Everywhere I go, I run into pastors who complain about not having enough money. They can’t afford to go to a conference, take a course, or host an event. Many don’t even have a book allowance. For every pastor who…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Steve Cuss talks about how to recognize if you have chronic anxiety (or anxieties), how to handle people who get their kicks out of kicking the leader, and the problem with the complex…
I’ll start with a simple question: Are you trying to grow your church or reach people? The distinction might be more important than you think. I love growth-minded leaders and I always appreciate pastors who are trying to reach their…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Dr. Alison Cook talks about how therapy has become the new church, the dangers of spiritual bypassing, what to do when you want to escape your life, and how much cognitive dissonance is…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Every organization and every church has them: toxic people. But how do you spot them? In this teaching, Carey Nieuwhof covers six subtle signs leaders miss, and outlines exactly what you need to…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Legendary leadership expert Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley talk about the backstory of the One Minute Manager, seagull management, the power of simplicity and brevity, and how to stay fit, engaged, and contributing…
This is a guest post by Ashley Beaty, Customer Marketing Manager at Gloo. Effective communication is more challenging than ever in today’s fast-paced world, and church leaders, in particular, struggle to connect with their congregations as emails and social media…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: James (JP) Poulter talks about the best and worst case scenarios for AI in the next decade, practical AI tools you should start using now, and the pastoral implications for AI for every…
If you’re a leader, you’re contagious. By contagious, I don’t mean the tropical disease kind of contagious (although if you had a tropical disease, I’m sure that would be the case). No, what I mean is that you impact your…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Cofounder of the Harvard Program on Negotiation and one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation, William Ury, coaches leaders on how to fire underperforming staff and handle angry church members. Plus, he…
Let’s ask an awkward, difficult, and at times piercing question: What motivates your ambition? Is it selfish? That’s an important question to ask. Why? Because if you don’t ask it, I promise everyone else around you will. Mostly I don’t…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Matt Chandler opens up about hitting the wall in his late thirties, recovering from a dead heart and from brain cancer, lessons he learned from his leave of absence after an Instagram exchange,…