Tag Archive | Leadership
Stewardship – The Red Line
In this time of financial instability, much has been made about good stewardship when it comes to our money and other resources. What about our most important resource, people? Money, tools, time… these are all diminishing resources; we always wish that we had more and are constantly trying to figure out how to make best […]
Sharing Your Stage
A few years ago while I was still working in the freelance video world, I had an opportunity to work on a show with the amazing Gregory Hines. While I’d love to regale you with the part of this story where I got to hang out backstage and talk about life and fatherhood with him […]
Making Time
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” -Harvey MacKay I recently had about an hour to kill while I waited for my daughter to finish her shift where […]
Team Top 10
I’ve quoted and re-posted some great material from Ron Edmondson in the past; he is a very insightful pastor… if you don’t read his blog on a regular basis, start now! The following list was another post that was just too good. Enjoy. Organizational teams that win have a lot in common with successful athletic […]
Social networking and the church
I’ve been blogging and twittering for nearly a year now and I’m amazed at how many great people that I have struck up friendships with. I now have new friends in Oregon, California, North Carolina, Indiana, New York, Florida, Georgia, Alabama… it really blows my mind when I consider how social networking is resulting in […]
Simple Steps of Leadership
Leader’s Seven Essential Behaviors According to Ram Charam and Larry Bossidy’s book Execution, the leader’s seven essential behaviors are: Know your people and your business Insist on realism Set clear goals and priorities Follow through Reward the doers Expand people’s capabilities Know yourself. As a leader, what areas do you need to work on?
Final Leadership post of ’08
As I ponder all that has happened in the past year, my head starts to spin! Not that I’m claiming to have been through things that others haven’t been through, just in awe of how it all came together. A few things come to mind for me in the category of leadership: 1. I’m amazed […]
Overwhelmed by Christmas
If the title of this post intrigued you based on your own experience of trying to be ready for this holiday season and falling woefully short, you’ve been duped… this “overwhelmed” is really the only word that comes to mind in light of the past 10 days of preparations for the Christmas Eve services at […]
Church in the bible belt
I’ve lived for a year now in what the locals claim to be the “buckle” of the bible belt (to be honest, I’m still not sure what either term means), and I find that I’m in a near-constant state of questions about how church or Christianity works in a region that seems so saturated with […]
Leadership and communication
I found a great post from Scott Rodgers (Lifechurch.tv) that is such a great picture of how simple communication can get great results: Communication Aimed At The Heart Warning: Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health and May Cause Death from Cancer and Other Diseases. That warning has been on cigarette packages for decades. But […]
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