Cultivating Trust Is a Crucial Task for Leaders
To cultivate trust, leaders must contribute to a sense of safety, commit themselves to listening, empower others to act, learn from their mistakes, and promise only what they can deliver.
Dave Odom
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Dave Odom
Leadership Lessons I Didn’t Expect to Learn
Leading a team is one of the most difficult things you can ever do. The individuals on the team are different, yet they need to work together to create a cohesive team that has a personality and life of its own.
Fred Noble
Why We Make So Much of Jesus
Jesus Christ was the First. The Most. The Best. The Last. The Everything. Regardless of what they tell you, the Christian faith is not about love. Jesus. It’s all about Jesus.
Joe McKeever
Is Your Company’s Soul Healthy?
Healthy organizations need the tension between chaos and order. Every company needs both fire and water. Every company needs a healthy soul.
Paul Metler
10 Ways Leaders Can Foster Collaboration
Effective leaders strengthen others and foster collaboration.
Malcolm Webber
4 Ways to Create a Work-Life Balance in Ministry
One of the hardest things to figure out in ministry is work/life balance. The schedule is 24/7. Because the demands of the job itself deal with the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of those in your church, it can be hard to say no. There are many good people in ministry who have made bad decisions that can be traced back to their [...]
Tim Stevens
It’s All About Your Focus
Leaders who are truly disciplined in their thoughts, actions, and life go the next step. These disciplined leaders know to be truly disciplined they have to control their focus.
Joseph Lalonde
How Well Do You Value Your Leadership Team?
Great teams feel valued by those who lead them.
Charles Stone
Your Excellent Worship Isn’t
Let’s rethink our definition of “excellence.” Excellent worship is worship that’s accessible to EVERYONE. An excellent worship leader makes sure everyone, not just musicians, has a part to play.
John Branyan
Hope in Heaviness
By checking in on the emotional health of her staff and creating spaces for celebration and hope in the midst of the heaviness, Ann stewards her relationships with her staff and their relationships with the patients they care for.
Kelsey McFaul
Are You Coveting Your Prayers?
As we go into this week as well as a new year, let’s check our prayers to make sure we don’t care more about our prayers being answered than we do about being in Jesus’ presence.
Joshua Webber
Great Vision Is Not Enough – You Must Share It with Clarity and Passion!
God’s plan is for a united people to fulfill His purpose, not just for individual, gifted leaders to do great things.
Malcolm Webber
Mental Health and Leading When You Are Unwell: Part II
Your mental health can determine your leadership effectiveness.
Sean Swaby
Mental Health: How to Lead Well When You Are Unwell: Part 1
Workplaces that support employee mental health are progressive. But what about the mental health of the leaders?
Sean Swaby
Your Vision Must Capture the Hearts of Your People
A million candles can be lit from a single flame.
Malcolm Webber
2 Reasons We Ignore Our Weaknesses Instead of Addressing Them
The common leadership counsel to focus on your strengths is wise, with one important caveat. Your weaknesses must be addressed and brought to an acceptable norm or they will overshadow your strengths.
Eric Geiger
Regaining Hope
How do you deal with disappointment? We need to grieve disappointment in a healthy way.
Dorothy Stewart
5 Reasons Delegation Fails
I encounter many leaders who claim to want delegation to be a part of their leadership. They know the value, but they are often frustrated with the results they receive on delegated projects. Here are five reasons delegation fails.
Ron Edmondson
Good Leaders Are Ceiling Busters!
Effective leaders look beyond the expected into the realm of possibility. They look beyond the normal into the supernatural realm of God.
Malcolm Webber
10 Reasons We Don’t Let Go
Jesus models for us a letting go of control, earthly power, and reputation. He empties Himself at the cross, trusting in the goodness and love of the Father. God intends that we follow the same path. Yet, in situations both the large and small, we find this incredibly difficult. Why?
Pete Scazzero