How To Achieve Your Goals At the Expense of Your Followers
Maybe you know where you're going and how to get there, but how do you know when you've arrived? Your answer depends on whether you're an abusive leader or not.
Malcolm Webber
Be one. Build many.
Malcolm Webber
The Life-Changing Magic of Showing Up
God is calling us to show up at those church meetings not just because we’ve had a hard day and need encouragement, but because there will be people that need our specific encouragement for their own hard days. We need each other.
Ricky Alcantar
The Leader’s Foundation: What Do You Bring That Is Uniquely You?
You do not have to be born a white tiger to be unique. God has designed each human with unique qualities for a specific purpose. What is your unique design? Don’t know? See what Tom Horn has to say about your design.
Tom Horn
Struggling and Losing the Plot
When the point of ministry seems to be endless struggle, we are in danger of losing God’s plot. Like John, we may need to take it to Jesus and get a glimpse of the bigger picture.
Dorothy Stewart
Check Yourself: Is Your Vision Abusive?
Where are you going? How will you get your followers to go with you? How you answer these questions will define whether you are an abusive leader or a servant leader.
Malcolm Webber
I Can Trust a God Who Has Suffered … and so Can You
Are you suffering today? Run to Jesus, your sympathetic High Priest. Unlike politicians, He really does feel your pain and He really can give you exactly what you need.
Stephen Altrogge
8 Tips to Survive the Messy Middle
Have you ever ministered to someone who has been in the messy middle? They are moving forward towards overcoming in an area but not without setbacks and skirmishes. They are not displaying behavior that reflects the maturity we might expect or hope for. Especially when this person is an adult, our perceptions and patience towards them may not be terribly generous. Depending upon your own gifting, you may find the messy middle life-giving or nerve-grating.
William Frisbie
Dennis FletcherHow Attractive Are You as a Leader?
When we talk of attractiveness we usually think of our outward appearance, but of course our looks account for such a small percentage. Our attractiveness has much more to do with the depth of our relationship with God, the fruit of the Spirit growing from our lives and how we behave and interact with people.
Stephen Mayers
Are You a Grateful Leader?
The big deal Jesus made about gratefulness in the one leper (and the lack thereof in the nine), points to the high value He places on a grateful heart. I believe leaders above all should evidence a grateful heart. Evaluate your level of gratefulness against these three gratefulness indicators.
Charles Stone
Why Leaders Must Not Be Afraid of Doing Hard Things
As leaders, doing what’s “most needed or important,” and serving others and the greater good, often requires doing the hard things in life, whether it’s confronting somebody or holding them accountable for their actions.
Adrian Pei
Don’t Just Be Accountable to Your Leader – Be Accountable to Each Other!
The effectiveness and health of a team is directly associated with developing a common working approach.
Malcolm Webber
How Will You Build Up Your Archippus?
God has entrusted you to invest in people whose names and ministries will never be widely known. Here are five ways to build them up more effectively.
Dan Lovaglia
Find Joy in Everything
I realized at the funeral that I need to change my perspective. As the Bible clearly commands: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice” (Phil 4:4).
Rick James
Fostering an Environment of Collaboration
I’ve been in many church offices where I observe walled-off office after walled-off office. Collaboration is paramount to a healthy church culture. Even if you are the only paid staff member you still need to be collaborating internally on projects, creativity, and other things.
Joe Hoagland
How Does Your Team Eat That Elephant? One Bite at a Time.
The effectiveness and health of a team is directly associated with sharing common goals.
Malcolm Webber
There is No Such Thing as a Christian Organization
Jesus declared that His view of success and effectiveness was directly tied to His obedience to the Father, not to an organization. We often put too much faith, confidence, and belief in the organization as though the institution is what matters. We make the mistake of measuring our effectiveness, our success, by whether or not the [...]
Samuel Voorhies
Say Yes to Time with the Father
Let’s be careful that we don’t by-pass relationship with God to get on with the activity, and start worshiping at the altar of what we do For Him. Jesus was very careful to point out that what He did was through the authority God gave Him. He also worked at maintaining that close relationship with His Father.
Samuel Voorhies