For years and years now I’ve said that simplicity is a step beyond the complex. I may have gotten the phrase from somewhere, but I no longer remember where. When we initially dive into a new subject, we might think simplistically: “I know what I’d do if I were in...
If you’re putting together a training system, a coaching structure, a discipleship approach, a leadership development plan—almost anything—there are five core elements you’ll need to put into place to make a truly great system: Keep it focused. Have a clear...
A man has been leading one of the 10-week groups we’ve been doing in the transition center. The other day he told me that last night he had one of the residents—a woman in recovery—leading it. “I didn’t tell her that’s what she was doing, but she was leading it. She’d...
