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A Meeting No Leader Likes to Have, But Should Always Consider
A very successful business mentor of mine once gave me a vital tip about a necessary meeting all leaders should consider. Unfortunately, I have had to use his advice several times. You don’t ever want...
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What to do When You’re Waiting for a Lead Position
Recently I posted “The Tension Between Staying in a Learning Position and Jumping into the Lead Position“. The point was there is a fine line between when a person is ready to be in a senior leadership...
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5 Criteria for Making New Year’s Resolutions You Will Actually Keep
I love a fresh start. Perhaps it’s because grace is the doctrine I’ve needed so much, but there’s something about a clean slate, which motivates me towards achievement. I’m like this with my desk at...
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7 Characteristics of Effecitve Change Agent Leaders
If you want to be in leadership get comfortable with change. It’s part of the experience of every leader. The best leaders get accustomed to leading change. Every leader deals with change, but in my...
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7 Hidden Costs of Attempting to Eliminate Risk
Every leader I know attempts to limit a certain amount of risk when making decisions or leading change. We should attempt to have good systems, adequate resources, and even contingency or emergency...
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The Leader’s Crisis of Belief
Every Leader Must Push Through A Leadership Crisis of Belief Every leader at some point faces a crisis of belief in their leadership – or what her or she is attempting to lead. Questions such as: Will...
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The Number One Reason People Resist Change
After years of leading change I’ve discovered some things about the process. One of those discoveries is change will face resistance. All change. Surprised by this revelation? Not if you’ve actually...
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4 Reasons People You Lead May Not Want to Learn or Grow
And, 5 Suggestions to Motivate Them I’ve learned in leadership – you can’t teach someone who doesn’t want to learn or grow personally. Perhaps you’ve tried. I have. I see one of my jobs as a leader to...
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10 Suggestions to Welcome a New Pastor
I frequently receive questions from churches who want to welcome a new pastor and do it well. I’ve written extensively about some of my own transitions. I assume people think I might have advice to...
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8 Common Emotions of Change – and How to Deal with Them
I speak frequently to pastors and ministry leaders – and some business groups – about leading healthy change. Every time I mention one thing any leader attempting change needs to understand – the...
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A Meeting No Leader Likes to Have, But Should Always Consider
A very successful business mentor of mine once gave me a vital tip about a necessary meeting all leaders should consider. Unfortunately, I have had to use his advice several times. You don’t ever want...
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What to do When You’re Waiting for a Lead Position
Recently I posted “The Tension Between Staying in a Learning Position and Jumping into the Lead Position“. The point was there is a fine line between when a person is ready to be in a senior leadership...
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5 Criteria for Making New Year’s Resolutions You Will Actually Keep
I love a fresh start. Perhaps it’s because grace is the doctrine I’ve needed so much, but there’s something about a clean slate, which motivates me towards achievement. I’m like this with my desk at...
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7 Characteristics of Effecitve Change Agent Leaders
If you want to be in leadership get comfortable with change. It’s part of the experience of every leader. The best leaders get accustomed to leading change. Every leader deals with change, but in my...
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7 Hidden Costs of Attempting to Eliminate Risk
Every leader I know attempts to limit a certain amount of risk when making decisions or leading change. We should attempt to have good systems, adequate resources, and even contingency or emergency...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Leader’s Crisis of Belief
Every Leader Must Push Through A Leadership Crisis of Belief Every leader at some point faces a crisis of belief in their leadership – or what her or she is attempting to lead. Questions such as: Will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Number One Reason People Resist Change
After years of leading change I’ve discovered some things about the process. One of those discoveries is change will face resistance. All change. Surprised by this revelation? Not if you’ve actually...
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4 Ways Leaders Create Capacity
Capacity: the ability or power to do, experience, or understand something. Great leaders know the more capacity the organization has the more potential it has to accomplish its mission. When the...
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4 Easy Steps To Healthy Delegation
Even a potential control freak leader like me knows healthy delegating actually improves the organization. Yet, I work with dozens of pastors and leaders every year who struggle to release authority...
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4 Examples When Strategy Should Drive a Leader’s Decision
There are times the “gut call” comes in handy for a leader. Leaders often must make quick and decisive decisions. Past experience and instinct can help a leader make the call when an immediate decision...
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