Leadership

  • Young Leader: Tweets

    If you follow me on twitter, you may have noticed that I’ve posted random tweets to young leaders. While I am NOT an expert, I do think that being young and leading is one of the hardest things to do. It’s often a calling to lead those older, more experienced, and even smarter than…

  • Using People or Loving People

    No matter what we’re leading… A church A family An organization A business A classroom An office Loving people is always more effective long term than using people. Sure, it’s easy to manipulate and convince people to move in a certain direction or do a certain thing the way you want it done… for…

  • 2 Elementary Leadership Principles

    I’m pretty young. I don’t have a ton of experience behind me. I haven’t been through all the wars yet. BUT, I have been through some. Some really tough ones. Here are 2 leadership principles that are really kind of elementary, but that we often forget. 1. The People Matter. There are no exceptions.…

  • Leaders Lead

    Leaders…Lead. Leaders are followed. Leaders make decisions. Leaders demonstrate the right way. Leaders step out first. Leaders dare to be different. Leaders set themselves apart. Leaders aren’t afraid of crunch time. Leaders don’t follow the crowd. Leaders don’t always choose easy. Leaders choose right over popular. Leaders are willing to invest in people. It…

  • The Campfire Principle: Ministry

    I’m not really much of an outdoorsman, but I have sat around a campfire enough to know that, if you don’t make an effort to keep a campfire going, it eventually dies out. With a campfire, you have to consistently add wood and stoke the fire to keep it burning. I think the same…

  • Wimps Accomplish Nothing!

    I read a post by Seth Godin the other day that hit me like a ton of bricks. Here’s the part that left me thinking… Or consider the way we resist opportunities to lead, to connect, to do work that matters. We don’t resist because we’re not capable of it… we resist because if…