REVISED:
Crisis reveals hearts. Crisis gives you and I opportunity to help others. Crisis helps leaders to innovate, be creative, and adjust. AND crisis can cause anxiety, fear, and insecurity. How you handle crisis reveals what type of leader you are. How has this modern-day unprecedented crisis shaped your leadership? Here are 5 practical ways to fight insecurity and lead with confidence during crisis.
Read MoreWe have all seen it. Values on a wall. Values on a website. Seen values…
BUT,
EVERY organization and ministry also have ghost values. Ghost values are unseen yet felt. Not spoken but seen. Expected and, to be honest, assumed. Here are 3 ways to understand, recognize, and align yourself with ghost values:
Read MoreHave you had “remember when” moments in ministry? Those conversations are special. Last a lifetime. And reveal the heart of ministry. This post is about how to create ministry that lasts. Ministry that goes beyond a message, program, and/or an event. These moments come over time when leaders build resiliency, grit, and heart for mission, for people, for the Kingdom. What are your “remember when” moments?
Read MoreOverwhelmed? Frustrated? Not meeting your deadlines? Flirting with burnout? Tasks and/or people falling through the cracks in your ministry? These are just some signs of a person who needs to empower others in ministry. You are a good leader. You love people. You are amazing. YET, you have come to a place where you’ve reached your capacity. You have reached your max. To be honest, everyone in ministry does. BUT, it is your choice what to do next. Burnout or Empower?
Obviously, it is best to empower others. But how? Well, here are some practical ways to START empowering others for ministry:
Read MoreThis week, I have heard from three seasoned leaders about their trust journey in leadership. Each of these leaders have experienced bad leadership. They’ve dealt with mistrust, ineffective leadership, insecurities in power, mismanagement of finances and much more. And when organizations lead out of mistrust and hurt, human brokenness tends to rise. And trust deteriorates.
BUT,
How do your rebuild trust when you have lost it organizationally?
How do you heal from those who have lost your trust personally?
How do you regain influence when others don’t trust you?
These are great questions. In fact, most people do NOT know how to regain trust. Most live a life of unforgiveness, resentment, “saltiness”, suspicion. In other words, we live with ghosts. This effects everything we do and who we are. And ultimately, when leaders who do NOT trust, build trust, and/or rebuild trust then leadership, influence, and impact will plateau (and eventually decline).
This is why leaders NEED to rebuild trust and heal from mistrust.
Read MoreUncertainty, fear of the unknown, self-doubt, the digital age, broken homes, mental illness are all realities of decreased confidence in next generation leaders. In fact, I have found more leaders deal with confidence in their calling than ever before.
Calling, in essence, is understanding, knowing, and living out your SHAPE. With that said, it takes confidence to live it out. Here are 3 Ways to Build Confidence in Your Leadership…
Read MoreYour most important leadership task is actually not a task. It will be a life-long journey. A reality that needs to be on the forefront of your leadership every single day!
It is the reality of taking care of those who are the closest to you - your spouse, your family, and yourself. This WILL be your most important leadership task…
Read MoreEvery year, I get a few people asking me to either be a reference on their resume and/or share their resume to potential hiring teams for job opportunities. This is great. With that said, I’m finding in my experience and relationships around me that resumes are coming to an end. Why?
Read MoreFortunately, I have seen:
Historymaker jump 10% growth/year in the last 5 years; including 2 HM campuses,
Time-out revitalized and influencing more next gen leaders,
Planting 3 youth ministries in churches that didn’t have youth programs and representing 85 students,
Raising tens of thousands of dollars for next gen initiatives, and
Initiating an intentional national leadership certification for next gen leaders with the PAOC.
HOW did this happen? In short, it’s about strategic and intentional CHANGE.
Read More
