There are a number of people from all walks of life who make me better leader every time they speak – Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, Willow Creek Community Church senior pastor Bill Hybels, author Simon Sinek, professor and researcher Jim Collins, marketer Seth Godin, former quarterback Peyton Manning, sociologist Malcolm Gladwell, business […]
Birds of a feather flock together. Bad company corrupts good morales. Your salary will be the average of the 10 people you hang around most. These are all old sayings, Bible verses, and principles showing the importance of carefully selecting your friends. The great Michigan Wolverine head coach Jim Harbaugh often quotes his father Jack […]
Success and failure. Victory and defeat. Joy and pain. These are things pastors, businessmen and women, coaches, teachers and all other leaders deal with on a constant basis. Leadership has great band width – high highs and low lows. It is how you deal with these extremes that determines your long-term success as a leader. […]
The Black Friday and Christmas shopping season is upon us. If you have money left in your 2016 ministry budget or you are looking for Christmas gifts for the leaders in your life, the following are several resources which will help you have a successful 2017. Check them out and order these. You will give […]
As a member of INJOY Stewardship Solutions, I know the importance of congregational trust when it comes to raising significant resources for new projects or ministry expansion. However, the trust it takes years for pastors and church leaders to build up is not solely limited to capital campaigns. It affects every area of ministry. Recently, […]
Mistakes are part of leadership. The issue is not will you mess up – you will. The issue is not will you ever fall down – you will. The primary issue is how will you handle it? Will you stay down and allow failure to defeat you? Or will you do what all successful leaders […]
“Everyone wants to be told they’re pretty!” – former co-worker Every leader I know wants to head up a team, department or organization that people admire. We all want to make a significant impact and see our influence increase. The question becomes exactly how do you become an admired organization? Earlier this month, the Chicago […]
