Leadership

  • The One Thing You Need to Kill

    The One Thing You Need to Kill

    The thing that isn’t working. I know it sounds obvious. You’re probably thinking, “Duh, why am I even reading this.” The truth is, though, that people everywhere are doing things that aren’t effective. They’ve been doing them for years. They’re still doing them. Churches all across the country have ministries and methods that simply…

  • The Leader Isn’t Always The Most Talented

    The Leader Isn’t Always The Most Talented

    Leading can be a weighty calling. The pressure of being responsible for a vision and being responsible for people can often be plenty of pressure in and of itself. Couple those pressures with the idea that the leader is always the most talented, and leadership can feel like a calling that just isn’t worth…

  • Young Leader: Do This One Thing

    Young Leader: Do This One Thing

    The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Proverbs 4:7 (ESV) What great advice for young leaders! I see this as such a big problem for young people (and older people alike). The problem? We think we don’t need any help from anyone else. We look at the…

  • Half Full or Half Empty? Problems or Solutions?

    Half Full or Half Empty? Problems or Solutions?

    I’m not an “everything is always rosy” person. I do, though, think that there is a lot of power in how we think and that we can speak things with our words that really do come to pass. I don’t believe enough attention is paid to the fact that we, as Christians, need to be a…

  • Climbing to Success

    Climbing to Success

    Most people would say something like “work hard” or “work more” when asked about the best tool for getting ahead in our life or career. The truth is, I think there’s more to it than that. Sure, we have to be willing to work hard, nothing’s going to be handed to us. Sure, we…

  • 4 Reasons Leaders Should Tweet

    4 Reasons Leaders Should Tweet

    Twitter has grown like wildfire over the last couple of years. It’s gone from being “that thing kinda like Facebook status” to “twitter, I can’t believe you don’t use it yet.” Still, though, some still refuse to make the jump to using it on a regular basis. With that said, here are 4 reasons…