One-on-one with Matt Perman on ‘How to get unstuck’
When we get unstuck, we can get more done with less stress. We can manage our time more deliberately, have greater energy and enjoy more peace of mind.
4 components of tuning-fork leadership
Is everyone in the organization clear on our overall direction? Is everyone clear on our priorities? Does everyone see how their contribution fits into the big picture?
Motivate your teams with these 4 neuroscience keys
Neuroscience is discovering effective ways to motivate others based on how our brains work. Consider putting these four brain-based ideas into your motivation toolbox.
Should your church be revitalized or replanted?
In the post-COVID world we are entering, I see the need for many churches to replant instead of revitalizing.
15 top issues explaining most organizational challenges
I've consulted with hundreds of clients across industries and cultures. While everyone is unique, their challenges usually are not.
Reasons for rest even when you’re not tired
Sometimes a season requires rest to master new movements, new rhythms of grace and wonder.
The cultural mandate’s connection to the Great Commission
To understand the Great Commission is to understand that each person alive today has been created in the image of God and participates within God's story.
3 hats of leadership
As you consider the organization you lead, regularly ask yourself this question: In light of the current situation, am I wearing the right hat?
Do you feel productivity shame when you decide to be offline on vacation?
Most leaders I know really struggle with taking vacation of any kind.
Here’s how to eat an elephant
Well, if you've been following us, you know that we finally heard God's voice telling us to write a book. Actually, He told us to write three.
In-person church services have changed in these ways
Church leaders thought long and hard about how church online should change in light of COVID. Now our physical services are altered as well.
Use these 3 ways to align your team
When a team member is out of alignment, it can cause the same drift and shakiness to the organization that a tire out of alignment can cause to your vehicle.
3 indicators you need to recharge your leadership battery
When your leadership battery is fully charged, everyone around you wins.
With a firm reliance on divine providence
Skeptics may call the Revolutionary Army's survival and ultimate defeat of the British as good fortune. But George Washington called it Providence.
Looking for accountability
Young leaders full of ideals and ideas help keep older leaders fresh in their thinking. Older leaders full of experience and wisdom help keep younger leaders from errors that cannot be erased.
How to confidently mediate conflict at work
Instead of acting as if conflict is an intrusion, the best leaders recognize that addressing conflict effectively is one of their most important responsibilities.
Living in the now despite the in-between
We can't totally go back to pre-COVID times, but we don't know what the future holds, either. We're living in the in-between space.
How the brain stifles church change
I believe the more we know how the brain works, the more effective change managers we'll become.
Where did your peace go?
When you find yourself in the midst of conflict, here's a simple five-step, biblical path to peace.
A heavy question about biblically responsible investing
Are biblically responsible investors simply uneducated and enjoined in a massive, multi-billion-dollar investment scheme of futility?
