In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Dan Rockwell, better known as Leadership Freak for his blogging and social media presence. Rockwell has been honored by Inc.com, American Management Association, and his blog was the most shared on ...
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6 Signs Silos Exist in Your Organization –
By Art Rainer
Silos exist when areas within an organization conduct their activities without the consideration of the organization’s other areas. They operate in an unhealthy vacuum. Silos can occur in almost any organization, including ministries. When they do exist, leaders ...
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4 Cultural Challenges to Discipleship –
One of the primary terms the Bible uses to describe our relationship with Jesus is the word “walk.” It’s a good word; it has the connotation of a forward progression. We aren’t meant to have a stagnant relationship with our Lord; instead, we are making forward progress in ...
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5LQ Episode 59: You Asked, We Answered (Round 2) –
We get asked questions pretty regularly on Facebook, and at our respective twitter feeds (@ToddAdkins and @BarnabasPiper). And since we have sharp listeners many of the questions are excellent, so we decided to take the best and turn them into a podcast! In fact we had so many ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
5 Ways to Recapture Your Creativity - Tim Peters
When you lose your passion, you’re going to experience a notable decrease in your creativity. This is when you start creating for a paycheck rather than for a purpose.
4 Ways to Empower and Improve Communication - Dan ...
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The Realest Authenticity –
Authenticity is one of the greatest values of our day. And I don’t just mean a cultural value, though it is that. Cultural values are often lies based on the worship of self or some other false god. But authenticity is an actual value. In a world of false fronts and internet ...
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3 Big Reasons People Leave Your Church –
Why do you think people leave your church?
We know there are general reasons people stop attending church. Here are common examples:
“I just didn’t get anything out of the messages.”
“The church let me down in my time of need.”
“My kids didn’t feel like the student ministry ...
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5LQ Episode 58: Jennie Allen –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Jennie Allen, author, speaker, and director of the IF: Gathering. Jennie founded If: Gathering several years ago to be a connection point for women to "gather, equip, and unleash the next generation ...
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5 Ways To Keep Leaders From Burnout –
By Chris Surratt
I had the opportunity a few years ago to hear Mark Miller from Chick-fil-A speak at a leadership event in Dallas, Texas. Mark was sharing about how they have built a strong leadership culture at Chick-fil-A. He said one of the keys to sustained leadership ...
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Life Changing Truths from Evangelicals For Life –
This past weekend in Washington DC, while parts of the country were being snowed in, hearts were burning hot for the Lord, and changing our nation at Evangelicals For Life 2016, an effort from Focus on the Family and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Convention. This was the first ...
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5LQ Episode 57: How Leaders Can Balance the Past and the Future –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I sit down with Eric Geiger to talk about how leaders can balance having a healthy awareness of past with the right focus on the future. It's so easy to fall into one extreme or the other and both extremes harm ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
27 Quotes and Lesson from Andy Stanley on Making Vision Stick - Brian Dodd
Vision is what marks you as the leader. Brian shares practical lessons from Andy's book on how to construct, communicate, multiply, celebrate and live out the vision God has given you for your ...
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