Leadership

I was recently watching an episode of the ABC sitcom, The Middle.  The Heck family, a middle class family of five are piled into the car after a long day of work and school.  Hungry and tired they are trying to decide where to go for dinner.  As expected each of three kids, all opinionated […]

Last week we started the discussion about the leadership tension of head vs. heart.  Most of us have a tendency to either lead more logically or lead more emotionally but I think our best leadership emerges when we learn to employ them both. So what does that look like? One particular story comes to mind… […]

Today I have the privilege of hanging out with the wonderful women of Seacoast Church for Chosen, their annual women’s conference. This trip is a bit extra special for me because it marks the first time that Sherry Surratt and I get to talk about our new book, Just Lead!  It was a little over […]

I never dreamed when I entered into full-time ministry that leadership would get even messier than it already was.  I guess I naively thought that working with more Christ-followers would somehow make things easier.  Go ahead and laugh out loud because you know just how ridiculous that idea is. Perhaps the greatest area of tension […]

Pardon me while the marketing geek in me emerges for a moment… I was intrigued to watch how the release of Justin Timberlake’s new single would play out.  It’s been over six years since his last music release.  With just a short, but very compelling video teaser to get our attention, thousands including myself counted […]

It’s time to pick back up on our Leadership Tensions series.  I thought I would kick off this year with the subject of Fans vs. Followers. As a leader are your creating fans or followers? Let’s look at the difference between the two: Fans are fickle.  Followers are loyal. Fans need to be coddled & […]