1269 Leadership Quotes
There are two issues in church I see all the time. Problem #1: The church isn’t growing the way it should. There are lots of possible reasons for this – some of them are spiritual and some of them are organizational. Problem #2: People aren’t engaged the way you want. Sometimes it’s giving, sometimes it’s […]
There are a lot of resources available to leaders to help them get better. The following are just a few: Live Conferences Online Conferences Podcasts Coaching Networks Webinars Online Courses These are all outstanding and I personally take advantage of many of them. However, my friend Michael Lukaszewski recently made an interesting observation about the […]
On Saturday, March 11th I had the privilege of speaking to approximately 90 cadets, administrators, officers, and volunteers at the 2017 The King’s Academy Military Ball. What made this event special is King’s has the nation’s first homeschool JROTC program. The unit’s leader, Colonel Rick Stepat asked me to speak to the subject of servant […]
Keep the bar low. Have realistic expectations. If you do that and are just looking for two hours of mindless escapist fun, Kong: Skull Island is for you. This movie is nothing but big action, CGI and a lot of stuff getting destroyed. This movie overall is not great and probably has a future on […]
The biggest issue I see leaders facing today is understanding the difference between leader development and leadership development. Leadership development is developing the type of skills needed to accomplish a task or assignment from God. Leader development is becoming the type of person God can use to accomplish a task or assignment. Leaders who last […]
All leaders want to achieve peak performance and we want those on our teams to achieve peak performance as well. It is not a question of desire. It is a question of process and execution. How do you do it? One week after this year’s Super Bowl, Sports Illustrated writer Peter King traveled to New […]
David Walters, Senior Pastor of The Vine in Atlanta says, “If you want to see anything wreck a movement of God, mismanage your money.” Having a money management scandal blindside your church means more than just lost dollars. It means that you’ve now got the massive task of rebuilding trust with your staff, your members, […]
Continually staying ahead of the curve is a constant challenge for all leaders. We must be always looking for fresh ideas. So where do these great ideas come from? In the March 2017 edition of Inc. Magazine, four Nobel Prize winners were interviewed about their sources of inspiration. Whether you lead a church, business, non-profit, […]
I was recently with a group of pastors when the keynote speaker said, “I have come to learn that all churches are personality driven. Because if not, how do you effectively cast someone else’s vision?” While I disagree with him, I conceptually understand what he is saying. But after all, it was Jesus who said […]
Logan is the best of times and the worst of times. Let’s start with the best. Logan is the greatest comic book movie I have ever seen and is an early Oscar contender of Best Picture of 2018. With Hugh Jackman playing his iconic character, the film is simply an incredible story. Set in 2029 […]
Harvard professor Adam Grant wrote in his wonderful book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move The World the following words, “The more expertise and experience people gain, the more entrenched they become in a particular way of viewing the world…As we gain knowledge about a domain, we become prisoners of our prototypes.” That is why I enjoyed […]
Two of the greatest traits any leader can have are reliability and dependability. You just have to have people on your team and in your life you can count on. No matter how bad things get, no matter how rocky the road becomes, no matter how uncomfortable things get, they will always be there. As […]
