5-minute resets for life and leadership
Here are seven ideas around five minutes each that offer a reset for daily life and leadership.
How free are we to enjoy the fruits of our labor?
Is it wrong to enjoy the fruit of our labor? Absolutely not! All analogies break down at some point, and the fruit tree is no exception. A fruit tree physically can’t partake of its own fruit. We can, and Scripture encourages us to do so!
5 tips for guarding your priorities
Whether I’m managing my business, leading a team, or sitting in my home office with my four-legged friend at my feet, I have to resist the administrative rabbit hole. Here are five tips for prioritizing.
5 ways to transform your thinking
Developing a growth mindset will take intentionality. You will have to focus on the areas you need to grow in, which aren’t always the fun areas to focus on. But, when you develop a growth mindset, you will find yourself going to places you never imagined possible. You’ll also take those you lead along for the ride.
How approachable are you?
When it comes to abilities, one of the greatest a believer can possess is “approachability.”
Your work matters: Working with God
God is using your work to take care of His creation. God is including you in his ministry of sustaining and preserving His creation.
Navy SEAL Shares Leadership Lessons | Matt Cumbee
Our podcast guest is former special operations soldier, Matt Cumbee. For nine years, Matt served in the world’s most elite military fighting unit, the Navy SEALs. At the end of 2022, Matt separated from SEAL life to enter the private sector and agreed to tell us about his experience on a SEAL team and the leadership lessons he learned. Host: Rodney CoxEmail us at information@ministryinsights.comTweet us at @Insights_IntlFollow us on LinkedInFollow us on FacebookThe podcast is a production of Ministry Insights. Visit us at ministryinsights.com.© 2023 Ministry Insights International, Inc. All rights reserved.
4 suggestions for encouraging church people to make a pastor’s job joyful
When we pastors love God and love others well, we extend those same graces to people in our churches. So how can we encourage our church to make our job joyful and in doing so fulfill Hebrews 13:17? Consider these four suggestions.
Book review: Hero Maker, by Dave Ferguson
Richard Blackaby reviews Dave Ferguson's book, "Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders."
Leading for transformation
Part of being a believer is changing from what we are to what Christ desires for us. Lasting outward change comes from genuine inward change. The reason this is important for leaders to understand is God has not just called us to lead a church or organization, but to lead people—his people.
Why Culture Rules in Leadership | Chick-fil-A VP Mark Miller
Rodney's guest is Mark Miller, a senior VP with Chick-fil-A. Mark's career at Chick-fil-A began more than 40 years ago as an hourly team member in one of the local restaurants. Shortly thereafter, he became the 16th corporate employee — working in the warehouse. Over the last 40 years, he has served in leadership roles across the business, from Corporate Communications to Restaurant Operations, Training & Development. Currently, Mark serves as Vice President of High-Performance Leadership.Mark has also authored over a dozen books, including his latest title, Culture Rules: The Leader's Guide to Creating the Ultimate Competitive Advantage.Mark can be found online at [...]
How To Leave a Legacy That Lasts | Trudy Cathy White
Trudy Cathy White, is the youngest child and only daughter of Chick-fil-A founders Truett and Jeannette Cathy. She is the author of several books, including Along the Way, Climb Every Mountain, and A Quiet Strength, and the book we will chat about in this interview –- A Legacy that Lasts: Preserving and Transferring Your Family Values.
8 ways to refresh your tired soul
These are considered the four hardest jobs: President of the United States, a university president, a CEO of a hospital, and a pastor. I have served as a pastor for over 35 years. It can be tough and pastors must care for their souls. Consider these 8 ways to refresh your tired soul.
Do you long for work recognition?
I probably don't have to tell you this, but the reality of most work environments is that expressions of appreciation and recognition are often few and far between. When I'm involved in management training, I try to impress upon managers the need for employee recognition and the great benefits it can reap.
How to respond when you don’t like the way your supervisor leads
By casting bad bosses and unhealthy corporate cultures as the villains, many talking heads would have you believe that you are doing a heroic thing by disrespecting your employer before, during, and after your departure from the company. But this response is totally out of sync with Scripture.
Developing a daily Bible reading habit
If you're like most Christians, then you want to read the Bible more often—and more consistently—than you have in the past.
39. Why believe in Christianity? (Guest: Dr. Neil Shenvi, Author of Why Believe?)
In this episode, we discuss why Christianity is a reasonable faith with Dr. Neil Shenvi. Neil worked as a research scientist at Yale University and Duke University and has published over thirty peer-reviewed papers. He is also the author of Why Believe? A reasoned approach to Christianity. Neil's website: https://shenviapologetics.com/ Neil's book: https://shenviapologetics.com/why-believe-a-reasoned-approach-to-christianity/ ___________________________________ Subscribe: www.mirandacarls.com biblicalleadership.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordatwork/message
Book review: Atomic Habits, by James Clear
Richard Blackaby reviews James Clear's book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones.
How to cut the noise and reach your people
Here are five tips on communicating the ways your community will benefit from your church, ministry or organization.
4 lessons you can learn from countless Zoom meetings
And as we have embraced Zoom meetings as a new reality of our leadership world, we have also seen that such virtual meetings have formed a laboratory of sorts for important leadership principles. Here are four key leadership truths that have been re-enforced by the world of virtual meetings.
