Church leaders, business leaders, and all other sorts of leaders often find themselves leading in “maintenance mode.” Thom Rainer talks about leading in maintenance mode in a recent podcast, specifically about pastors leading in maintenance mode, and I think it’s a helpful discussion. It’s important to me in my work at LifeWay to foster a…
Links for Leaders 5/15/15
Good thoughts on “preseason training” for leaders from Philip Nation (via Herm Edwards): assignment, alignment, and technique. One of the most valuable attributes of leaders is being respectful—their employees say so. Important thoughts in the Harvard Business Review on respectful leadership. We all aspire to greatness, don’t we? This is especially true in the leadership…
3 Miseries of Legalism
Legalism is attempting to earn God’s approval with our works. It is man’s attempt to qualify himself to stand before God on his own merits. We are recovering legalists, for there was a time, before Christ rescued us, when we attempted to find our joy in ourselves, our salvation by ourselves. Now we trust His…