Dealing with pushback on new initiatives
You’ve had this happen before. You’ve just finished explaining a new initiative to your group of leaders and you can feel the pushback beginning. “If we don’t do it the way we used to, it won’t work.” “What will this even look like?” “I don’t know if we have enough...
Catch before you pitch
One of the mistakes leaders frequently make is that they pitch their idea or solution before they’ve prepared people to be able to respond. Leaders often will see ahead of others that there’s a problem or need. They pre-think the solution, then gather people into a...
What does the consulting process look like?
Good consulting starts with an honest conversation with you as the leader about where you currently are with your ministry and what you want to accomplish. We connect, talk, and figure it out. That initial conversation is essential for discerning what the path forward...
An outside perspective
It may be counter-intuitive, but sometimes even when you know precisely what needs to happen, it takes outside perspective to increase the leverage for change. As Jesus said, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home” Matthew 13:57....