Spiritual Growth
20 Life and Leadership Lessons I Learned From Reggie Joiner
I’ve been at the Rethink Leadership and Orange Conferences this week in Atlanta. If you’ve never been you’re missing out. I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Reggie Joiner over a number of years. We have written together, traveled together and spoken together and even started the Rethink Leadership conference together. But more than that, he’s…
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7 Things Every Leader Should Banish Starting Today
As a leader, there are things you do every day. Some help—others, not so much. I’ve found that as I’ve grown as a leader, I’ve regularly had to change how I think, how I lead and even what I say. Fortunately, there are hacks you can learn along the way that will help you get…
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Why It’s Easy (And Wrong) to Think Growing Churches Simply Won The Lottery
There’s a theory out there that goes something like this: growing churches grow because, well, they just got lucky. It’s like they won the talent lottery, the gifting lottery, the demographic lottery (right neighborhood) the nice-people-who-attend-their-church-and-don’t-block-change lottery, the perfect timing slot machine and just about every stroke of luck you can manufacture in your mind.…
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5 Key Principles Every Leader Should Master
If you were to focus on just a handful of key principles to master in leadership, which would you focus on? I get asked almost every day for advice, and I’ve written hundreds of posts on this blog filled with principles. Here are 5 principles I think about almost every day. The first three relate…
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What You Never Know You Miss By Skipping Sunday Morning
Today’s post is a guest post by my executive assistant, Sarah Piercy, who in addition to working with me for the last 8 years, is a wife and young mom. She wrote this piece for our church blog, and, well, it was too compelling not to share it with you here. In particular, I love…
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10 Best Practices of Super Healthy Leaders (And A Free Giveaway!)
What do you need to become a super healthy leader over the long haul? Too many leaders get discouraged, drained and defeated over the long haul in leadership. None of them set out to end up that way, but without careful attention to important disciplines, it happens. That question can seem difficult to answer until you…
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7 Signs What’s Driving You Is Beginning to Destroy You
There are a thousand fine lines in leadership. Perhaps the most subtle and dangerous line is the fine line between what drives you and what destroys you. Being driven is not an inherently bad thing. In fact, leveraged well, it’s a huge leadership asset. You get things done, mobilize people around great causes and make things happen.…
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10 Questions About Future Church Attendance No One Really Knows How to Answer
Talk to any church leader, and they’ll tell you it feels harder than ever to get people to come to church on a Sunday. Even in growing churches (like ours), the competition for peoples’ time, attention and devotion seems to get more intense every year. You’ve felt it too. So what’s up? And where is…
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A Quick Snapshot That Tells You How Well You’re Actually Leading
So how are you doing as a leader… really? And more importantly, how would you know how you’re doing as a leader? Add a little insecurity into the mix, and the question feels even more complex. Naturally, you’ll get feedback from your peers and probably get an occasional 360 review (both great practices). But beyond that, how can…
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Inside the Strange Head of A Leader: 5 Mood Swings Any Leader Can Relate To
Ever feel like you’re two people? Or three? Sometimes when I reflect on who I am, I think I just swing from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. I’m not talking about struggling with mental health issues or being bi-polar. I have friends who are bi-polar and who struggle with mental health issues…
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