Leadership

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…

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…

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…

As a leader you’re probably asking yourself, when will this end? The crisis. The disruption. The weird instability and angst that have been 2020 and 2021 so far. Few of us seriously thought that when the global crisis began in 2020 that it would last more than a few months. Then 2021 was supposed to…

If you’re young and in leadership, you might be asking: Why don’t I have more followers on social? How do I get noticed for the work I’m doing? Why isn’t my platform growing faster? When is someone going to finally acknowledge me and put me in the spotlight? It’s amazing how many times that conversation…