I coach leaders who want to follow Christ and have an impact through their lives. They could be ministry leaders, corporate leaders, emerging leaders, or established leaders. Regardless of the scope of their influence, I enjoy helping clients learn to dance. Below is a tool that will enable you to learn to dance. In fact, [...]
In 1989 Stephen Covey wrote one of the best books on personal leadership and management, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This tool uses the matrix from his book to help with priorities and time management. Here it is. Quadrant 1 – Important / Urgent Examples – crisis, pressing problems, deadlines … Quadrant 2 [...]
Two summers ago I was determined to build a deck on my house, and I had a plan. However, there were a few obstacles in my way, namely knowledge, skill, and tools. That’s not a problem; is it? Enter, my friend David. Although not an expert builder himself, David had the understanding needed to walk [...]
I believe that Jesus is the Ultimate Leader Developer. He chose ordinary, uneducated men (according to Acts 4:13) and they turned the world upside down because “they had been with Jesus." I love what Gunter Krallman says, “On the basis of such ‘with-ness’ Jesus generated a dynamic process of life-transference which was meant to foster [...]
Everyone seems to be talking about leadership development – and that includes you and me. There seems to be no end to the knowledge and the skills to be learned. Do a search for "leadership" and you will find: 490,000,000 results in Google (all in .26 seconds) 130,457 books on Amazon 26,840 Groups focused on [...]
Have you noticed that a few leaders continue to grow and flourish while most seem to stall at some point along the way? All leaders have a capacity for influence, and God is constantly developing that capacity within the leader. However, most leaders reach a point in their ministry and personal growth where their development [...]
In 1996, a young US marine corporal named Joey Mora was standing on a platform of an aircraft carrier patrolling the Iranian Sea. Incredibly, he fell overboard. His absence was not known for 36 hours. A search and rescue mission began, but was given up after another 24 hours. No one could survive [...]