Courage is defined, according to the interwebs, like this: “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.”
That’s what it means, but I’m more interested for the moment in the pictures that come to mind when you ...
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Leadership Quotes from AW Tozer – Part One –
A.W. Tozer is a renown pastor from the Christian Missionary Alliance denomination, and author of well known books such as The Pursuit of God, The Knowledge of the Holy, and others. His life and ministry have impacted millions of leaders, and even though He went to be with the ...
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5LQ Episode 117: Are Leaders Born or Made? –
In this Episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins sits down with Eric Geiger and Daniel Im to discuss the oft-asked question: Are leaders born or made? Is it more nature or nurture that determines whether a person will be a great leader? They talk through the ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
4 of the Primary Ways North Point Community Church Measures Success - Brian Dodd
It’s pretty clear that North Point has seen a lot of success. Some of that success has been very natural and organic, but they work hard at it.
The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial ...
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The Leader’s Preparation –
Henry and Richard Blackaby wrote the book, Spiritual Leadership, Moving People On To God’s Agenda. At the end of each chapter they list concepts from that chapter for consideration.
I was very intrigued as I read the list that ended the chapter on The Leader’s Preparation. As ...
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4 Groups to Whom A Leader Should Listen –
The culture and direction of entire organizations, churches, ministries, and institutions is driven, in part, by whom the leader listens to. These people impact much of the leader’s decision-making, direction, and perception of reality—both challenges and opportunities. As I ...
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5LQ Episode 116: Pete Scazzero –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Pete Scazzero, the author of The Emotionally Healthy Leader and a number of other books. Pete is the founding pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York and his ministry, ...
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Let Your Message of Judgment Be Mingled with Tears –
Matthew 23 is a pretty rough text. Here is one of those chapters when Jesus is at His most biting. He launches a verbal assault targeted at the religious hypocrisy found in the scribes and Pharisees of the day. Line after line He goes after them, each one – at least in my ...
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Leadership Quotes from Henrietta Mears – Part Four –
Many leaders don't know of Henrietta Mears, but they definitely know of some of the people she impacted. Henrietta was a teacher from Minneapolis, who in her 40's became the director of Christian Education at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. It was there that she has a significant ...
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5LQ Episode 115: Leaders as Followers –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Kevin Spratt to discuss why it's so important for leaders to be followers and what are ways they can do that. They ask the following questions.
Why must leaders know how to ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
7 Bad Things Leaders Say - Carey Nieuwhof
Nobody sets out to be a bad leader. Yet, according to a recent study, only 18% of managers have a ‘high degree of talent’ in leading people, which includes the ability to motivate and manage the relationships they have with people around ...
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5 Points on Decision Making as Leaders –
Leaders are decision makers. Period.
Whatever the time of year and season of life, lots of decisions are probably on your desk or in your to do list waiting to be pushed forward. It's something we must do. Constantly.
So here are 5 points to help you with making leadership ...
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