If even Jesus, the Son of God, could do "nothing of Himself, but only what He sees the Father do," how much more so do we need to depend on living in the Presence of God, sensing what He is doing in the situation and partnering with Him to carry it out. Yes, the Lord uses our talents, gifts, intellect and skills. But we can't trust those [...]
Patricia Tillman
Herminia Ibarra is one of the finest thought-leaders on leadership. Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it.
Paul Sohn
Are you lost in God? God is asking us, “Do you really, intentionally love Me?” If you are not doing this, you cannot teach your people to love God. It’s learned by examples, whether it's a leader in the Old Testament or us. Our kids and disciples know how to love God because they’ve seen it modeled before them.
Joe Handley
The Bible tells us God sent Jesus to take all of humanity’s brokenness upon Himself; to bring healing to the broken-hearted; and to restore us into a right relationship with God. What a resource for a broken world. As children of God we are not broke, but broken people being healed by Jesus, and sent into the world following the example [...]
Niklas Eklov
The muffled rant out in the hall prompted the fading in of a closed-eyes smile across my travel-worn face. It wasn't the words of the outburst – garbled French curses for the sake of quiet – but the images from earlier that night that animated a mind's view of what I could not see presently. I will share with you what I saw that you may [...]
William Frisbie
Sometimes there can be confusion about what the Christian life is and isn’t. But really it all boils down to this one question.
Halim Suh
Feedback is a tool of power, and it can create environments of freedom or oppression.
Adrian Pei
Is there an “Asian American” way to handle feedback? How does ethnicity impact feedback processes and growth?
Adrian Pei
Allow yourself to be influenced by others, but believe in what you stand for.
Adrian Pei
A recipe for how to make someone’s blood boil. And how to cool it down in 3 simple steps.
Adrian Pei
Which is worse: criticism or indifference?
Adrian Pei
Breaking down effective feedback: 7 practical steps that can be executed in less than 1 minute.
Adrian Pei
Just add one word — “because” — to make your appreciation of others meaningful.
Adrian Pei
The best worker in any enterprise is one whom God has called and His Spirit has sent. They are there, not for a paycheck (although that is often necessary) and not for recognition (although they would not mind a pat on the back occasionally), but because “the Lord sent me.”
Joe McKeever
One simple thing you can say to eliminate 90% of problems when you’re delivering feedback.
Adrian Pei
Three crucial questions to ask ourselves before we start giving feedback.
Adrian Pei
There are simple, practical things we can do to make feedback more helpful and enjoyable for us, and for other people.
Adrian Pei
In Malawi we have a proverb that tells the story of a dog sitting on a warm verandah. He hears the sound of a lion roaring in the distance, but it is so comfortable in the sunshine…. So he stays put. He keeps hearing the roars get closer and closer, until it is too late to move.
Jonathan Mbuna
If we want to live and lead like Jesus, we know this one thing about betrayal: it will show us more about ourselves than any other leadership experience we face.
Jess MacCallum
I don’t feel qualified to speak to the general group psychology of the entire generation of Millennials, but I have spent most of my time for the past decade or so around Millennial Christians, and I think the nasty caricatures of them are just not true.
Russell Moore