One summer, while I was in college, I got a job as a lifeguard. Thinking I would have an easy summer job and get to work on my tan all summer, I took the registration class and went looking for a job.
I found one at a summer Christian camp working at the lake. I was the guy at ...
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Young Leader Shifts – Part 3 –
My wife and I have a 16 month old. Being our first child, you can imagine the amount of advice we got as my wife was pregnant and we were getting closer to his due date. We got advice like…
Get as much sleep as you can now! You’ll need it later!
Don’t feed from a bottle, it’ll ...
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5LQ Episode 46: Brian Houston –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast I speak with Brian Houston, the founding pastor and current co-pastor of Hillsong Church and author of a new book called Live, Love, Lead: Your Best is Yet to Come. For more than thirty years Brian has led Hillsong which is ...
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Young Leader Shifts – Part 2 –
Let’s take a brief trip back to your kindergarten days for a second. Do you remember the story of the Tortoise and the Hare? Remember how the hare raced the tortoise and got so far ahead that he got apathetic? What did the tortoise do? He was slow and steady. He was consistent in ...
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Young Leader Shifts – Part 1 –
"Our value as leaders hinges greatly on our ability to be consistent in our lives and leadership. It’s vitally important that we prove to ourselves, the people who lead us, and the people we lead that we are consistent people and leaders. We’re valuable as pictures of ...
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5LQ Episode 45: How and Why to Start a Podcast –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Jonathan Howe, the co-host and producer of Rainer on Leadership and The SBC This Week, about what it takes to start and run a successful podcast. Podcasting is booming as a medium and is a fresh way ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
4 Keys To Difficult Conversations - Kevin Lloyd
It is often difficult for leaders to have hard conversations with staff or key team members. Kevin Lloyd guides with 4 steps to navigating these important moments in your leadership.
A Forgotten Prerequisite in Developing Leaders - ...
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Bringing About Courageous Change –
By Dr. Kent Ingle
In leadership, one of the hardest things to overcome is a person’s resistance to change. Whether it’s your own resistance or opposition from people you are leading, it takes a lot of courage to effect change. In fact you might say that change never happens ...
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4 Leadership Advantages of Introverts –
By Kevin Spratt
My Myers Briggs describes me as an INTJ. If you were to spin this in the most positive light possible, then I would be an efficient and productive leader. Some of my cohort includes Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, and Colin Powell. Yet, in a negative light I ...
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5LQ Episode 44: Bruce Ashford –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Bruce Ashford, the provost and dean of faculty at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bruce also teaches theology, is an elder at Summit Church in Raleigh/Durham, and is the author of Every ...
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3 Leadership Metaphors for Community –
By Brad Watson
Leadership is such a strange thing, especially in the West. The position of leadership is idolized while the role of leadership is neglected.
Many children are pushed to being the “leader” of the pack by their parents for no other reason than holding that ...
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Best Quotes from Under Our Skin Webcast –
This past week NFL player Benjamin Watson, and Pastor Darrin Patrick joined together on the one-year anniversary of the Ferguson, Missouri court case decision for a webcast about racial tension and how Christ brings reconciliation like no one else can. The webcast was titled, ...
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