Each time I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with a church leader in the developing world I’ve come away with a nugget of leadership “gold”. This week’s visit to Quito, Ecuador was no exception. The golden nugget this time? In pursuit of a vision that God gives us, we ought to focus on the…
How are Things in Your Part of the Kingdom Vineyard?
One of Jesus’ favourite pictures to describe his Father’s Kingdom was that of a vineyard. So, using that picture as a backdrop let me ask you, “How are things in your part of the Kingdom vineyard?” In his book One.Life, Scot McKnight has wonderfully summarized the Kingdom of God as, “God’s dream for the world,…
Summit 2012 Web Launch
This week we announced the speaker line up for the 2012 Global Leadership Summit, and already the “buzz” is building. This may well be one of the strongest line ups ever presented at the Summit. In announcing the line up, our national pastor Tim Schroeder and I sat down to discuss not only the background…
How Leaders Create Forward Energy for Their Team
Every leader knows that creating forward energy takes enormous, consistent effort. That’s because all of the natural forces of organizational life work against that kind of momentum. That’s why effective leaders are relentless in their pursuit of opportunities to galvanize and catalyze forward energy for their teams. One of those opportunities is on the horizon,…
3 Ways to Restore Sanity to the Excellence Value
If you’re in local church leadership there’s a very good chance that you have excellence listed as one of your church’s core values. There’s also a very good chance that the misunderstanding of that value has caused your church a degree of grief, frustration and confusion. To help restore a bit of sanity to this…
