There Are Two Kinds of Team Members So let’s start with a simple reality. There are essentially two kinds of people: leaders and doers. Leaders gladly rise to a challenge and can take others with them. Doers, on the other…
Talk to young leaders, and they’ll express frustration with their bosses. Talk to an older leader, and they’ll roll their eyes at some of the shortcomings of the next generation. How do you lead and manage so generations can work…
Here’s what’s so refreshing about Kadi Cole, often when the subject of female v. male leadership comes up, people tend to move into entrenched theological positions or stereotypes. Kadi doesn’t even come close to that. In this interview, Kadi shares…
Oh to know then what you know now. It never works that way, though, does it? A few months ago, I celebrated a birthday. It was a good one. I spent much of the day being grateful, but it also…
The last thing you want as a leader is to have your best days behind you. But it happens all the time, long before a leader steps out of leadership. The questions are how does it happen…and, more importantly, what…
What do you do when a well-known, charismatic founder of a highly visible, successful church resigns and you’re the successor? That was Kevin Queen’s situation in 2017 when he took over the Lead Pastor role at Cross Point Church in…
There’s a secret many leaders won’t readily tell you. One of the most difficult aspects of Christian leadership is keeping your relationship with God fresh and alive. I suppose that’s one of the reasons so many pastors burn out (I…
The attractional church model has been the dominant church model for 20 years in growing churches and many leaders are noticing it’s not nearly as effective as it used to be. Few churches were better known for the attractional model…
Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages has sold more than 12 million copies and shows no signs of slowing down; every year, it sells more copies than the year before. Gary talks about why the book has resonated as deeply as…
If you talk to most leaders long enough to get a real answer to ‘So how’s it going?” you will quickly discover that a surprising number of leaders are disheartened. Even discouraged. You know what thousands of leaders facing many different situations have…
Every parent and every teen and young adult knows things are changing. So does every leader. But the real question is: How are things changing and what does it mean? Kara Powell and Steve Argue dive into their latest research…
So you just love email, right? Kidding. Of course, you don’t. Few people do. Of all the time-suckers that show up in modern work, email is near the top of most lists. If you tallied the amount of time you…