Growth Barriers For Churches
There are many things that can keep a church from growing and reaching its potential. The most obvious is for whatever reason God is not able to bless the work and all you are left with is human effort and nothing supernatural can happen. The list of other real issues includes lack of resources in […]
4 Things Successful Change Leaders Do Well
It has often been said that the pain of the present must become greater than the fear of the future for change to really work. Although that may be true, it is an over simplistic assessment of the reality of just how complex leading change is both for individuals and organizations. This HBR post takes […]
Effective Leadership Must Be Courageous
A legend from India tells about a mouse who was terrified of cats until a magician agreed to transform him into a cat. That resolved his fear until he met a dog, so the magician changed him into a dog. The mouse-turned-cat-turned-dog was content until he met a tiger—so , once again, the magician changed […]
Leadership Demands Authenticity
There are many generational issues that have to be resolved between the Baby Boomer generation of existing leaders and the Next Generation workforce that is coming onto the scene. The old positional power model of simply telling everyone what to do and they automatically follow with no desire for involvement in the process is gone. […]
Stop Trying To Achieve Work-Life Balance
I have never like the whole concept of work-life balance. It implies that both areas have equal importance and the honest truth is they don’t. Balance also creates competing priorities instead of integrating your life around core values. Mark Merrill has some compelling thoughts: “I’m talking about the work-life balance that we are so often […]