Category: Leadership

Life started getting pretty busy for me in high school. Up until that point I was able to keep all of the things I needed to do in my head. But starting in high school that system stopped working for me. Between all the work for my classes, my job, extra curricular like student council, … Continue reading 4 Simple Steps to Getting Things Done Without Burning Out, Pt 1

http://youtu.be/MYK0HH5XUy0 Doug Fields is one of my favorite speakers. This video is taken from the National Youth Workers confession back in 2011. You may not be a youth worker (I'm not) but there's a lot of great transferable principles here to help you develop the leaders who are following you.

One of the roles that came back on my StandOut assessment was Equalizer. If you're not familiar with StandOut it's written by the same guys who created StrengthsFinder. StandOut is different in it limits your top roles to 2 instead of 5 and tells you how to use those to stand out at work. So … Continue reading Pay Attention to The Right Gaps

Last week my team and I went to K1 Speedway after lunch for our annual Christmas staff outing. We had a great time racing against each other. Off to the side of the track there's a giant scoreboard with everyone's ranking in the race so you can see where you're at and how you stack … Continue reading Why Checking The Scoreboard Isn’t Always Good

http://youtu.be/ZhmaYD4Jkys Everyone seems busy but are we busy with the right things? In this month's podcast I'd like to share with you why you shouldn't try to do everything you can do and how that will bring you more satisfaction in your life and ministry.

A few years ago I was conflicted on how to handle a sensitive issue with someone in our church. They were behaving in a way that was hurting others. I was torn between confronting them at the risk of straining our relationship, letting it go in the hopes they would change on their own, waiting … Continue reading What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do