Tag: growth
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chic-fil-a leadercast john maxwell
Below are my notes and take aways from John Maxwell’s presentation at this year’s Chic-fil-A Leadercast. What is your personal growth plan? Transformation never happens in the organization without transformation first happening within the heart of the leader. Make a few decisions and manage them daily The Law of Intentionality: Growth doesn’t just happen Personal…
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building and leading a volunteer organization
What would you do if the ministry you are leading doubled tomorrow? Now respond to that question again, however this time try resolving it without any additional time or money to throw at the problem. Problem you say? Yes…problem. Your ministry doubling tomorrow would be a tremendous opportunity and an exciting moment, you may even…
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Resistance keeps you upright
After listening to the guide do their best to convince everyone in the raft that they were likely to drown on the way down the Royal Gorge this past week in Colorado, she finished her little speech by stating, “the best thing you can do to stay in the boat is paddle hard.” She explained…
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your personal growth plan won’t make you grow
Growth doesn’t just automatically happen. In order for a person or an organization to grow, the right stuff has to be consistently cultivated over a period of time. Even then, growth isn’t guaranteed. Reading a book, taking a class, going to a conference, listening to a sermon, spending time with a personal coach or mentor…
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What we can learn from crisis
This past weekend I was sitting in a line of traffic waiting for a train to pass, innocently counting the cars on the train when WHAM!!! Once I gathered my wits about me I realized that I had just been hit. I pulled off to the side of the road and the gentleman in the…