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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

My Ramblings about Fear

I heard a pastor say, “Anytime Jesus said, ‘Do not be afraid,’ his audience was in a pretty scary situation.” It’s true. Whenever I’ve heard the Spirit whisper to my soul, “Do not be afraid,” it’s because I am facing something that creates anxiety in my life.  The command to not be afraid is repeated 70 times in the NIV. From what I understand, it’s the most repeated command in the Bible. Perhaps because fear is the most common…Continue Reading

Dealing with the GAP between your Dream and your Reality

Disappointment hurts. Feelings of sorrow always follow on the heels of unmet expectations.  Sometimes there is a GAP between our Dreams and our Realties. And it’s in that GAP we experience disappointment, doubt and sometimes disillusion.  We’ve all had to stand in this painful GAP. Your fundraising campaign came in thousands of dollars short of the goal. Your recruitment weekend resulted in no new leaders for your ministry. The new believer you’ve discipled for six…Continue Reading

Words

Words are powerful when they’re delivered the right way. But they go largely ignored when they’re boring. It’s not the words fault.  It’s not the message fault. The messenger is to blame. Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word story, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Seth Godin has become a thought leader influencing nearly every industry through the power of his 100-300 word blog posts. The information network Twitter took the world by storm in…Continue Reading

Out with the Old, In with the New

Do you ever put on an outfit and your kids look at you and say, “Dad you’re not going to wear that out in public are you?”  Yeah, I get that more often than I would like.  So maybe it’s time for me to head over to Abercrombie and Finch and pick up some new threads…ummm, at age 47 probably not a good idea, I think I’ll just stick with my dockers and polos for…Continue Reading