Launching Leaders booklet

Launching Leaders booklet

Developing, Leadership

I’m always on the lookout for really helpful but simple tools. The Launching Leaders booklet by Michael Gatlin is just that. It essentially covers a six-step process for developing and overseeing leaders. Put out by the Vineyard Group, this has been selling like...
Bifocal vision

Bifocal vision

Leadership, Visionizing

I received a significant insight just as I was entering midlife. I had gone in to see the eye doctor for a routine vision checkup. He said, “Bob, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is your eyes are in great condition. The bad news is that in a...
Coaching clusters

Coaching clusters

Coaching, Leadership, Networking, Teambuilding

The most common way to do coaching is one-on-one. Yet I’ve found that another strategy that works well is coaching one-on-three– what I call coaching clusters. As a coach, I have each person prepare individually. Then during a 90-minute session, I coach each...
My newest book is out: Becoming Barnabas

My newest book is out: Becoming Barnabas

Coaching, Leadership

I have a new book out that’s especially geared toward laypeople. Short and readable, Becoming Barnabas zeros in how listening well and asking good questions can help them in all areas of their lives:  relationships, groups, and ministries. Imagine what a difference it...
DiSC: What have we learned?

DiSC: What have we learned?

Leadership, Teambuilding

This entry is the last of a blog series on the DiSC profile, which is one of the top tools that I’ve found to be helpful in building teams. (You can do a search on this blog for StrengthsFinder to find another.) DiSC looks at our behavioral style and tendencies...
Working with C’s

Working with C’s

Leadership, Teambuilding

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog.  Remember the old TV show with the policeman who said in monotone, “Just the facts, ma’am.” That’s how to...