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The "If You Only Read 1 Book…" 2015 Awards
“If You Only Read 1 Book in this Category” Awards! This year, my Awards were in the following 9 Categories: 1. Marketing. – Fortune Cookie Principle by Bernadette Jiwa 2. Customer Service. – The customer rules by Lee Corkerell 3. Organizational Growth. – Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck by Tjan 4. Team Culture. – Boundaries for…
Read MoreWhat's a Leader to do with All These Frustrations?!?
Here’s an exercise I heard recently: (I wish I knew who this was from so I could give them the credit… Sorry man or woman.) Write down everything that is ticking you off, bothering you, annoying you and that you’re worried about right now. Then, for 15 minutes, fret about it, whine about it, get…
Read MoreThe Power of Saying "NO" : A Leadership Article to #ADDVALUE
I was recently reminded of the power of saying “NO” in a book I’m reading called, Rework. In it, the authors, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson make the statement: “It’s easy to say yes. Yes to another feature, yes to an overly optimistic deadline, yes to a mediocre design. Soon the stack…
Read MoreRaising Up a Team of Communicators in your Church
Last summer in order to give myself some breathing room for some writing I needed to get done, I did a “Summer Repost Series” of favorite articles. It worked well… so here we go again! The next 6 weeks will be a “Summer Repost Series” of some of my favorites. To start off, I’m tackling…
Read MoreWhen You Can't Trust Your Bullpen
As you probably already know, I’m a baseball fan and specifically a Tampa Bay Rays fan. And, as you’ve probably heard, our season hasn’t went how we wanted it to go. (It’s quite possible we could lose 100 games this year) ugh. That being said, I’ve found it interesting to watch what I believe to…
Read MoreFiring Customers?!?
Seth Godin wrote: “If it’s not worth making the customer right, then fire her. Successful organizations (and I include churches and political parties on the list) fire the 1% of their constituents that cause 95% of the pain.” http://amzn.to/1li23L3 My thoughts: 1. Your organization is designed to do what you do as best in the…
Read MoreThe Thematic Goal of Health and Maturity
7 weeks after we opened the 2nd campus of our church, we had a leadership off-site with our Directional Team. The 2 days were intended to establish our new thematic goal for our church. A Thematic Goal is a 9-18 month “Rallying Cry” that the entire organization can get behind outside of our Regularly Scheduled…
Read MoreYour Next Level: One Day Leadership Event
About the Event: This One Day Leadership Event is an opportunity to hear the nuts and bolts of leadership up close with Next Level Church Pastors including Lead Pastor Matt Keller, Associate Pastor Kyle Jackson and The Journey’s Lead Pastor Mark Johnston. This event is for pastors, staff and high-level leaders throughout your churches. We…
Read More2 Clarifying Questions for Leaders
1. Why does this really matter to me? 2. What do I really want? When a leader gets clear on these 2 things, everything else falls into place. Try it. Think of a goal you are pursuing. A project. A sales goal. A revenue threshold. A weight loss goal. Now, ask the 1st question: Why…
Read MoreDefining the "Best-Case-Scenario Win" for Every Important Meeting
Every leader has meetings that are pivotal to their success and forward progress. Other meetings are confrontational. While others are opportunistic. One important lesson I’ve learned is to accurately “Define the Best-Case-Scenario Win” outcome for every meeting I am in. For example, I was working with a leader recently who needed to have a highly…
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