5 Reasons You Need to Stop Feeding Your Church’s Dragons

Originally posted June 17, 2013 How much time, energy and money do you spend feeding the dragons in your church? I’m not talking about apocalyptic imagery from Revelation. I’m talking about one of the biggest reasons your church may be struggling to gain traction. I define a dragon as “An institutionalized drain on resources”. Yes,…

4 Times When a Leader Must Embrace Confusion

Leaders are expected to drive for clarity. They’re expected to “blow the fuzz out of the system”. But sometimes effective leaders will very deliberately and strategically embrace an element of confusion for as long as possible. When should a leader resist bringing clarity and allow, even embrace, confusion? There are at least four times when…

5 Reasons Leaders Must Dial-Down the Emergency Setting

“All hands on deck!” “Emergency meeting!” “Everyone into the conference room, PRONTO!” These shrill calls can create tremendous urgency, even excitement in an organization. But overdone they can also have serious consequences. The fact is, many leaders are adrenalin junkies; they get a rush when their organization is at DEFCON 1, and in truth, part…