Leadership
CNLP 392: Rachel Cruze on Your 7 Money Motivations, How to Make Financial Progress, and What Matters Most Financially Facing an Uncertain Climate
Rachel Cruze identifies 7 money tendencies everyone has: From safety or status, abundance or scarcity and experiences or things. She runs through all 7 motivators to help you understand your tendencies. She also outlines what she learned during the crisis of 2020 and how you can prepare for an uncertain year ahead. Welcome to Episode…
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The New Scarcity: Why Content Alone Won’t Generate Future Growth for Your Church or Organization
For years, the key to growth for many churches and other organizations (think media, conferences, etc.) has been to create great content. In the case of a church, great preaching often (not always, but often) has been synonymous with growth. In the case of conferences, media and other organizations focused on messaging, the same thing…
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CNLP 391: Patrick Lencioni on How to Discover Your Working Genius, Uncovering Why Some Aspects of Leadership Drain You and Others Energize You, and How to Get the Best Out of Your Team
Patrick Lencioni noticed that no matter how long or how well a leader leads, some things continue to frustrate almost every leader. Pat and his team came up with a new assessment called Working Genius designed to help every leader figure out what energizes and what drains them, and where their best contribution comes from.…
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CNLP 390: Jon Acuff Interviews Toni and Carey Nieuwhof on How Their Marriage Almost Crumbled Under the Weight of Life and Leadership, Their Best Advice For Struggling Couples, and Toni’s Top Insights as a Divorce Attorney
New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff interviews Carey and Toni Nieuwhof about their relationship, how it almost crumbled under the weight of life and leadership, how they made it through, the best advice to struggling couples and on the insights Toni gained from her years practicing as a divorce attorney. Toni shares insights on…
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7 Disruptive Leadership Trends That Will Rule 2021
Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any more turbulent or surprising, the opening moments of 2021 still have everyone trying to catch their breath. So what are the leadership trends you should be tracking in 2021? For years I’ve done a series of church trends posts. You can read the 2021 Disruptive Church…
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Why Your Words as a Leader Matter (Far More Than You Think)
Leaders, your words matter. More than you think. No matter how many or how few followers you have as a leader, your words matter. A lot. Like many of you, I was horrified watching the historic and ugly assault on the US Capitol yesterday. After watching Congress return to the floor and waking up again…
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The Fine Line Between Oversharing and Undersharing As a Leader
This is a guest post written by Toni Nieuwhof. Toni and Carey Nieuwhof met in law school and have been married for three decades. Toni is the author of Before You Split: Find What You Really Want For The Future Of Your Marriage (available for pre-order). How much of your personal story should you share with…
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CNLP 389: Andy Stanley Dissects the Process He Uses to Make Decisions, the Limits of Gut-Based Decision Making, and How to Stop Lying to Yourself as a Leader
Andy Stanley returns to the podcast and breaks down the process he uses to make decisions, why he moved to team-based decision making as a young leader, and what the limits of gut-based decision making are. Andy walks leaders through five questions that will help them make better decisions and have fewer regrets, and explains…
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8 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2021 (The Rise of the Post-Pandemic Church)
Having been through a year like no other, what can you expect as a church leader in 2021? In all likelihood, this year will lead the church into the post-pandemic world. It won’t be the light switch you hope for (and suddenly, we’re all back!). Instead, it will be a gradual emergence into whatever our…
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7 Good Things That Came Out of 2020 (It Actually Wasn’t All Bad)
You need some good news—as a human and as a leader. We all do. While 2020 was dominated by crisis, tragedy, division and disease (as this recap of the Top 10 posts of year shows), it wasn’t all bad news. So here’s a post on 7 good things that came out of 2020, things you…
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