Author: Paul Alexander
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The Most Important Leadership Question You Aren’t Asking
Volumes and volumes have been written about leadership. You can search online and purchase any number of books about how to lead effectively, how to improve as a leader, you can pick up a historical account of how the best leaders have led, and there is never any shortage of books that will help you…
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5 Keys to Developing Young Leaders in Your Church
It seems like everywhere you turn lately some national church leader is writing about the bleak future of the US Church due to younger generations leaving. Well, recently I spent some time at a place that made me really hopeful about the future of the church in America. This past weekend I had the opportunity…
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The 2 Most Important Ingredients of a Winning Team
You’ve probably heard this popular African Proverb before: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The reason this statement has become so popular and “gone global,” is that it resonates with us at a core level. We inherently know that it’s true; not just from a…
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3 Reasons it’s Good for Church Staff Members to Leave their Church
Through coaching and consulting relationships I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of Church Staff out there in church-world. One of the more common questions I’m asked by Church Staff Members is, “How do I know when it’s time to leave my church?” It’s not always a simple straightforward conversation, it’s complicated and…
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How Great Leaders Manage the Tension between People and Projects
Every single person reading this article has a natural tendency when it comes to the tension between people and projects. Some of us are “people oriented,” while others are more “project oriented.” You know which one you are and so does everyone else around you. But which one is more important, the people or the…