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….
Meetings
Links for Leaders 3/2/18
How to Fix the Most Soul-Crushing Meetings—Ron Carucci Meetings are notoriously one of organizational life’s most insufferable realities. U.S. companies spend more than $37 billion dollars a year on them. Employees in American companies spend more than one-third of their time in them. And 71% of senior managers view them as unproductive. In one global consumer products company that I work…
3 Small Actions to Make Your Leadership Meeting More Effective
I recently filmed a video for all those who serve on our team in our stores—2600 folks who daily help believers navigate their faith journey. Right as I was about to begin filming, a leader in our store operations wisely and respectfully reminded me to try and stay under five minutes because of how much…
5 Characteristics of Meetings That Develop (Not Deteriorate) the Team
Meetings can be used to develop the culture of the team, or they can be used to deteriorate the culture of the team. Meetings can be used to develop people, or they can be used to demoralize people. There really is no such thing as neutral meetings. They either develop or deteriorate. Here are five…
Links for Leaders 1/12/18
10 Ways to Love Your Pastor Better in 2018—Chuck Lawless Help him balance family and church responsibilities. Many of us have seen too many Christian homes fail because of imbalance in these areas, and most pastors have few role models to help them address these issues. Be sensitive to this struggle for your pastor – he…
Links for Leaders 12/8/17
How to Bounce Back When Your Leadership Has Been Rattled—Scott Cochrane No leader is immune to having their confidence shaken. And when it happens, depending how hard you’ve been rattled, it can cause you to begin second-guessing your leadership. Decisions can become more difficult. You begin to feel unsure of yourself. How do you get…
5 Speed-Killers for Teams
It is possible to move too quickly, to move too chaotically, and to execute without any semblance of strategy. But moving too quickly is not the problem most teams and organizations face. Much more common is moving too slowly. Even when leaders articulate moving fast and desire to do so, there are common obstacles that…
Links for Leaders 4/6/17
“Technology has given us fantastic tools, but has diminished the leadership art of presence. To be a leader in your organization you must embrace the idea that a call or visit is sometimes the prescription for moving the needle, managing conflict and building strong relationships.” Jeremy Burton writes about leading through the power of presence on the LifeWay Leadership blog. “What is…
Links for Leaders 9/23/16
Thoughts on leadership from Selma Wilson, Jon Bloom, and more.
Links for Leaders 9/2/16
I’ve written a lot about meetings in the past. I don’t mind them, but meetings can be a real hassle if they aren’t planned and executed strategically with a goal (or set of goals) in mind. Selma Wilson shares four questions you should answer every time you schedule a meeting. “Discipleship is far more than…