Spiritual Growth
7 Phrases Driven Leaders Use (That Really Frustrate Their Team)
By Carey Nieuwhof If you’re a driven leader, want to know how to really frustrate your team? Just utter some of the phrases that naturally flow from your mouth. I’ve driven my team crazy over the years by saying things and sharing expectations that seem logical to me but crushing to them. As a driven…
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CNLP 272: Kevin Jennings on How to Build an Authentic, Personal Platform That’s Not About You, How to Gain Traction Online and The Power of Focus and Strategic Quitting
Kevin Jennings has helped some big names build and grow their brand. Kevin talks about how to manage the tension of creating a personal platform that gains traction while staying true to yourself, making sure your personal brand isn’t all about you, and how to use AI to make your web presence more personal. Plus…
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5 Strategic Outsider Relationships to Fuel Your Leadership
This is a guest blog post written by Rich Birch. Rich the founder of Unseminary and is a member of my new Speaking Team. You can book Rich to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Rich Birch Have you ever felt like you are in a leadership echo chamber? Are you concerned…
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How to Lead Through Imperfect Conditions
Let’s face it, you’d love to have ideal conditions to lead in. Who wouldn’t? And while, ideally: Your team would be perfectly motivated to achieve the mission No good team member would ever leave You’d be inspired to write every day The people you’re trying to reach would be open and receptive You’d introduce change…
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CNLP 269: I’d Rather Be Dead Than Married to You – Dave and Ann Wilson On Love, Sex, Conflict and Marriage; How to Lead in Ministry When Things Aren’t Great At Home
Dave and Ann Wilson fell in love and were married young. 9 months later, they were fighting every day. Their struggles continued on and off for years and at one point Dave told Ann he’d rather be dead than married to her. All through this, they were leading in ministry and even planting what would…
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CNLP 268: Luis Palau on His Friendship With Billy Graham, How Evangelism Has Changed, And How to Be More Alive at Age 84 than Most 24 year olds
Luis Palau has been leading crusades for over 53 years. In this powerful interview, he talks about his friendship with Billy Graham, why crusades were so effective a generation ago, and how he and his team changed the methods to keep the mission alive. Luis is now 84 and has stage 4 cancer, but you’d…
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5 Surprising Characteristics That Separate Great Leaders From Other Leaders
Naturally, you want to be a better leader. Intention, of course, won’t get you there. If only it was that easy. So how do you improve? One of the ways is you can look at the habits and characteristics of great leaders, and compare and contrast them with the characteristics of other leaders who are,…
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5 Key Questions You Should Ask If Your Church Isn’t Growing
Chances are you didn’t get into leadership to see your church stop accomplishing its mission. One of the primary missions of the local church is to reach new people with Christ’s love, which, naturally, implies growth. But almost every church (and almost every organization) faces seasons in which growth stops. Some haven’t seen growth in…
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3 Ways Attractional Church Needs to Change To Reach the Next Generation
In an era in which everything is changing so fast, it can be really difficult to discern what’s next. That’s doubly true in church world. While the mission stays the same, the expression or model keeps changing. The dominant model for growing churches over the last two decades is what many people call attractional church.…
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Why Trying to Reach Everybody Is a Really Bad Evangelism Strategy
It’s so hard not to do it. I’ve done it. Maybe you’ve also done it as a church leader. The problem? Thinking that the goal of your church is to reach everyone. It sounds appropriate. I get that. I mean what else are you going to say? I’m only going to reach a few people.…
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