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They are the walking dead. They are dead emotionally. Their vision and passion are dead. Their spiritual life has little life at all. They are burned out. Many have died vocationally. Others are waiting for burial. Autopsies are not...
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How the Best Leaders Turn Possibility Into Reality
I was fuming at the end of the meeting. Each person on the marketing team had been tasked with brainstorming an idea for an upcoming project and presenting it to the entire team. The executives would choose the best idea with the understanding that t... -
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Stop Treating THESE Habits as a Badge of Honor
Find yourself busy? A little overwhelmed? You’re not alone. Especially in leadership. I made a lot of mistakes in how I handled my workload as a young leader in charge of three small but rapidly growing churches. Like many people, I assumed... -
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When Is It Time to Give Up?
Business, nonprofit and church leaders across the country invest in new projects every day. The level of risk varies, but one thing is common to all—at some point, the leader needs to mak...
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What the Pastor Wants From Staff Members
You are a minister about to walk into a church situation that’s new to you. Either you have been pastoring a small church and are about to join the staff of a larger church where you will serve under the authority and direction of an accomplished vet... -
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Life After Ministry (What to Do if You've Been Fired)
I’m at that point in my ministry where I feel like I’d rather cut grass for a living than serve Christ as a preacher of His gospel. That’s just not healthy. But that’s where I am.<...
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10 Interview Questions for a Minister’s Spiritual Life
We’ve hired nine ministers this year for our church—which means we’ve probably gone through our selection process 30 times. So when I write about the need for insightful interview questions, it comes from a place of need for me (and my church). There... -
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3 Ways to Empower Female Leaders
As women are leading more and more in the broader culture, Christian women are being given more opportunities to steward and more responsibilities to leverage for God’s kingdom. How can ministry leaders encourage women as they serve and lead in diffe... -
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When You're an UNPOPULAR Leader
Don’t underestimate the significance of whether or not the people you lead like you.
Respect and trust are essential, but without the foundation of a positive relationship, leadership becomes very difficult. Every t... -
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What Motivates Millennial Leaders?
If you have any millennials on your church staff you know that they’re different. And while many traditional church leaders are quick to equate a different approach with being a wrong approach, wise leaders know that different just means different. N... -
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5 Traits Pastors Should Always Work On
Pastoral leadership is an area occupied by one Master and many students. We will never arrive, we will always be on a journey of discovery and progress. And since God isn’t done with you—you’re still breathing—He wants to use you and grow yo... -
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3 Reasons Your “Time Hacks” Don't Work
If you Google “Time Management Hacks,” you will receive 1.4M search results, meaning you can spend the rest of your life reading about how to save time. If you are not familiar with the term, “time hacking” often refers to experimenting with your app... -
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7 Statements Every Leader Should Make
One of the goals of a leader should be to encourage, strengthen and challenge a team to continually improve. Almost as a cheerleader rousing the crowd at a game, the leader uses his or her influence to bring out the best in ot...
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Help for the Church in Crisis
The past few weeks have been quite eventful for the communications teams at Cracker Barrel and United Airlines. In case you’ve missed it, Cracker Barrel faced a deluge of complaints following the firing of a server named Nanette Reid. Her husband pos... -
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When a Good Pastor Is a Bad Boss
I’ve been working with pastors and those they serve for over three decades. That means two things: I have a lot of experience, and I am old. In the course of three decades, I have seen some pastors thrive and some pastors fail. And I have seen...