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The Key Thing About Failure Is What We Learn from It

It’s not enough to have an attitude of tolerating and accepting failure. We must have an attitude of intentional testing and experimentation.

Justin Long

Managing a Vision

A team playing tug-o-war has a common core goal to gain as much traction and as much real estate as possible. Everyone is pulling in the same direction just as a well articulated vision should do for any organization. A vision spoken with passion will stir many hearts, but how does one manage a vision?

Gary Kamaal

9 Ways to Lead Through Decisions

Use these suggestions to alter your church decision-making process and create a positive experience for you and your church community.

Brian Thorstad

Transformational Leadership

Transformation is radical change. To transform means to change in the way that a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, or a tadpole into a frog, or a baby into a child and then into an adult. After the process is completed, it is as if the older form ceases to exist.

Malcolm Webber

The Wonderful, Amazing Blessings of the Fear of the Lord

What is this wonderful gift from God, this incredible blessing? It is the fear of the Lord.

Mark Altrogge

Delegating Upward: Why We Should Not Let It Happen

Some tasks are easier to do yourself, but where’s the fun in that? The fun – really, the sheer delight – is seeing someone else learn to handle a Kingdom responsibility and bless the Lord.

Joe McKeever

5 Thoughts About Spending Your Leadership Equity Wisely

Every decision you make, and every risk you lead your organization to take will require an investment of some of your leadership equity (the trust people place in you). Here are five thoughts on how to do it right.

Brandon Cox

Why Commission Matters

Essentially, commission establishes boundaries. Authority does not come from gifting; it comes from commission.

Malcolm Webber

10 Reasons Leaders Stop Growing

The best leaders I know keep growing. They never settle for mediocrity. They look for and tackle challenges that stretch them beyond their own comfort zone. However, some leaders do stop growing and here are 10 common reasons they do.

Chuck Lawless

How Your Church Can Feel More Like the Family of God

When the apostle Paul describes the church as God’s household, His family, what does he really mean?

David Goodman

Acknowledging God in Your Biblical Leadership

God doesn’t impose on any leader the need to acknowledge Him as the source of their leadership abilities or gratitude for placing them in that position.

James Bruyn

7 Actions For When You Can’t Respect the Leader

An individual can continue to grow even with a leader he or she cannot respect – sometimes even more. Here are seven actions I suggest when you don’t respect the leader.

Ron Edmondson

Are Your Goals Harmful to Your Health?

When we focus on our goals instead of our health, if we reach the goal, we have sacrificed an area of health (spiritual, emotional, physical, or relational). If we seek health before goals, we reach our goals healthily.

Matthew Fretwell

You’re Working on the Wrong Things and It’s Wearing You Out!

Many leaders are very conscientious and have a hard time giving away power to others. To be sure that things are done properly, they often end up just doing the work themselves. As a result, they are exhausted and their team members are frustrated. But how do we know which responsibilities we can give away and which ones we personally must do?

Malcolm Webber

Clarify Your Rally Cry

I’ve been reflecting on the value of being crystal clear about what matters most. It’s an ongoing leadership exercise for me. While most personal resolutions remain short-lived, children’s ministry calls for a higher standard. Churches must never be okay with dropping the ball on this one. The lives of kids, families, and leaders are on the line.

Dan Lovaglia