Pastors love to use illustrations from movies. But what about leadership lessons from movie theaters? If you owned a chain of movie theaters, how would…
Too many pastors and ministry leaders are still operating out of the categories from an old paradigm.
Frustrated by the self-serving decisions of the people you lead?
For the last 16 months, churches have had little appetite for visioning or strategic planning. This makes perfect sense. In the middle of a pandemic,…
Is your leadership being evaluated on the wrong criteria?
Dear board member / elder / deacon, I want to share a secret with you. It’s not the kind of secret that is confidential.…
Leading change is much more than coming up with a great idea. It’s more than putting the wheels in motion for a new initiative. It…
I frequently hear conversations about the need for better leaders and better leadership development. Those conversations are often accompanied by hand-wringing because many of the…
A denominational leader recently asked how my work has changed in the pandemic. I explained that the number of churches doing strategic planning had decreased…
For the last several years, my #1 book recommendation has been Tod Bolsinger’s Canoeing the Mountains. So I was eager for the release of his…