If you’ve ever spoken to an audience, tried to motivate a team, or if you prepared messages almost every week like many of us do, you’ve probably wondered what makes for a great talk. In fact, you’ve probably asked questions…
Why on earth would you think about succession, especially if you’re a young leader? Well, one of the hallmarks of great leadership is replacing yourself. Second, there is no success without a succession plan for any leadership role. William Vandenbloemen…
Very few leaders go into church leadership as pastors, staff, board members or volunteers hoping to be ineffective. And yet so many churches and church leaders end up that way—ineffective. You might be stuck in a church like that right…
So you probably want people to like you. Who doesn’t? Often when people say they don’t care whether people like them, it’s because they used to care whether people like them, but they got burned and as a result have become a bit…
If you struggle with time management, you don’t want to miss today’s guest post by Tim Stevens, a team leader with the Vanderbloemen Search Group, an executive search firm that helps churches and ministries find great leaders. Previously, Tim was…
How do you get people to share the content you create? Ever wonder if you can you make something go viral? Those are great questions that most leaders wonder about at one time or another. In this episode, we answer those…
There’s a single word every true leader uses regularly, that far too many leaders abandon early into their leadership. In fact, the more successful you become, the more tempted you will be to abandon it. Others abandon it too. Leaders…
The issue of spiritual maturity seems to provoke one of the super strange conversations in the North American and Western church today. Here’s the bizarre part: some Christians end up criticizing other Christians for not being ‘deep’ enough or committed enough to…
What makes a successful leader successful? And—here’s the next question— could you adopt any of their characteristics to help you become a more effective leader? Sometimes it’s easy to think that some people were just ‘born’ successful or that they ‘have…
Happy January! So…what conversations are you planning on having with your team this year? One of the things I love about a new year is the Top 10 lists that help us look reflect back and plan ahead. They can…
Can anyone become a better communicator? Jeff Henderson thinks so. Whether you speak every weekend or are simply trying to improve your presentations in the boardroom, Jeff shares what will kill your next presentations or talk and what will make…
So how do you turn around a declining church without blowing it apart? Can it even be done? Or will it always take years to do, if it’s even possible? Dom Ruso talks about how he leveraged the past to…