Use Discomfort to Increase Innovation
Many organizational leaders desire change, innovation, and cutting-edge ideas to drive their organization, however, innovation antibodies hold things back and often kill ideas before they have a chance to breathe…
Innovation Urgency
Innovation is the key to survival. Regardless of what sort of organization you are a part of or lead, the key to long-term success is innovation. Innovation is the intentional…
Coaching for Discipleship and Leadership Development
For leadership development and discipleship, coaching may be the missing tool for ministry leaders. Leadership development is the expansion of a person’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and…
Social Identity in Leadership Development
Your identity as a leader is the sum total of your personal, professional, and social self (Lord and Hall, 2005). These three elements make you who you are, and it…
Neutralize Change Antibodies
Ministry leaders in the US are missionaries to the third largest mission field in the world with 195 million unchurched souls (Butts, 2006). This may be a sad reality for…
Leading for Innovation
Growth depends on robust, sustained innovation (Davila et al., 2012). Whether the conversation revolves around a company, church, team, or individual, growth does not occur without change, risk, faith, and…
Charisma Through Humility
Charisma and humility are not necessarily two ends of one spectrum. Charisma is a special magnetic charm or appeal one has with others (Merriam-Webster, 2004), while humility a quality of…
Pursuit of Humility
There is a common saying that once you declare you have mastered the value of humility; you no longer have it. This has influenced my understanding of humility, and my…
Should Church Leadership Be Inclusive?
When Jesus began his ministry, he was thrust into a diverse community of social dynamics where Romans oppressed Jews, wealthy oppressed poor, men oppressed women, and religious elite oppressed unlearned…
Leader Development Without a System
Can leader development happen without a formalized system for leadership development? In short, it can, however, it will not provide the results desired. Leader development is the expansion of a…