Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How To Listen
We have all heard it said that for change to work the pain of the present has to be greater than the fear of the future. With that said, the ability to accurately asses the cause of the problem and apply the right solution are critical path issues to any success. This HBR post values […]
Your People Are Your Competitive Advantage
A few years ago Mark DeMoss wrote a great book called The Little Red Book of Wisdom. He shares the personal and professional core values that helped him develop one the most successful Public Relations firms in the country. Just as Jim Collins did in Good to Great and Jack Welch in Winning he drives […]
Church Scattered: Listening To Understand
The key area that is lacking for most leaders as they face the highly participative team dynamics that exist today is people skills. All executive coaching research clearly points to this reality and most leaders have major blind spots when it comes to this truth and that is why it can destroy team morale and […]
Changing Role Of The Pastor
In all of my years studying and leading churches the changing role of the pastor and the laity within the local church is probably one of the most misunderstood and potentially damaging issues facing the church. The biblical model is incredibly clear, the pastor is God’s gift to the church and his role is to […]
Worship Wars Are Not Glorifying
This is a subject that really breaks my heart because the pain that has been suffered by so many good people is so unnecessary. If this issue is not dealt with in a thoroughly biblical manner most of our current churches will stop reaching the next generation and will eventually die. To be sure our […]