people who bring us joy and […]
10 Ways Coming To Church Should Make You Feel Like You Are Coming Home
Brian Dodd on May 31, 2015 in Church Leadership
Last week I had a meeting with an incredible group of church leaders. As part of our initial time together, I like to ask each of those in attendance what brings them back to their church week after week. After all, in America, there is no shortage of churches to attend. Often, there is one […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of May 25th
Brian Dodd on May 29, 2015 in Church Leadership
“I don’t mind my kids going to church there. They won’t hear anything that will hurt them.” This was a phrase my neighbor said to me this week when describing her church. Regardless of this church’s attendance, budget, massive square footage and superior programming, many of their people are biblically illiterate and therefore powerless to meet […]
11 Ways 11 Pastors Gave Me A Competitive Advantage In Business
Brian Dodd on May 24, 2015 in Church Leadership
Recently I wrote a post entitled 14 Things Your Church Can Teach You To Have A Competitive Advantage As A Businessperson. It was incredibly well-received and has helped many pastors identify who sits in their services on a weekly basis and how to better communicate in such a way as to add value to their lives […]