The Ideal Praise-To-Criticism Ratio That Triples Your Leadership Impact
While negative feedback can be destructive, it is an essential part of the mix. Here are three reasons why negative feedback matters.
Paul Sohn
Competencies
Articles in this category focus on how a Christian leader can build and nurture competencies and apply them practically in ministry life.
Paul Sohn
Video: Leaders, Build Your Intercessory Team!
Effective focused intercessory prayer takes effort, but can mean the difference between success and failure for the leader.
LeaderSource Team Member
Life as a Checklist
I love checklists. On my desk, I have task lists for the day and the week ahead. On my wall is my yearly calendar with medium to long term tasks. My mobile phone gets in on the act with notifications and reminders. I like checklists because they remind me of the things to do. When we […]
Dr. Stanley Arumugam
Dealing with My Stress and Burnout
In this time of COVID-19, many people are experiencing severe work stress and, for some, leading to burnout. It's easy to be deceived into accepting remote working as 'the new normal' as work without boundaries. This way of working is not sustainable.
Dr. Stanley Arumugam
Teaching from the Indwelling Life of Christ (from Transformational Teaching)
Teaching must be rooted in the life of Christ to be transformational. Dive deeper with this excerpt from Transformational Teaching, by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
The One Thing to Do to Avoid a Crash when Making Decisions
Leaders are forever facing complex decisions that sometimes carry heavy consequences. Brent Hoover unpacks a singular strategy for approaching these decisions.
Brent Hoover
Less Is More
Every dialogue can be either a competition, or a bond of connection with another person.
Adrian Pei
10 Habits of Highly Effective Small Group Leaders
Steve Gladen, pastor of small groups at Saddleback Church for more than a decade, gives brilliant advice to take your small group to the next level. What makes a group system thrive? Definitely, strong leadership, welcoming groups, small group guidelines. Saddlebackâs success from small groups comes from its focus on health. He balances [...]
Paul Sohn
Stop Cutting the Power on Your Preaching
Way too many pastors sideline the impact of their sermons by getting stuck in the cleverness trap. Find out if youâre caught in this common snare and get the help you need to stop cutting the power on your preaching.
Dan Lovaglia
The Power of Focus
Proper eyeglasses or contacts can help correct the first challenge. The second challenge requires a different kind of prescription. Greater focus begins with a couple of essential steps.
Paul Metler
Spiritual Leadership â Bringing Inside-Out Change
A large Christian NGO in Africa demonstrates the powerful combination of strong, servant leadership with relentless prayer and painful personal confession. Change was not cheap, easy or quick. But it happened.
Rick James
Take a Lesson from a Silly Goose
Leaders might learn a thing or two from a silly goose. Geese develop remarkable synergy, allowing them to fly as far as 1,700 miles without stopping. Flying solo doesnât hit the mark for geese; neither can leaders go it alone for their whole adventuresome journey.
David Goodman
What No One Tells You about Being a Leader
Good leadership demands that we understand what we control and what we do not. Among numerous healthy reasons for this is so that when followers are playing the blame game, we are not drawn into an unhealthy discourse: both with others, and within our mindâs conversation.
Kevin Thompson
Leading Through Crisis
Have you ever been paralyzed by a crisis? You know what you should do, but youâre caught off guard, you werenât prepared for what is coming. Your team is looking to you for leadership, and you arenât real sure how youâll get through the situation. Here are five tips for successfully leading through crisis.
Russ Cline
How to Ensure Healthy Lone Working
Working from home can also be a hugely distracting, counter-productive and unhealthy existence. Hence, here are seven tips to help you decide when/if working at home is best for the health of your leadership.
Nick Franks
Waiting … Waiting
Every once in a while I see leaders hesitating to act for no apparent reason. Probing, I've found a number of leaders seem to be waiting for permission. What keeps them paralyzed is that those expected to grant permission donât even know their permission is hoped for.
Corey Olynik
Leaders Must Create More Capacity, But How?
Wise leaders apply their best thinking to the most important things. This is, of course, easier said than done because of the sheer volume of things that leaders are asked or required to think about. Because we are finite and flawed, we have a limited amount of mental capacity. So how can a leader create mental capacity?
Eric Geiger
Are You Neglecting to Communicate?
Communication is worth the investment and is very powerful. We can recall when our communication mattered, such as ordering a meal and enjoying it when it is placed on our table, when a family member humbly asked for forgiveness, or when a colleague offered much needed help. This is one of the great questions about human communication: [...]
Quentin Schultze
Self-Care Is Never Selfish
Taking care of ourselves is an intentional act of good stewardship. We are the only gift we have to offer other people. Self-care gives others permission to do the same without feeling guilty. The Bible describes our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. We need to look after that temple.
Dr. Stanley Arumugam