You probably see it every week—leaders who undercut their influence not just by what they’ve done, but by something they’ve said or posted. Sometimes they blow it completely through one or two dumb moves. And sometimes you end up thinking “I’m not…
You’ve seen leaders who have stopped growing. It’s not a pretty sight. If you’ve stopped growing as a leader, you’ve stopped leading well. But often, the leaders who have stopped growing don’t realize it’s happened. After all, the people who lack self-awareness…
I talk to a growing number of leaders who ask for advice—very personal advice. They ask me questions like Should I stay in this church or move on? or I’m struggling with my elder board, is it time for me to leave? These…
So you’re building your team—you’re even assessing your personal gifting for everything that lies ahead in ministry. What’s the gift set you’re looking for in a leader (or in yourself) that will really help move your mission forward, reach new…
When you start out in leadership, it’s easy to think that everything will be up and to the right. I mean that’s how we plan it out in our heads, isn’t it? And yet every leader I know faces a…
As a leader, you have it all planned out in your head. But welcome to the real world—things almost never go as planned. I learned that the hard way again earlier this week when a live training webinar we had…
I often hear from people who say “We don’t any need more ideas/strategies/conferences/skills…all we need to do is ________,” and then they fill in the blank with something that sounds spiritual. Maybe you have people like that at your church,…
Today’s post is written by Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church, Co-Founder of the New Thing Network and Exponential. Dave Ferguson is an award-winning author, founding and lead pastor of Chicago’s Community Christian Church, a missional multi-site community…
So you likely have some learning goals set for the year ahead. That’s awesome. But the best leaders don’t just learn new things, they unlearn old things that are holding them—and their teams—back. Unlearning a few things might be one…
Blown it lately? Haven’t we all? Somewhere, somehow, some way, we mess up. Reguarly. Despite our best intentions. It’s tempting to think top leaders become great at what they do because they make very few mistakes. Surprinsgly, what makes leaders…