This is a requested guest post by my friend William Vanderbloemen. William leads the team at Vanderbloemen Search Group. Their vision statement is “We staff the church”. From what I see of William, that’s his heartbeat.
I heard William present some of this on a recent Leadership Network online [...] Continue Reading…
I was walking in the hall of our church building recently when I had to stop to let a classroom of children walk by me. We house a school in our building and an early childhood development center. It’s not unusual to encounter some of them on a daily [...] Continue Reading…
I had a young man ask me recently, “Do you think I’m ready to be a leader?”
I said:
Great question. Glad you’re asking.. But, honestly, I don’t know that I’m the one to answer.
It might help if I ask you some questions:
Are you ready to stand alone at times?
Are you [...] Continue Reading…
I get asked frequently:
Pastor, how do you get so much done and still take care of yourself and your family?
Honestly, I never feel I’ve accomplished as much as I would like, but after receiving the question so many times, perhaps I should attempt to answer.
I do have a lot [...] Continue Reading…
I continually have well-meaning believers who want me to get more involved in the political debates of religion and culture. And, sometimes I do. There are certainly battles to fight. Big battles. Human slavery. For one example. Ridiculous. Let’s end it now.
For the fights I choose I vote. [...] Continue Reading…
People, even the “best” people, make mistakes.
I’ve stopped being surprised when I find out the person I thought had it all together doesn’t.
When “the good girl” gets pregnant…it doesn’t catch me off guard as much anymore.
When I hear about the person in ministry, who falls into [...] Continue Reading…
I previously wrote, Bad Culture Eats Good Vision. It doesn’t matter how strong your vision is…you can have the greatest strategy, but if the culture is bad…forget it. You aren’t going to be as effective as an organization as you could be.
Working with a couple of churches recently, I [...] Continue Reading…
I often get asked, what’s the difference is between leading leaders and leading followers. Great question. It really is a paradigm of leading. It’s really in how you lead.
As a leader of leaders…
I say, “I don’t know, I’ll have to find out” a lot…
I often “didn’t know about [...] Continue Reading…
I had a great illustration of leading under pressure recently.
Or, to be more honest, the need to do so.
I met a friend at a local restaurant for breakfast. The place is normally busy and this seemed like a typical day, but the obvious leader (person in charge) was [...] Continue Reading…
