Good Leaders are Flexible, Enthusiastic and Approachable
3 Key Traits of Good Leaders
Dealing With Feedback-Resistant Team Members
Everyone needs feedback, whether or not we acknowledge it. Every leader also needs to provide helpful feedback to their team members. The environment in...
Are You Making Leadership More Complex Than You Need To?
Don't Complicate Leadership
Critics: A Painful Reality for Leaders
FACT: Leaders have critics as surely as dogs have fleas, and they are usually about as helpful! If having critics is inevitable, then learning...
Is Leadership Recession-Proof?
When asked, “What styles of leadership should be employed during this period of economic instability?” respected author and leadership trainer John Maxwell replied, "The...
Defining the Qualities that Make a Good Leader
A leader is someone who takes on the role of influencing others to accomplish certain goals or tasks and objectives within an organization, group...
Key Leadership Skills for the Smaller Ministry Leader
Key Skills for Leaders of Smaller Ministries
True Leadership is About Character
True leadership happens when people follow the leader as a matter of choice. In contrast, organizational management or supervisory control systems often foster an...
Gaining the Confidence to Lead Well
Whenever a group is facing a very challenging mission, most followers prefer to have a confident leader. Experience equips a leader to speak with...
Working Harder has Lost its Sense of Meaning
Popular speaker and author Mark Sanborn had this problem a few years ago. In his words, “I was close to premature flame-out. Thankfully, I...
Providing Effective Feedback to your Team Members
Providing effective feedback is one of a leader’s most important tasks; it’s also one of the most difficult. Jack Stahl, current CEO of Revlon...
Five Ways to Model Exemplary Leadership
How good are you at modeling exemplary leadership to your team? Barry Poser, professor of leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa...
Implementing and Leading a Virtual Workforce
For churches and ministries of all sizes and shapes, a virtual workforce has become an indispensable and efficient part of the way things get...
Getting to the Root of Team Member Problems
Any leader who has been leading any ministry, church, organization or business for any amount of time surely realizes how precious their team members...
Facing and Eliminating Worker Fears during Change
In today’s high-stress, ever-changing workplace, employees are becoming “change-weary.” Ministry and business leaders need to take this weariness into consideration when announcing and implementing...
How to Become a Good Presenter or Emcee
Leaders, particularly church and ministry leaders, are often called on to speak at and emcee various ministry, community and organizational events. We have all...
Know the Four Stages of Growing Your Team
Every church or ministry leader will benefit from understanding the key stages of team development (both paid and volunteer). The four Stages of team...
How You Can Help Your Successor Succeed
If you were able to select your replacement, what characteristics would that person need to possess? This is a question Focus on the Family’s...
Empowerment is a Partnership between Leaders and Team Members
Partnership Equals Empowerment
Success Does Not Guarantee a Someone is a Good Leader
People tend to assume that if a person is successful, it is a result of their good leadership skills. People also assume that if...
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Brent Crowe: When You Live and Lead With Regret
“There’s never been a life lived that didn’t have regrets. There’s never been a life lived that didn’t fail on some level or another," Brent Crowe says. In our conversation, Brent encourages leaders to shift their paradigm on regret and failure.
