5 Ways to Connect with Your Audience (Like a Rock Star)
I am so not a rock star. And you may not be either. But as a leader I’m a communicator and that means that like you, I want to connect with the people I’m speaking to. On that note…ever feel…
How To Get Your Church Passionate About Your Mission
One of the dreams of almost every leader is to see every person within an organization motivated by the same mission and vision. The reality is very few organizations—and very few churches—function that way. Most leaders have had an unsettling…
5 Ways People Pleasing Undermines Your Leadership
Are you a people pleaser? If you think you have no people-pleasing tendencies, just remember how you felt the last time someone criticized you. Not fun is it? Even those of us who don’t think we’re people pleasers feel the…
7 Fresh Ways for Every Church Leader to Think About Money
If you’re going to be effective in ministry, you have to become comfortable talking about money. Few church leaders I know are. Here Come the Bullets It’s been a struggle for me too. You take a few bullets when you…
Is Church Transfer Growth Good? A Short Guide.
So your church is growing or wants to grow. But what do you do when churched people show up? I recently wrote about the challenges and opportunities you face when unchurched people arrive. But what about transfer growth? That’s a…
7 Signs Your Church is Making Inroads With Unchurched People
Just because a church is growing doesn’t mean it’s filling up with unchurched people. How do you know you’re really making inroads with the unchurched? First, you can find out whether you are attracting transfer growth or truly unchurched people.…
5 Healthy Ways to Handle A Difficult Volunteer
It’s one of the most perplexing problems many leaders face. How do you handle a difficult team member? Want to make the problem worse? That’s easy. Imagine the difficult team member is a volunteer. Then what do you do? After…
How To Write Things the People You Lead Actually Want to Read
Chances are this week you’re going to write something you hope people will read. An email to your volunteers A blog post for your organization Social media updates A note to parents Teasers outlining your next message series or big…
7 Secrets to Becoming Far More Productive With Your Time
Do you have enough time to accomplish everything you want to get done? Almost everyone who’s asked that question answers “Not really.” The irony is that we all have exactly the same amount of time: 168 hours each week. And…
25 Smartphone Apps Every Leader Should Know About
Confession: I really like technology. As a child of the 70s who remembers having to get up off the couch to change TV channels, I am in favour of anything that makes life more productive, more rewarding or more fun.…
5 Unusual Ways Ministry Leaders Struggle With God
Most of us who get into full-time ministry do so because we sense a calling, not because it was a ‘career path’. Chances are you got in this because you love God, deeply, right? So it’s always a bit surprising…
11 Ways Leaders (Accidentally) Destroy the Churches They Lead
The problem with ineffectiveness and sin is it’s so much easier to spot in other people than it is to see within ourselves. Chances are you’ve got some theories on why the leader down the road is struggling in their…