One of the author’s I follow is Jon Gordon, who helps corporations and athletic teams develop positive cultures. This week Jon posted 21 Tips for a Positive New Year. I liked it and wanted to share it here. You’ll notice that his list primarily focuses on repositioning old habits and tendencies that turn negatives into…
Category: Leadership Development
Canoeing the Mountains
The year following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Captain Meriwether Lewis to find the most direct and practical water route across the continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean for the purposes of commerce. For over 300 years explorers from at least four sovereign nations had been looking for…
5 Characteristics of Weak Leaders
Here’s a great blog post from Michael Hyatt on 5 Characteristics of Weak Leaders. It’s worth 5 minutes of your time.
Winning on Purpose
One of the books on my summer reading list was Winning on Purpose by John Edmund Kaiser. Kaiser has spent his ministry career as a pastor, denominational executive, and church health consultant. His book is the product of his discoveries about how churches can transition from maintenance models to more productive missional models. Using a…
Finding Potential Leaders
Every day we make difficult decisions that involve trusting others with the things and the people we value the most. We select banks based on our trust that our deposits will be secure. We select preschools and daycare centers that we trust will keep our children as safe as possible. We select doctors and medical…
The Apostle Paul on Developing Leaders
I think its unfortunate that many churches have turned to business models to find the “best practices” for developing leaders. I’m not against business or the practice of business. But I firmly believe that when church leaders start adopting business models instead of biblical models they become misguided and off point. If our churches are…
Developing Leaders
What is church supposed to be about anyway? That question has fostered everything from constructive dialogue to fistfights in church parking lots. An ocean of ink has been spilled on books published with the intent to provide “the” angle that resolves all debate and ends all discussion. Some would say the purpose of the church…