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Why a Business Owner within Your Church May Need a Consultant
Leadership can be hard due to the many and varying challenges a leader faces, whether in a church or business context. Proverbs 15:22 reminds us to seek the counsel of wise people. And as a pastor, there may be business owners in your congregation that could be encouraged by the benefits of hiring a consultant. Here are the three main reasons why.
Chronic Discontentment
“My job isn’t good enough.” “My salary isn’t good enough.” “My car isn’t good enough.” These are all symptoms of what I like to call chronic discontentment. And this discontentment can unknowingly creep into other areas of our lives. Here are three ways to combat it.
10 Proverbs for Living and Leading Well
Watch the news, search the internet, or just talk to someone, anyone! During turbulent times such as these, living and leading well is not easy. Here are 10 principles from Proverbs to help us today and every other day.
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Critical Thinker Vs. Critical Person: Which Are You? [Infographic]
There is often a fine line yet big difference between a person who thinks critically and a person who is critical. This infographic explains how you can tell the difference.
“Winning” @ Worship
Before you jump down my throat for starting the worship conversation in the wrong place and with the wrong word, relax and let me define a few terms and explain what I mean by “winning” @ worship.
How to Lead Change Without Killing It!
Resist change and your organization will die. Here are five elements that you need to successfully lead your organization through change.
6 Leadership Lessons I Learned from My Medical Emergency
In February 2017, I unexpectedly ended up in the hospital due to a medical emergency. While being out of commission in the hospital for six days and then another week at home in recovery, surprisingly, I was reminded of these six leadership lessons.
7 Guaranteed Ways to Annoy Your Employees
Great employees are hard to find and even harder to retain. But if you do any of the following seven practices regularly, you will not only annoy your employees, but eventually drive them away.
How to Resolve Conflict with a Win-Win Every Time
When conflict occurs in your life, what corner do you head towards? There are four options but only one way to reach a win-win.
Leadership Lessons I Learned from Hurricanes Harvey & Irma
Even in the midst of the catastrophic events of the past few weeks, we as leaders can learn a lot about leadership. The following are 12 leadership lessons I have thought about as I watched and read about these devastating storms.
Want to Keep Your Credibility? Do These 6 Things
Credibility is very easy to lose but takes work to build and maintain. If you want to keep your credibility, make sure you are doing these six things.
6 Characteristics of a Catalyst Leader
How do you make changes and spark momentum in your organization? One word – catalysts. Here are 6 characteristics of catalysts.
10 Myths of Performance Reviews
Is the annual performance review still the best way to give feedback? Here are 10 myths of performance reviews and their realities.
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Top 5 Reasons People Are Promoted & Fired [Infographic]
If you have ever wondered why others are being promoted ahead of you or why someone was let go from their job, here are the 5 most common reasons people are promoted and fired.
1 Critical Step in Conflict Management
It is baffling at times why otherwise well-intentioned, hard-working people can’t seem to resolve conflict in their midst. And it is often because they are missing this critical step.
The Anatomy of a Blind Spot
Often, we are shocked that others are unaware of their blind spots when they are so obvious to us. But guess what - others have said the same thing about you! Here are 6 characteristics that make up the anatomy of a blind spot.
5 Reasons to Trust Me
Your team won't trust you if they never know which version of you they are going to get each day. And vice versa. Here are five ways give others a reason to trust you.
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3 Commitments Every Influential Leader Needs to Make [Infographic]
An influential leader is someone who has a positive impact on the people and the organization which he or she serves and does so consistently over a long period of time. These leaders are not super-human, but they are different. Here are the three commitments that we believe leaders need to make in order to be effective and have a positive influence.
7 Signs of the Self-Destructing Leader: Are you one?
As a consultant, I have watched many leaders, including pastors, head slowly but surely towards a crash taking their organization along with them. And the scariest part is they do not even know it’s happening.
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7 Ways to Focus Better [On What's Most Important]
Focus is hard work. There are an ever-growing number of things competing for our attention that can distract us from focusing. So how do you learn to focus better on what's most important? Here are seven of the best ways that we have found.