1269 Leadership Quotes
I am spending a lot of my thinking time on the subject of culture. There are just some of the questions I am focusing on: What makes up a healthy culture? What is the role of leadership in healthy cultures? What are the proper behaviors of leaders and how does this affect culture? What are […]
The following are 25 Signs You Have An Unhealthy Organizational Culture: You spend more time celebrating previous successes than future opportunities Unhealthy conflict Laziness A lack of urgency A lack of energy Poor body language A lack of engagement No one is making others better Selfishness A lack of creativity A sense of entitlement No […]
“Culture” is one of the key buzzwords in today’s leadership world. We all want to lead healthy cultures. We want to wake up each day and go to work in a healthy culture. Most leaders do not know how to build healthy cultures but we certainly know the difference between healthy and unhealthy ones when […]
This evening I had the privilege of joining over 600 coaches, athletes and other attendees at NorthStar Church for a special evening with Jon Gordon, author of successful books like The Carpenter and The Energy Bus, and Mike Smith, former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Recently, they collaborated on the incredible new book, You Win In The […]
Christian leadership and culture. How do we engage it? What issues deserve addressing? What should be our tenor and tone when doing so? These are complex, messy questions facing us in a Post-Christian America. Many of the following posts address this topic. You will want to forward many, if not all of these, posts to […]
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 […]
http://youtu.be/Ir2TdfSwH8g With over 12 million hits and counting, the Harlem Shake video produced by the Miami Heat has officially gone viral. While this is a fun 56 seconds, there are seven important leadership lessons we can all take from this display. Leaders Engage Culture – Leaders, especially Christian leaders, do not hide from culture. They […]
This Sunday my incredible pastor Crawford Loritts will be speaking on tithing. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, tithing is giving 10% of the pre-tax money from your paycheck to your local church. Now some of the readers of this site enjoy debating biblical principles but this is not the forum for if tithing is Old […]
The pressure of 717 people forced Starbuck’s founder and CEO Howard Schultz to remove himself as a speaker at this week’s Global Leadership Summit. A few thoughts: Jesus Christ died for everyone who has ever lived. 717 passionate, committed, and organized people can accomplish much. Bill Hybels was extraordinarily gracious as always. Church leaders must […]
MTV just celebrated its 30th anniversary. Regardless of your thoughts about their content, no one can question the influence they have on today’s young people.  In 2002, Cable Television Advertising Bureau said, “MTV’s median age is exactly when a majority of young American adults begin to form life-long brand loyalties. Young adults 15-17 are excited consumers and […]
  The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics made up 15.5% of the population in 2010 totaling 47.8 million people. These numbers are expected to grow to 17.8 % and 59.7 million people by 2020. How should this effect churches and how we do ministry in this country over the next decade? Fellowship Bible Church […]
Should pastors and church leaders regularly use Twitter, blogs, and Facebook? Without a doubt!!! Though not a pastor, let’s look at the presidential campaign of President Obama for some key leadership lessons. Ranjit Mathoda said in a linked NY Times article: “Thomas Jefferson used newspapers to win the presidency, F.D.R. used radio to change the way he governed, J.F.K. was the […]
