Strategy
CNLP 221: Max Lucado On How He’s Written Over 120 Books, Why He Never Uses Ghostwriters, How to Stay Fresh in Leadership, And His Favorite Book
Max Lucado has published over 120 books. Yes, you read that right. In this episode, he talks about how he writes and leads a large ministry, his unusual editing process, how to stay fresh in leadership over the long haul, and he tells the story of how a book he forgot he had to write…
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4 Things That Shouldn’t Drive Church Growth (And One Thing That Should)
Something’s driving your church. There are a variety of things that drive a church…the challenge for many church leaders is no one is really quite clear on what that is. What drives your church is critical because it impacts everything you do. Ultimately, it directly impacts both your health and your growth as a congregation. As…
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7 Simple Practices for Building Trust in Your Team
Guest post by Heather Zempel, Author of Big Change, Small Groups How do you win when you’re the underdog? Well, believe it or not, trust has a lot to do with it. In You Win in the Locker Room First, Jon Gordon tells the story of the 2014 University of Florida basketball team. Without a…
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5 Trends in Team Leadership No Leader Can Afford To Ignore in 2018
This isn’t 1998 or even 2008, but too many leaders lead like it is. And as a result, they can’t figure out why their team isn’t motivated, why they have a high turnover and why younger leaders don’t really want to work for them…or are always looking for a better opportunity. Things have changed significantly…
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CNLP 220: Rachel Cruze with the Back Story on How Dave Ramsey Taught Her About Money, How to Teach Your Kids About Money, and The Top Financial Issues People Struggle With
Rachel Cruze talks about what motivates her as a public speaker and writer, what her dad, Dave Ramsey, has taught her, why going on commission is a much better system for your kids than allowance, how to help your kids through college without going into debt, and the top financial issues leaders and the people…
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7 Things Senior Leaders Love That Everyone Else Hates
It’s funny. Senior leaders love things that other people often don’t. If you’re a senior leader, you might recognize yourself in this post. That would be a good thing. If you’re not the senior leader, you might read this post and think “Absolutely! This is so obvious! Why on earth doesn’t my (dumb) boss get it?”…
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CNLP 219: Scott Harrison on How to Relate To High Capacity Leaders (and Donors), the Growth of Charity Water and What Being a Night Club Promoter Taught Him About Leadership
Scott Harrison founded charity: water over a decade ago, after declaring himself morally and spiritually bankrupt while living his twenties as a NYC night club promoter. In this interview, filmed before a live audience at the Pushpay Summit One Day in Charlotte, NC, Scott talks about the meteoric rise (and near demise) of Charity Water,…
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The #1 Reason The Best Leaders Get Things Done (When Others Don’t)
You probably have something exciting that you’ve been thinking about doing for a long time. A change you want to make in your church or organization. Or a personal side project or initiative you want to launch. No wonder…every leader has dreams, goals and hopes. The problem is you haven’t done anything about it…yet.…
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Why Andy Stanley is Right About Reaching Post-Christians
If you want to reach post-Christian, post-modern people—in other words, the next generation—how do you do it, effectively? Although you might not know it if you just perused social media, the majority of churches are plateaued or dying. And even among growing churches, not all growth is coming from people with no church background. Some—not…
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6 Signs You’ve Grown Cynical As a Leader (And How to Reverse It)
Find yourself becoming a little more cynical every year as a leader? Few of us decide we’re going to be cynical…we just kind of end up there. How does that happen? How does a heart grow hard…how do you end up trusting no one…how does hope die? Cynicism grows in the hearts of far too many leaders.…
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