Strategy
CNLP 347: Nir Eyal on How to Hook People with Your Message or Product and (Also) How to Become Indistractable
When bestselling author, Nir Eyal, wrote Hooked a few years ago, it took Silicon Valley by storm. In it, Nir explains the principles that companies and leaders can use to ‘hook’ people on forming (good) habits. His most recent book, Indistractable, looks at how to get away from the things that distract us (like our…
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In-Person Attendance v. Online Attendance and The Emerging Trap Of Doing Nothing Well
As you know, these are some of the most complex times in church leadership in decades. As churches reopen their in-person gatherings, there’s one particular trap to watch out for. The early indications are that in-person church attendance is lower than anyone expected. Most leaders I connect with who have reopened public worship say they…
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5 Transformative Questions To Ask Before You ReOpen Your Church (Or After You’ve Done It)
If you’re feeling like the decisions you’re facing as a pastor today are complicated, you’re right. There are so many complex, confusing and uncertain factors that factor into re-opening churches in America and around the world that it’s not an exaggeration to say you’re facing the most difficult decision-making moment in your life-time. Although pastors…
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The Idiot’s Guide to ReOpening Your Church
As you know by now, re-opening your church building is a far more complex task than closing your building ever was. The question is, how do you do it well? When emotions, adrenaline and fatigue run high (and they’re all running high right now), it’s a perfect set up for decisions you may one day…
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Why Are Your Online Attendance Numbers Suddenly Dropping? 5 Reasons
You’re already seeing the trend: After an initial surge in online viewing numbers when the Coronavirus shut down church buildings, online viewing numbers are dropping. The spike was significant. Heading into Easter 2020, half of all churches reported online attendance that was greater than their in normal attendance would be. Now, that’s no longer the…
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CNLP 341: Joel Manby with Crisis Lessons from Amazon, Saab, SeaWorld and The Great Recession
Former SeaWorld CEO, Joel Manby, returns to the podcast and opens his notebook and heart on leading from the C-Suite through numerous crises: Including his partnership with Amazon during the dot com crash of 2000, leading through The Great Recession, and leading through the Black Fish documentary crisis as CEO of SeaWorld. Joel also talks…
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5 Big Attitude Differences That Separate Growing Churches From Declining Churches
So what’s the difference between churches that grow and churches that decline? Well, there are many, but—crisis or no crisis—one of the biggest differences I see is in the attitude of the leaders. The leaders of growing churches almost always share a common attitude. So do the leaders of declining churches. And the attitude has a huge…
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When Your Church ReOpens, What Will Be Left and Who Will Still Come? Some Thoughts.
As churches slowly reopen their physical doors, church leaders are all asking the same question: who will still be around? It’s a great question. And not an easy one to answer. A lot of church leaders are nervous, uncertain and longing to get things back to something certain. With several months of online-only church, it…
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Want Your Team To Like Their Job? 4 Ways To Create A Better Company Culture Today
This post is by Jenni Catron. Jenni is a leading voice on how to create world-class organizational culture. Jenni is the Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group and is a member of my Speaking/Consulting Team. By Jenni Catron What’s truly important to you and your team just became abundantly clear. Crisis either unites or divides us.…
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Suicide, Leadership and the Dark Inner Struggle Few Understand
So how are you doing, really? It’s a question I ask friends, leaders, family and myself more and more. Last week, once again, we learned about a mega-church pastor who appears to have taken his own life. Although I didn’t know Darrin Patrick personally, my heart aches for him, his wife and children and the…
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