The meeting before the meeting

Leadership

  Every meeting is really three meetings:  The meeting before the meeting, the meeting itself, then the meeting after the meeting. Very often when I’m coaching people, their first instinct when they want to accomplish something is to bring it up at the meeting...

The price of change

Leadership

One thing I’ve observed is that lots of people say they want to change or they want to see something changed. But too frequently they aren’t willing to pay the price. So I often ask, “How committed are you?” or “Are you willing to pay the price?” People will usually...

Foreign tissue rejection

Leadership

Every church, team or organization develops its own culture. It has a certain DNA in terms of how the people relate to each other, what they do, and the values they live out. Sometimes when someone new joins the team, there is a mismatch of that DNA–...

Planning for the unexpected

Leadership

Here’s some unsolicited advice:  You don’t want to schedule your weeks more than 80% full. You need to leave about 20% buffer because life happens. What I have discovered is that if you fully schedule your 40 hours, you’ll work close to 50 because other things come up...

What do you think?

Leadership

Typically speaking, when a person brings a coaching issue or problem to you, you might ask, “What do you think?” or “What have you already processed?” And if you take the time to unpack their thinking, what you’ll discover is that they’ll be able to get more clarity...