1269 Leadership Quotes
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 […]
“Faithfulness is the foundation of greatness.” – Dr. Crawford Loritts I was recently meeting with one of the top church consultants in America and he made an interesting observation. He discussed that pastors running between 1,000 and 2,000 in weekend attendance are like gangly teenagers. They had experienced some rapid growth but were still trying […]
Research shows over 70% of all six-figure income earners consider themselves avid sports fans. This makes a lot of sense. Sports involves measurable results, wins and losses, conflict resolution, team building, pressure, player development, strategy, perseverance, and pushing yourself to do more than you thought you were capable of. As a leader, this is why […]
Sometimes I think we just make leadership too difficult. Leadership is influence. It is about movement. The most difficult and important form of leadership is self-leadership. You cannot lead others if you cannot first lead yourself. And above all, leadership is about people – serving them, honoring them, encouraging them and helping them reach their […]
I have been serving church leaders in a professional consulting capacity since 2002. The funnest experience I ever had was this past August 5th through 7th as part of the live blog team at The Global Leadership Summit. Originating from Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, IL, this event was seen by over 300,000 leaders […]
