Posts Tagged ‘Leaders’
5 Team Work Lessons from John Maxwell
Matt and Kyle continue to discuss personal lessons from leadership expert, John Maxwell. In this month’s episode of The 1st Conversation with Matt Keller and Kyle Jackson, the topic is 5 lessons about team work. From understanding that success and significance aren’t the same thing, to what it means to loan your influence, once again, this month…
Read More6 Leadership Lessons from John Maxwell
In this month’s episode of The 1st Conversation with Matt Keller and Kyle Jackson, Matt and Kyle discuss 6 leadership lessons Matt learned on a recent trip with leadership expert, John Maxwell. Practical, simple and dynamic. From keeping it simple, to autopsying success, to never assuming what our teams actually know, we are sure you will…
Read More5 Things that Affect Morale on a Team
Morale is to a team, what momentum is to an organization. In this month’s episode of The 1st Conversation with Matt Keller and Kyle Jackson, Matt and Kyle discuss 5 Things that Affect Morale on a Team. As leaders, we need to be aware that morale doesn’t just happen. The leader’s reaction along with four other variables,…
Read More5 Questions to Ask as We Launch Into 2018
The new year is that time of year where we rise up and set resolutions and goals we want to achieve. But as we go through those motions, from the highest level, what do we need to be thinking about as leaders? In February’s episode of The 1st Conversation with Matt Keller and Kyle Jackson, Matt…
Read MoreWhy I'm Launching the Matt Keller Leadership Podcast
I am excited to announce that starting January 1st, 2016, I launched the Matt Keller Leadership Podcast. The content is for anyone who leads in any capacity. From the Corporate world to the church world. From the court room to the classroom to the family room, I believe anyone who leads anything will benefit from…
Read More9 Truths about Failure
1. Some failures are worthwhile. Most in fact. 2. External events that keep you from reaching a goal does not constitute failure. 3. Blaming others makes you bad at failure. 4. Owning failure publicly and quickly makes you good at failure. 5. Examining failures makes you wise. 6. Failure is not final; stop acting like…
Read More5 Teachability Principles that could Change your Leadership Forever
The final installment of our “Summer Repost Series” has to do with one of my favorite topics in all the world, & one of the most important characteristics of the Leadership Culture at Next Level Church. I’m talking about… Teachability! Our working definition of teachability is, “Being willing to relearn that which we think we…
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 MoreMoving to a 2 Service Reality
The article this week is hands down one of the most read articles we’ve ever written! Literally thousands of churches have made the jump to a 2 service reality. Here’s our take on it… One of the big questions we are asked all-the-time in our coaching is: We’re thinking about going to 2…
Read MoreA Culture of "The Benefit of the Doubt"
This week’s “Summer Repost Series” installment is about the Unique Culture at NLC! This stuff is straight from my heart. Enjoy… One of the traits we’ve tried to hammer into the culture of Next Level Church over the years is what we call, “A Culture of the Benefit of the Doubt.” Put…
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