Leadership
10 Leadership Quotes That Will Get Everyone On Your Team Thinking
You probably have some favourite quotes as a leader. So do I. This is not an all-time-top-ten-list kind of post. Instead, this is a collection of ten mostly lesser-known quotes that I hope can help you and your team think differently about relationships, life, hustle, meaning, self-care and more. Sometimes leaders can encapsulate an idea…
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5 Signs You’re A Leader Who Needs To Be Needed (Why You Never Get A Break)
Finding it hard to take a break? Many leaders do. The question is why. If you’ve ever said things to yourself like: I can never really seem to get away My company needs me. I can’t really take time off. Every time I leave for a vacation or getaway, something at work always comes up …then…
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How To Protect Your Time Off From Constant Emails (And Other “Important” Requests)
This is a guest post by Chris Lema he’s a long-time friend and partner on building my website and online platform. He is a genius across many fields. You can learn more about him here. By Chris Lema We’ve all been there before, right? You’re out, enjoying time with friends or family and then you check…
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The Self-Awareness Gap: What Non-Christian People Really Think About the Church
Self-awareness is one of the keys to emotional intelligence. It’s also a key to growth. With that in mind, some recent research by the Barna Group through their Barna Cities initiative shows the church, in addition to the many well documented challenges it’s facing, might have an emerging self-awareness issue. The self-awareness gap, as you’ll…
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Think Again: Why Religion is Good for Us
Today’s post is written by Mark Clark. Mark is Senior Pastor of Village Church in Vancouver, a close friend, and co-creator of our courses The Art of Better Reaching and The Art of Better Preaching. By Mark Clark Religious people live, on average, seven years longer than non-religious people. “Hold on, what?” you might be saying.…
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CNLP 418: Tony Morgan on Church Attendance Trends, Creating an Effective Digital Strategy, and Online Metrics that Matter
Tony Morgan returns to the podcast to share the latest data on church attendance trends, best and worst practices for creating a digital strategy, and how to track online metrics that actually matter so you can connect with people who find you online. Welcome to Episode 418 of the podcast. Listen and access the show notes…
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How to Pastor a Mob
How do you pastor a mob? The truth is you can’t. At least not easily. The only problem is that right now you have to. In the last few years, we’ve moved from an era of reasonable consensus to polarization, partisanship, and division. That’s true of congregations, boards, staff, teams, and almost every group that gathers…
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5 Signs I Need To Put On My Desk (And You Might Too)
As a leader, you probably need to remind yourself of certain things on a regular basis. I know I do. As a young leader, I thought the problem was everyone else. They need to change. The system needed to change. Not anymore. Now I realize I’m the problem. Sure, the system and other people have their challenges, but when…
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29% of Pastors Want to Quit: How to Keep Going When You’ve Lost Confidence In Yourself.
So many leaders have lost confidence in themselves over the last year or two. Sound familiar? It’s deeply understandable. Things are changing so quickly and remain so unpredictable that almost everything that used to be effective isn’t, and just when you think you might get it figured out, things change again. Add to that the…
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5 Ways to Deal with Dysfunctional Team Members When You’re Working From Home
Dysfunctional team members are hard to deal with at the best of times. They can frustrate you, perplex you and leave you wondering how to deal with them. But, when you add remote work to the equation, it gets even more challenging. How do you deal with dysfunctional people in the workplace when you’re working…
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