In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to attend the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. During the next three days, I will be bringing the top leadership lessons from the incredible faculty the WCA has assembled. As a special gift to everyone reading these posts, INJOY Stewardship is […]
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Live Blog: 2015 Leadership Summit – 8 Leadership Quotes From Bill Hybels Pre-Summit Session
In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to attend the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. During the next three days, I will be bringing the top leadership lessons from the incredible faculty the WCA has assembled. As a special gift to everyone reading these posts, INJOY Stewardship is […]
30 Lessons On Creating A Healthy Workplace Culture
Culture is one of those buzzwords many people currently throw around without truly knowing what it means. What we do know is we all want to be part of a healthy culture. We all want a healthy culture for our church. Our business. Our team. Our organization. Our family. But the question begs itself, how do […]
9 Practices Of Highly Successful People Worth Investing In
Successful leaders are investors. They invest their personal time, energy, money and resources in others. This is a strategic decision because you can accomplish far more through others than you can accomplish alone. But in addition to being a mindful decision, investing is an attitude. Daymond John is one of the well-known members of the […]
There Are No New Good Leadership Ideas And 3 Ways To Solve This Problem
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 […]
11 Ways 11 Pastors Gave Me A Competitive Advantage In Business
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 […]
14 Things Churches Can Teach Business Leaders To Have A Competitive Advantage In Their Industry
The business people in your church should have a competitive advantage in their industry because they attend your church. Let me explain. Who makes up the audience in your church each Sunday? It is business people. They either run businesses, work for people who do, are in transition to rejoin the workforce, or are married […]
4 Reasons I Am A Born Again Entrepreneur
I admire leaders who exceed their potential and make a significant impact in the lives of others and the world. How these successful leaders think and what they prioritize challenges me to become a better leader myself. One such leader is my good friend Bryan Miles. Bryan and his wife Shannon are amazing leaders who […]
7 Reasons Why Leaders Don’t Like Meetings
“You’re not one of those people who likes meetings are you?” Those words still sting to this day. The year was 1997 and I was a young, passionate, emerging leader in a cutting-edge, thriving ministry. For the area in which we live, we were breaking new ground and seeing hundreds of unchurched and dechurched individuals […]
10 Qualities Of A Person You Should Hire In 2015
For many leaders reading this post, you will be hiring key personnel in 2015. The question becomes what should you look for? On December 17th, ESPN.com writer Jeff Legwold examined the Denver Broncos ability to locate top talent in unusual places. You can read the full article by clicking here. As I read Legwold’s analysis, […]
Top 10 Leadership Skills Of Pastors Of Fast Growing Churches
Recently, I had a conversation with a local Christian leader regarding Andy Stanley and the growth of North Point Community Church. He asked with genuine honesty, “Brian, why can’t my church grow like North Point?” We then began to talk through North Point’s focus, approach to ministry and development of a leadership culture. It quickly […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of July 7th
Before we get to this week’s Top 10 list, I want to make you aware of a very special project I am involved in with INJOY Stewardship Solutions. On Tuesday, July 22nd at 2:00 PM EST I will be interviewing the incomparable Ike Reighard, Senior Pastor of Piedmont Church in Marietta, GA, during a FREE […]