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The key to leadership development…
… is knowing what you’re trying to accomplish. If you want to develop leaders—and know that you’re being successful in that endeavor—you need to get more concrete and specific about what you’re aiming for. What does a leader look like? How do you know if you have one?...
The dynamics of effective leaders
I recently had lunch with a former student of mine who is currently a church planting leader with the Vineyard in Norway. He also works as a business consultant. He mentioned that a major study some years back had been done jointly by BI Norwegian Business School...
Walk before you run
Here’s something I’ve learned: When you’re doing coach training, don’t try to train them in an application area (e.g. coaching for church planting, coaching for discipling) at the same time you’re training them in basic coaching skills. If you try to have people...
Anger management
Recently I’ve started teaching a class on anger management for teenage moms at a local high school. Parenting is hard enough even when you have all you need. Doing it under less than ideal circumstances is even more challenging. There are some young women taking...
You just never know…
Years ago when I was teaching a class, one of my students had a friend in town and he asked if his friend and the friend’s wife could sit in on my class that afternoon. I said sure. Just recently I saw that student again and he said, “What you did during that time...
Happy Memorial Day
For readers of this blog who live in the United States, happy Memorial Day. We're on holiday today. Throw a party! Take the time to invite over some friends and acquaintances who don't know Jesus.
Starting where you are
This week I’m doing a five-part series to help you critically examine and sharpen your own ministry. The goal is to create a template that will allow you to serve as a consultant for your own ministry... a way of reflecting, assessing and clarifying where you are and...
Getting specific
This week I’m doing a five-part series to help you critically examine and sharpen your own ministry. The goal is to create a template that will allow you to serve as a consultant for your own ministry... a way of reflecting, assessing and clarifying where you are and...
The picture of a leader
This week I’m doing a five-part series to help you critically examine and sharpen your own ministry. The goal is to create a template that will allow you to serve as a consultant for your own ministry... a way of reflecting, assessing and clarifying where you are and...
Identifying your values
This week I’m doing a five-part series to help you critically examine and sharpen your own ministry. The goal is to create a template that will allow you to serve as a consultant for your own ministry... a way of reflecting, assessing and clarifying where you are and...
Examining your own ministry
This week I’m doing a five-part series to help you critically examine and sharpen your own ministry. The goal is to create a template that will allow you to serve as a consultant for your own ministry... a way of reflecting, assessing and clarifying where you are and...
Lost in translation
When the Chevy Nova was released in Latin America, it didn’t sell well at all. Turns out that Nova in Spanish—or “no va”—means “it doesn’t go.” Not a good name for a car. No wonder sales were dismal. In the same way, when you are doing ministry in another culture,...