Mary Poppins Leadership

I read this post over at Gifted for Leadership and it reminded of a journal entry I made after watching Mary Poppins with my sister over the holidays. (FYI – Jes and I loved Mary Poppins as a kid so she bought me the 40th anniversary edition a couple of years ago.) I’m kind of […]

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Are you creating problems?

Great leaders create great problems. If you’re not willing to create problems; you’re not willing to lead. Leaders create problems by changing expectations. Many churches that have been stagnant for years do not consider themselves to have any real problems. Only when a leader begins to call them out of the status quo does it […]

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Drive Conference – Day 2

Some quotes from today to get you thinking… Session 2: Becoming a Great Staff – Andy Stanley “The further up the organizational ladder you climb, the more you must serve.” “Great leaders don’t set their sites on leaders they want to emulate, they set their sites on serving people.” “If you have to require loyalty, […]

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Guest Blog – Marla Saunders on Leadership Gold

I tried to post this over the weekend and for some reason most of the post was lost. Sorry Marla!. Marla Saunders wrote this guest blog after spending a day in a leadership seminar with John Maxwell. She knows I’m a Maxwell junkie, so she offered to share it with us. Thanks Marla! It Is […]

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Random Piece of Advice

If your boss has a blog you should read it! If your employee has a blog you should read it! If someone you love has a blog you should read it! You could learn a lot… what’s important to them, what energizes them, what concerns them, etc. Whose blog should you be reading that you’re […]

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A Leadership Observation

a random leadership nugget from my journal… When the organization is facing a crisis, it’s tempting as the leader to begin to wallow in your leadership weaknesses and blame yourself for the problems.  While you may need to accept some of the blame, you create a greater leadership crisis when you put too much focus […]

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Equipping: The Leader’s Job

I read this little exercept from John C. Maxwell about the leader’s job of equipping others this morning.  This was really timely for me this week, so I thought I would share… Equipping is a tough job, much harder than shepherding.  The leader is to equip others for ministry.  Paul explains the goal for the […]

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Equipping: The Leader's Job

I read this little exercept from John C. Maxwell about the leader’s job of equipping others this morning.  This was really timely for me this week, so I thought I would share… Equipping is a tough job, much harder than shepherding.  The leader is to equip others for ministry.  Paul explains the goal for the […]

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