Posts Tagged ‘crisis leadership’
Feel Like 2021 Has Been Harder Than 2020 On You As A Leader? You’re Right. Here’s Why.
If you’re thinking 2021 is a harder year to lead through than 2020 was, you’re right. I think for many leaders—especially church leaders—this year has been even more difficult than last year, despite how excruciating 2020 was. 2020 was brutal. As hard as 2020 was, it wasn’t just a global pandemic that made things tough.…
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CNLP 433: Alan George on Everything You Need to Know About Church Online, How to Make it Relational, and What Metrics to Watch and Which to Ignore
From 2010-2020, Alan George led church online for Life.Church and saw it grow to one of the largest online churches in the world. Alan shares his top insights about church online, why it can be relational, how to grow your digital team, and what metrics to watch and which to ignore. Welcome to Episode 433…
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Your Church’s Fall 2021 Growth Opportunity (Why It’s A Season Of Hope…)
This is a post written by Rich Birch. Rich is the founder of Unseminary and is a member of my Speaking Team. You can book Rich to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Rich Birch The coming months represent a potentially unprecedented opportunity to see your church impact more people than ever before. As…
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5 Critical Mistakes Church Leaders Should Avoid In the Post-COVID World
Finally, it seems like the post-COVID world is finally coming into view. While different countries, regions, provinces and states will emerge out of COVID at different times, 2021 appears to be the year we will be able to move into a post-pandemic world. So, as you get ready to embrace the new reality, what should…
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The Top 10 Blog Posts Of 2020 (The Dumpster Fire Year That Gave You A Masters in Crisis Leadership)
2020 has been a dumpster fire of a year. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated so many trends, created new trends, fuelled a massive disruption and has given all of us the equivalent of a master’s degree in crisis leadership. Which is why I’m so glad we’re in this together. We covered a wide range of…
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Why You Should Lower Your Expectations for 2021 Starting Now
You’re so anxious to get 2020 over with. I get it. I feel that too. It would be amazing if somebody returned everything to some semblance of normalcy right about now, wouldn’t it? Sitting here in December 2020 at the end of a long year, it’s tempting to paint 2021 as a relief to all…
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An Open Letter to Pastors in a Divisive Time
By Mark Clark, Founding Pastor, Village Church Vancouver BC Hey Pastor, I hope you are doing well. But seriously, I do. I know this is a weird time. I have some good news and bad news. I will start with the bad (no surprise I guess, I am a preacher after all). I am not…
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4 Ways to Quickly (and UnIntentionally) Stop Your Innovation Curve And Miss The Future
Sure…the world has changed almost unbelievably since mid-March 2020, but stop for a moment and think about how much you’ve changed. You’ve led through the biggest crisis in a generation, or perhaps a century. And as a result, you’ve innovated. You went from Meeting in-person to meeting online Leading your team in-person to leading your team remotely…
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We’re All Start-ups Now (Whether We Like It Or Not…)
This is a post by Jeff Henderson. Jeff is a leading voice on how to create and grow momentum for organizations and leaders and is a member of my Speaking Team. Jeff is the founder of The For Company and author of the book, Know What You’re For. By Jeff Henderson We’re all start-ups now. Talk…
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The 3 Kinds of Leaders You See In A Crisis
So, you never signed up to lead through a crisis. And yet, here you are leading in the midst of one. What’s inevitable is that you and the people you lead are learning in real-time what your style of crisis leadership is. To be sure, crisis doesn’t create your leadership style, instead, it reveals and…
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