Leading people, or promoting vision?

April 26, 2010

I’m learning something new about leadership.  If you’ve been around leadership material and if you frequent conferences, then you’ve read and you’ve heard a lot about “vision.”  And while vision is an awesome thing, and we quote the scripture…”the people perish for lack of vision,”….is vision what retains leaders?
I’ve been under almost every kind of [...]

Leadership lessons from a choir room

October 16, 2009

Above is the image of two signs posted on the wall of a local church choir room.  I look at these signs and I do two things.  First, I laugh.  Then secondly, I hurt for the guy or gal that put these signs up on the wall.  Here’s a question for you, how many people [...]

Something about leadership

September 17, 2009

I have a question for you.  Are you a leader or do you just like to be seen as a leader?  One thing I’ve learned about leading is that it’s not about me, but it’s all about others.  I remember a long time ago reading through some John Maxwell material and several things stuck out [...]

Are you leading or observing?

May 24, 2009

Had the opportunity to attend the Catalyst One Day event in Dallas this past week.  Great day.  The big takeaway for me was a simple leadership lesson.  You’re responsible for those that you lead.
I can’t even tell you how many conversations I’ve been a part of where someone says, “well, our church just doesn’t _____.”  [...]