How the Best Leaders Develop Self-Control—Dan Reiland Without self-control, a leader will be sidelined, derailed, or perhaps taken out of ministry. You may need self-control to win over anger, discouragement or speaking too quickly. Another leader may need self-control for their thought life, managing money or how they use their authority. None of us escape…
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Links for Leaders 6/15/18
Snorkeling and the Shallow Soul—Josh Patterson One of the challenges before all of us in striving to live in gospel-centered community is certainly our natural proclivity to stay in safe waters. So often we look like a group of snorkelers who are bunched up together peering into the deeper waters but hesitant to dive below….
Links for Leaders 6/8/18
3 Weak Phrases You Should Drop From Your Leadership—Scott Cochrane Here’s the point. When you’re a leader, you know that people listen to your every word. So choose your words carefully. And pay as much attention to the words and phrases you don’t say, as you do to the words you do say. Take Care…
Links for Leaders 6/1/18
How to Get the Most Out of a Day Off—Elizabeth Grace Saunders The idea of “vacation” often conjures up thoughts of trips to faraway lands. While it’s true that big trips can be fun and even refreshing, they can also take a lot of time, energy, and money. A lot of people feel exhausted just…
Links for Leaders 5/25/18
Ten Books Every Christian Needs in Their Library—Devin Maddox It seems silly, maybe even snooty, in this day and age, to talk about a home “library,” but even the least enthusiastic readers have one. I notice them in every home I visit. Sometimes the home library is a set of built-in shelves framed around the…
Links for Leaders 5/18/18
Good and Bad Reasons Not to Tackle Problems—Brian Dodridge The people around you will catch on that you’re problem-avoiding. It’ll be like Maverick in the movie Top Gun when he wouldn’t re-engage in the dog fight (I always look for opportunities to point people to Top Gun) and people around him are screaming, “Engage, Maverick!” But even before…
Links for Leaders 5/11/18
The Twin Engines of Organizational Change—Steve Graves Something is heavy enough to demand action, and something happens to make leaders think they have to act “now.” I often call this the twin engines of Big and Now. Few people change and even fewer organizations change without some combination of Big and Now. Identifying the urgencies…
Links for Leaders 5/4/18
4 Recommendations for Pursuing Humility—Chris Hefner Interestingly, even those outside the church realize the value of humility. In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins reflects on Level 5 leaders. Collins reviews executives of startlingly successful companies. His research group discovered a correlation between Level 5 leadership and the success of their organization. Level 4 leaders effectively…
Links for Leaders 4/27/18
11 Questions to Determine if Your Humility Is Actually False Humility—Chuck Lawless The Bible calls us to be humble (James 4:10, 1 Peter 3:8). Nobody I know strives to be arrogant, but some believers are actually prideful in their humility. Here are some questions to determine if that’s the case in your life. Do you…
Links for Leaders 4/20/18
3 Spiritual Vitality Warning Signs for Pastors—Dan Reiland Putting a price tag on great training and experience is hard. They are truly invaluable. But there is also a risk. That theological training and ministry experience you have as the spiritual leader may place you ahead of many in the congregation, much like a doctor knows…