Burnout is almost an epidemic among church leaders today, and it’s increasingly common among business leaders as well. Even young leaders are burning out. No longer is burnout an “I’ve been at this too long” kind of phenomenon. So what happens…
If you talk to most leaders long enough to get a real answer to ‘So how’s it going?” you will quickly discover that a surprising number of leaders are disheartened. Even discouraged. You know what thousands of leaders facing many different situations have…
Here’s a leadership secret. Almost anyone who has ever led anything significant has felt like they’re in over their head at one point or another. You might be there right now. I hear from young leaders all the time or leaders…
So how are you really doing when it comes to your character development? It can be a bit difficult to tell, can’t it? Character, like so many things, seems hard to measure. It would be great if you could get…
How’s your passion—your energy—for your work or mission these days? The longer you’re in leadership, the more aware you become of what really fuels passion over the long haul. And it’s a natural thing for passion to fade over time.…
“There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.” – Sir Joshua Reynold We don’t think enough. And yet mostly, as a lead pastor, the most important part of my job…
If you’re like me, you like to track with people who are ahead of you in age and stage, and probably ahead of you in their level of ‘success’. Chance are you do this in real life (I hope you…
Donald Miller’s blog posts about his decision to not attend church very often has spawned a huge discussion. In some ways, as much as all this leaving breaks my heart, it’s good the discussion is happening. Here’s what’s happening all…
Self-confidence. Almost every leader I’ve ever met struggles with it at some level. I do. And my guess is you do too. Most of us swing between trying to avoid arrogance at all costs and having an unhealthily low self-esteem.…
Welcome to Change Week on the blog! This is Part 1 of a 5 part blog series on leading change. We’re celebrating the release of my new book Leading Change Without Losing It with a special, limited time 50% discount…