When friends or ministry leaders fall, we can find ourselves in the serious conversations of designing a restoration process – a process that places the leader in the care of others with the purpose of restoring the person to some type of leadership. In recent years, I have been asked frequently about restoring someone to…
Repentance
How Should We Respond When a Leader Implodes?
I was at lunch with a friend recently, processing the news of another fallen leader. While perhaps we are only more aware of the number of leaders falling because of our constant connectedness via social media and online news, it sure feels like an epidemic at times. Regardless of whether or not the reality of…
5 Things I Want You to Know About My Next Book
My newest book is titled How to Ruin Your Life and releases early next month. I have lived with the content of the book for over a year now, in speaking engagements, in conversations, and in forming the book, so I’m ready to get the book out the door. I am hopeful and prayerful the…
Anger, Atonement, and the Academy Awards
As this year’s (2018) Academy Awards began, people were still talking about the moment during last year’s Academy Awards when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the Oscar for Best Picture to the wrong cast. The moment, known as Envelopegate or the most shocking moment in Oscar history, was perhaps best captured in this photograph…
6 Big Ways Leaders Can Build Credibility
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…
The Importance of Falling Fast
When I lived in Cincinnati, I learned how to snow ski. Well, kind of. I am definitely not a great snow skier, not the guy who is boldly slashing through double black diamond courses (the most difficult), but I enjoyed skiing with Kaye and with friends. I fell a lot of times but never was…
Links for Leaders 6/17/16
An important role that many leaders, in the church or otherwise, hold is the role of “mentor.” Being an effective requires a great deal of wisdom. Malachi O’Brien shares some helpful thoughts on the importance of leading through prayer on the LifeWay Leadership blog. “There is no magic in small plans. When I consider my…
How to (Re)gain Your Leader’s Trust
If you attempt great things, you will experience moments of failure and disappointment. You will make mistakes. Your plans will not always go as they were mapped out to go. Life will mess with your best plans. As Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” In some…
You’re Not a Leader If You Never Say You’re Sorry
You are not a good leader if you never tell people you are sorry. There are a myriad of issues in the heart of a leader who never apologizes. If you never apologize, at least one of the following is also true: You reveal you think you are infallible. If you never apologize, if you…
The Cure for Drifting
1 “Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. 2 In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact…