Leadership
CNLP 395: Seth Godin Shares His Secrets Behind Creative Work, Top Tips for Communicators and How He Learned to Think the Way He Thinks
Legendary marketing expert Seth Godin explains how he learned to think the way he thinks, shares top tips for communicators (and why peeves make bad pets), and why he continues to travel to Algonquin Park in Canada every year to teach kids how to paddle a canoe solo. Welcome to Episode 395 of the podcast. Listen…
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A Surprisingly Accurate Way to See If Your Church or Organization Will Flounder After the Pandemic
So, any idea whether your church or business will grow after the pandemic? Will things spring back to pre-COVID levels? Or will you struggle for years to come? With so much still up in the air, you might think that question is unanswerable. Well, yes and no. To be fair, nobody knows exactly how it…
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CNLP 394: Hannah Brencher on the Future of Digital and Physical Church with Millennials, Being an Online Influencer and Giving A TED Talk at Age 24
Hannah Brencher’s first public speaking event was a TED Talk in NYC when she was 24. Fast forward a few years, and Hannah reflects on what she’s learned as a communicator, Millennials and their addiction to platform, and the future of what her generation wants in digital and physical interaction. Welcome to Episode 394 of…
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CNLP 393: Rob Pelinka, L.A. Lakers’ GM on Swimming with Great White Sharks with Kobe Bryant, Building a World Championship Team, and How Humility Can Transform Egos and Talent
Rob Pelinka, L.A. Lakers’ GM and Vice-President of Basketball Operations, talks about the challenges and strategies involved in helping the Lakers move from the worst in franchise history to World Champions in three years, how he manages players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, the keys to great negotiation, and why Kobe Bryant invited him…
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Need Encouragement? 6 Invisible Things Church Leaders are Doing Really Well Right Now
Feel like you need some encouragement? Doesn’t every leader right about now…? Most of what’s come at you in the last year has been discouraging…criticism from every side, events that are completely out of your control, operating in anything but ideal conditions. It’s a long list if you think about it. So, this short post…
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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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