I was so frustrated! What should have been an exciting opportunity became one of my most frustrating professional moments. I was fuming at the end of the meeting. Each person on the marketing team had been tasked with brainstorming an idea for an upcoming project and presenting it to the entire team. The executives would […]
When was the last time you had an employee problem? Probably like five minutes ago, right? People management is one of the greatest challenges of leadership and is often the thing we are the least equipped for. No amount of textbook training can prepare you for the real world dynamic of managing people. Let me […]
You’re a great leader. You wouldn’t be in your role if you hadn’t developed your leadership skills along the way. You probably also have a pretty amazing team. And I bet you have some really great ideas for how to develop your team and grow their leadership. But, if you’re like most leaders, you’ve hit […]
“The Leader’s voice always speaks the loudest” “When decision needs to be made, a leader will eventually emerge.” I’m not sure if these are direct quotes from anyone, but they are phrases that have stuck with me. Leaders are seemingly born to take charge. We do this naturally. If we feel the slightest bit of […]
In my “Create a Crisis” series I’ve talked about what a Thematic Goal is and what the process is like for creating one. Today I thought I would reveal what our Cross Point Staff Thematic Goal is for 2009. This year our thematic goal is about securing the foundation among our staff. As I was […]
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, […]
I read a great article today by Nancy Ortberg about how to avoid the 5 most common dysfunctions of a ministry team. She takes the principles from Patrick Lencioni‘s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and applies them to ministry work. It’s a great, practical read for church leaders. You can read the entire […]
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