Almost every leader I talk to these days feels overwhelmed, and a growing number are struggling with burnout. I get it. The onslaught of information, requests, and demands on everyone’s time seems to be growing rapidly every year, and it’s…
Talk to young leaders, and they’ll express frustration with their bosses. Talk to an older leader, and they’ll roll their eyes at some of the shortcomings of the next generation. How do you lead and manage so generations can work…
2017 was an incredible year of change, in the world, in the church and often, in your life. In my last post, I shared the Top 10 blog posts of 2017. In this post, I share the Top 10 Leadership…
Find yourself busy? A little overwhelmed? You’re not alone. Especially in leadership. I made a lot of mistakes in how I handled my workload as a young leader in charge of three small but rapidly growing churches. Like many people,…
What’s it like to grow up as the pastor’s kid? Better yet, what’s it like to grow up as John Piper’s son? Barnabas Piper talks openly and honestly about the pressures of being a PK and how it messed with…
If you’re a younger reader (which most of you are), I have some great news. Now over 50, I have as much or more energy than I did a decade or two ago, a much better sense of who God…
This is a guest post from Mark Riggins. Mark is the Community Life Pastor at ENCOUNTER | Bible Fellowship Church in Ventura, CA. His new book STUCK When You Want to Forgive but Don’t Know How is available now on Amazon. Sign-up HERE for a…
So you’d love to see more volunteers serve in your church or organization. Who wouldn’t? And yet when it come to volunteers, a surprising number of leaders struggle. Many leaders suffer from: A chronic shortage High turnover Mediocre or poor…
Sometimes there’s a revolution going on, and you can sense it, but you can’t quite name it. Almost every leader is caught in one of those moments right now. How you lead—and how you need to lead to be relevant—is…
While we’d all rather avoid it, negativity is a part of life. Even though it’s unavoidable, it can derail you – even stunt your progress – if you don’t know how to handle it. The first strategy for dealing with…