I’m often asked why some church leaders seem to stall or lose traction in their ministry. There can be many reasons, but sometimes I’ve found it’s because they were caught watching their pass. Hockey fans know what I’m talking about. It’s what happens when a player focuses their attention on a great play they’ve just…
Could a Lesser Mission be Hijacking Your Primary Mission?
The message on the cover of the recent Sports Illustrated issue contains a powerful reality check for every leader. ROGER GOODELL’S MOMENT: The NFL commissioner is the most powerful man in sports, presiding over the most lucrative league in the world. His job right now is to stop it from all falling apart. What is…
Is Your Organization Doing 90 on Empty?
In his book Seinlanguage, comedian Jerry Seinfeld makes an insightful, and hilarious, observation about perspectives. “My parents had two constant arguments while they were driving, over how fast my father was going or how much gas was left in the tank. My father had a standard defense for either one of these. It was always,…
How Great Questions Can Yield Great Results
Great leaders ask great questions. And these great questions lead to great results. My thinking in this area was recently sharpened by reading an outstanding post in the Harvard Business Review, The Power of the Right Question. In this insightful piece, Scott Anthony suggests that a leader “should spend roughly six times longer generating a…
How to Speed Up Information Flow
It’s true what they say; “Good news travels fast” and will always reach you quickly, from anywhere in your church, ministry, or organization. But bad news, no matter how important, moves like it’s swimming in peanut butter. And that can cost you precious time. This is exactly what happened in Jesus’ parable of the talents…
