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Leadership
This past week about thirty of us from LifePark journeyed to Atlanta to attend the Drive Conference at Northpoint Church. We attended a number of excellent sessions and one of my favorite sessions was entitled “That’s a Great Question” presented… Continue Reading →
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff recounts his experience as the commanding officer of the USS Benfold. It’s Your Ship is the playbook how Abrashoff transformed the USS Benfold into one of the best ships in the navy. Leadership is crucial in… Continue Reading →
Leadership development is a popular topic. A cursory glance at the literature reveals a number of approaches to developing leaders. A popular model is the competency approach. If you can repeat the behaviors that made someone popular in the past… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite Leadership Summit speakers is Patrick Lencioni and he is one of the featured speakers at this year’s Global Leadership Summit. Patrick Lencioni is the founder of the consulting firm, The Table Group, and he is the… Continue Reading →
Too many people view leadership as perks and privilege rather than duty and responsibility. I recently watched Simon Sinek’s TED talk, Why good leaders make you feel safe. He starts his talk by relating the story of Army Capt…. Continue Reading →
Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook and the relates lessons of life and leadership in her best seller Lean In. She points out how stereotypes are holding women back from senior leadership positions in the world. She affirms that “This… Continue Reading →
Tucked away in 1 Chronicles is an amazing verse about the men of Issachar, Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command…. Continue Reading →
When’s the last time your team devoted a day to professional development? This week we brought our staff together for an intense day of leadership development as we watched and discussed several sessions from the 2013 Willow Creek Leadership Summit…. Continue Reading →
I love going to Chicago in the summer-time, the temperatures are mild and the flowers are in full bloom. I was in Chicago for the Leadership Summit debrief. Staying at the Hyatt-Regency in Rosemont was an extra bonus (the… Continue Reading →
This was an amazing Leadership Summit. Listed below are the primary speakers and I have limited myself to two quotes from each speaker (it wasn’t easy). Enjoy . . . Bill Hybels “Many leaders incorrectly assume their most… Continue Reading →
The Advantage: Why organizational health trumps everything else in business, by Patrick Lencioni brings together many of the leadership concepts presented in his other books into one handy volume. This book departs from his usual method of introducing the leadership… Continue Reading →
When I go on vacation I like to take a book that will fun to read, such was the case with Hannibal and Me: What History’s Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failure by Andreas Kluth. … Continue Reading →
Here’s an excellent post from Perry Noble – 10 Things I Wish I Could Say To Every Church Leader!
“One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership” by Mike Figliuolo presents a practical approach to clarifying your philosophy of leadership. His approach is to formulate maxims that come from events in your life that had a… Continue Reading →
It’s been said, “If you aim at nothing you’ll hit it every time.” The Roman philosopher Seneca remarked, “When a man doesn’t know what harbor he is heading for, then no wind is the right one.” As you study the… Continue Reading →
