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Category: Leadership

Coaching: Helping Leaders go Further Faster

I was in Palm Springs recently when I had the opportunity to meet with Dave DeVries  of OC US Ministries.  Dave has been a church planter and today coaches church planters around the world.  He has extensive experience as a certificated coach so I asked Dave in this short video to give us some practical insights on coaching those we lead.  You can follow Dave on Twitter @davedv and check out his blog at www.missionalchallenge.com  Before you push play on the…Continue Reading

A Promise Keeper Reproduces a Promise Keeper

I was in Dallas recently visiting with the director of the Right Now Conference, Marc McCartney.  Marc’s father is Coach Bill McCartney, founder of Promise Keepers.  In this video I ask Marc about the impact his father had on his life. TAKE AWAYS

Leadership Lessons from Seacoast Church, pt 2

In yesterday’s post I shared some key leadership lessons I’ve learned in my seven years at Seacoast Church.  Here are a few more to add to that list. LESSON #4 – Dream Big and then Dream Bigger.  Before I came to Seacoast I felt like I had a big vision for how God wanted to use my life.  But being in this environment for this long has expanded my thinking far beyond what I ever imagined. …Continue Reading

Leadership Lessons from Seacoast Church

Last week I announced that my family will be moving to Atlanta and starting a new journey as I take on the role of Chief Launch Officer of the Launch Network, a new church planting network.  While I’m very excited about this new season I must admit that leaving Seacoast Church is a very difficult thing to do.  Honestly, I feel as if I’m leaving one dream job for another dream job.  In my seven years at Seacoast…Continue Reading

Top 3 Questions to Stir Things Up

If things are feeling a little stale in your organization or your own leadership take some time to think through the questions below. Find one or two that get your mind stirred up and see what happens. What are our Top 3 opportunities? What are the Top 3 questions we need to be asking? Who are the Top 3 people we need to be learning from? What are our Top 3 priorities for the next…Continue Reading