In The Trenches pt.2: “Playmakers and Critics”
Organizations, businesses, ministries, and churches today need more ‘Playmakers,’ not more critics! There is no shortage of the latter, but always a shortage of the former. Playmakers change the game
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In The Trenches pt.1: “Fight the Right Battles”
Last year, I taught on a series of messages called In The Trenches. I had been going back over the notes of that series recently and was reminded of some
Leadership Lessons from Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson delivers some great words of wisdom for young aspiring entertainers at the 2010 SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival. “America’s greatest living poet” says get a thick
5 Secrets of Highly Effective Communication
As a leader you must be able to clearly communicate your organization’s strategy, vision and value. Stacey Hanke of MORE Magazine offers five strategies to help you communicate with impact
Craig Sanders: Three Ways to Break Negativity
We all have a negative response internally, to a negative occurrence that took place externally. “It is the basic stimulus response modality,” says Craig Sanders. Although we can’t control the
The Battle for a Generation
I love these words adapted from Ron Hutchcraft’s book, “A Battle for a Generation,” pp 11-12. Never in the history of the Life Saving Service (set up to rescue people
The FREAKISH Nature and Damaging Effects of Highly Critical People
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain.. and most fools do.” – Dale Carnegie Do you have a critical spirit or do you have a “can-do” spirit? Or let me
Leaders Goal: SERVE those who would betray you
“Anyone who hasn’t experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.” – Jeab Genet During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of
Loving like Jesus means DETOX for the overly religious
I’ve been reading David Putnam’s Detox… for the Overly Religious. For Putnam, detoxing from toxic religion is simplified into living like Jesus lived, loving like Jesus loved, and leaving behind
Johnny Unitas Leadership Lessons
Johnny Unitas Leadership Lessons: He was drafted in the ninth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers but was cut before he even got a chance to throw a pass in a