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Author: Mac Lake

Four Keys To Building a Strong Foundation for Leadership Development

If you want to unlock the full potential of your organization and build a strong foundation for growth, then you must prioritize leadership development. But where do you start? Here are four thoughts and a free resource you can take advantage of today! First, you have to do the work of creating a culture of leadership development. Reshaping the culture requires changing the way you talk about development. Leadership development is less about a program…Continue Reading

Is Leadership Development Biblical?

I get asked this question more than any other: is leadership development biblical?  Leadership development is a topic that is widely discussed in the business world, but what about in the church? Can we say that Jesus was developing leaders, or was He making disciples?  My answer may surprise you – it’s both. You see, leadership development is simply the discipling of leaders. It’s impossible to separate the two. I’ve often run into this issue…Continue Reading

Ask Big Questions

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’ll never forget the first time I met one-on-one with Dr. Howard Hendricks, one of my leadership heroes. I had waited nearly a month to get on his schedule and finally was slotted for 15 minutes to sit with him in his office. I entered his office a little starstruck. And I started talking. What seemed like five minutes later, he looked at me and said “Mac, do you have a question for me? We…Continue Reading

Practice Strategic Absence

What happens when you are not around? How well do church services function? How does your area of ministry operate without you? What goes wrong? What goes right?  Who is leading in your absence? Who steps up when you are out? When the leader is absent, the wheels tend to come off, and anything that could go wrong will go wrong. That’s when you return from vacation or a long weekend off and think to…Continue Reading

The “Loud Talker” Leader

Some of my favorite Seinfeld episodes are those about the “soft talker,” “close talker,” and the one about Dan, the “high talker.” But one they didn’t cover is the loud talker.  The loud talker is that friend you are afraid to meet in a coffee shop because everyone in the shop can hear when he talks. He isn’t shouting; his voice is just…loud. And it always amazes me that these individuals are typically unaware that…Continue Reading