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,…
Sometimes even the best leaders don't know what to do. Here are three things you can do when you have no idea what to do.
Andy talks about how he keeps growing as a leader, why, in his view, North Point grew as rapidly as it did to become one of America’s largest churches, and how Andy and his team are adapting to a constantly changing culture.
So let me start here. I struggle with pride. Do you? Doesn’t everyone? Pride is at the root of all sin. It is pride—the pursuit of self, of knowing better, of being right—that caused our fall in the first place.…
You’re probably trying to change something right now. And — if you’re honest — you’ve already thought about backing off. Change seems too difficult. You’ve watched friends get hurt trying to lead similar change. You’ve heard the voices of opposition get a little…