You cannot walk without legs, and you cannot lead without credibility. Impossible. As credibility increases, so does a leader’s ability to influence and move others in a direction. As credibility diminishes, so does the leader’s ability to accomplish work through others because the others are losing trust in the person. So how does a leader…
Consistency
Links for Leaders 3/27/15
Innovation is an important part of leadership. Adapting to new circumstances in your organization or events in broader culture is often imperative to effective leadership. This is a helpful piece from the Harvard Business Review on innovating without losing your core idea. “Do you give your team energy or do you drain them of energy? Is…
The Power of Consistency
The following is a guest post by Michael Kelley, director of discipleship at LifeWay Christian Resources. Imagine a leaky faucet. Regardless of how you hard you twist the knob, it still drips. One drop at a time. Incessantly – drip, drip, drip. The consistency becomes an annoyance pretty quickly. But put in the right environment…
Alignment: It’s Not Just for Cars
Alignment is the arrangement of all ministries and staff around the same simple process. Alignment to the process means that all ministry departments submit and attach themselves to the same overarching process. Alignment ensures the entire church body is moving in the same direction, and in the same manner. When a church is fully aligned,…