Equipping Leaders To Multiply

Powerless Discipleship

You haven’t fully made a disciple until your disciple has made a disciple. When we define discipleship as a class one completes or merely an “introduction” to walking with Jesus, we castrate the power of the process Jesus intended us to experience. When you read the gospels and watch Jesus disciple his twelve, the process is powerful, practical, radical, and transformational. So much so that these men were compelled to repeat the process with others.…Continue Reading

Mindset Before Skill Set

Many leaders never reproduce themselves; not because they don’t want to but because they don’t think they can. Fear, anxiety, and lack of experience shape their thinking. Anytime you think you can’t do something, you won’t do it. To become effective at development, we have to understand that it’s a matter of mindset before skill set. You will never grow your skill set until you change your mindset. So how do you do that? 1.…Continue Reading

The Upside of Leadership Challenges

I don’t like facing leadership challenges. They get in the way. They create distractions.  And to be honest they sometimes wound my sense of leadership confidence. But I have to confess once they’re over I’m thankful for them.  I’ve discovered I grow the most as a leader when I’m in a position of total dependence on God. When I look to Him for perspective and wisdom He uses the leadership challenge to deepen my insight,…Continue Reading