Motivation: the parking lot

Leadership

  Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. The parking lot is the decision-making place. It’s not somewhere people want to stay and hang out. It’s the place where people make up their minds about whether they...

The path

Developing, Leadership, Networking

  Below is an excerpt from my book From Followers to Leaders that lays out one of my favorite metaphors—the path. The path is about the process of getting where you want to go… wherever that may be. Over the next few days, we’ll look in more depth at each stage...

A Word from Wisconsin: Discipleship vs. Discipling

Leadership

Today some thoughts from Brian Williamson, Lead Pastor of The Bridge Bible Church, a decentralized networked approach in Somerset, WI. Their church’s vision is to lead everyone toward full life development in Jesus through missional communities. “We’ve benefited from...

Orville Wright

Leadership

“… we were lucky enough to grow up in a home environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity. In a different kind of environment our curiosity might have been nipped long...

Learning styles

Leadership

Learning styles are something we often think of in terms of a classroom:  some kids learn by hearing, some kids learn by seeing, etc. But the concept applies outside the classroom to any kind of learning. Recently one of my leaders in ViaCordis had an ah-ha moment...

Learning new balance

Leadership

This time a story from Steve Brightwell: “I am now convinced that the absolute greatest impact I can make is through personal investment in the disciple-making process with a handful of willing and responsive new believers. I also believe it is the most effective...