Leadership
Managing the Tension – Part 2
Yesterday we began talking about how we manage the tension of leadership between living fully present in the now of our reality and keeping our heart and mind focused on the dream in the future. Here’s a 3rd way I’ve found to help to manage the tension: 3. Prioritize Margin and Rest. For most…
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Andy Stanley says one of the greatest challenges of leadership is, “Managing the Tension.” For those of us in leadership positions we understand that tension between what is and what we dream of in the future. After 9 years of pastoring and leading, I can definitely say that this is a tension that must be…
Read MoreWe all make choices in life and I believe choosing to be teachable is one of the greatest ones we'll ever make…
Teachability Thought #5: Teachability is a Choice. At the end of the day, you and I have a choice to make. To choose to be teachable, or not. I guess you don’t have to choose teachability. I mean, you are perfectly empowered to live safely and comfortably behind the wall of what you already know.…
Read MoreIf you want to know how secure you are, simply invite someone to critique the thing that you think you do best…
Teachability Thought #4: Teachability Requires Security. Only secure leaders are teachable. Let’s face it, allowing the experiences and thoughts of others challenge us at our deepest levels is just down right scary. In order to be teachable, it requires a ridiculous amount of security. As a teachable leader, I’m learning things about myself that I…
Read MoreI truly believe Teachability is the path to greatness. Here's why…
Teachability Thought #3: Teachability is the path to Greatness. Experts in any field are extremely teachable. Do you know why? Because they are keenly aware that in any given field there is too much to know simply by trial and error. To be an expert requires a tremendous amount of focus, attention, and energy. You…
Read MoreThe Posture that positions us for greatness… (a 90 second study to challenge your leadership)
Yesterday we began a 2 week discussion on the idea of Teachability. I believe that teachability is the key to everything good in our lives and leadership. Teachability Thought #2: Teachability is the Preferred Way to Learn. The other way to learn is what my dad used to call, “The School of Hard Knocks.” Unfortunately,…
Read MoreMy Most Current Thoughts on Tokbox Dissolving, Video Coaching, & How We Change the World Together…
I found out late yesterday that Tokbox.com is shutting down as of April 5th, 2011. As many of you know, we have developed an entire Video Coaching Ministry built on the back of Tokbox. And as you can imagine, I have been hearing from a ton of you in the last several hours offering your…
Read MoreThe key to everything good in your life and leadership is…
If there is one word that describes what I’m looking for in the leaders around me, hands down, it’s the word, Teachability. I swear, I’m going to write a book on Teachability at some point in my leadership career, because I am completely convinced that Teachability is the key to just about everything else that…
Read MoreA Prophetic Word for our Relationships
This weekend at Next Level Church, we’re concluding our “The Big Game” series. For 6 weeks, we’ve been talking about how we win at our relationships. In part 1, I introduced a concept that has been sparking quite a bit of buzz: Conflict in our relationships is the #1 tool God uses to shape us…
Read MoreMinistry's Margin-Less Reality (A Re-Post)
Many of you have been commenting about what a difference some of the Margin stuff we talked about in September has made. So I have re-posted a lot of it here. Also, here is a link to the Conference Call I did last month to talk about Margin Live with a group of about 25…
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