Hit any leadership ceilings lately? You know that moment when you realize you need to grow but you just don’t know how? Welcome to the club. We all feel that as leaders. After 19 years of leading a church, I…
If you were in charge, everything would be different, wouldn’t it? But you’re not. At least not yet. So how do you effect change when you’re NOT the senior leader? How do you lead change when you’re a staff member…
Ever wonder what helps and hinders the growth of your church or organization? You’re not alone. In this episode, we reveal how your volunteer and staff team can hinder your church from growing, or how a great team can fuel its growth—whether you’re…
How are you talking about sex at your church (or with your kids…or with your friends) these days? Or are you talking about it? Sometimes when we don’t know what to say, we say nothing. Or we say the wrong…
Sometimes leadership makes you hard to live with. Ever felt that in your family? Craig Jutila, a key ministry leader at one of America’s largest churches, went home one day to find his wife had written “I hate my husband”…
So how self-aware are you? It’s a skill I’ve been trying to build every year for many years as a leader, husband and friend. Here’s why. I realized awhile ago that self-awareness is a characteristic I’m drawn to in people…
You want kids to follow Christ. You want your kids to follow Christ. And yet between 40-50% of students who are active in the church in their senior year of high school will drift away from the church as young…
What can church leaders learn from the CEO of a company that made the Inc. 5000 list and was named Infusionsoft’s 2013 Marketer of the Year? Lots. And what can business leaders learn from church leaders? Plenty. Welcome to Episode…
Ever ask yourself as a church leader, do I worship something or someone other than God? It’s a great question to ask and great heart check. I’ll stick my neck out and suggest that you do have idols you worship instead of…
Anxiety. Depression. Simply feeling overwhelmed. Ever been there as a leader? Welcome to Episode 2 of the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast. In this episode, I interview Perry Noble, Lead Pastor of NewSpring Church. Perry Noble had all the markings of…
Ever wonder if you’re burning out as a leader? Or maybe you think it’s just a season and you’ll push through it. That approach worked for me. Until it didn’t. Ten years ago, I experienced burnout for the first time. It felt…
So you want to make a difference—a bigger impact with your life. I echo that. Most leaders want that. I do. Here’s the question I wrestle with regularly these days: How will God use my life to accomplish something bigger than my pleasure,…