by Philip Nation
Communication is a key component to leadership. If you are communicating, then you are leading in some way. Here are five principles that you can begin using immediately to help you communicate, and thus lead, better.
1. Use positive language. Draw people to ...
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Success Should Never Rest on One –
I recently watched Band of Brothers, the HBO mini series based on the experiences of Easy Company and the 101st Airborne in Europe during World War 2. It is a remarkable series, one of the best stories I have ever watched for a dozen reasons. One of these is the way every man ...
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4 Tasks of a Senior Leader –
My friend Steve Graves recently met with some of our leadership team and shared four tasks of a senior leader. I found his framework helpful and challenging, and in sharing it with you, I have added some of my own thoughts. So, here are the four tasks that every senior leader ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
4 Lessons from the Fall of Pastors by Garrett Kell
"Though they shared a common salvation, these men also shared a common feat of devastation: They had all, within 24 months of each other, been involved in an extramarital affair."
Beware of a Shortcut Leadership Strategy by ...
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How Comparison Undermines Leading Worship –
Stephen Miller talks about how our high performance and perfection-driven music culture leads to comparisons among worship leaders that actually hurt their ministry. For more videos like this, visit Ministry Grid. ...
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How to Reduce Resistance to Change –
People drive change; change does not drive people. You cannot lead change if you can’t lead people.
Napoleon Bonaparte noticed that when it came to change, there seemed to be three distinct groups in an army. A third of his army would almost always welcome change, a third would ...
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The Power of Consistency –
Imagine a leaky faucet. Regardless of how you hard you twist the knob, it still drips. One drop at a time. Incessantly – drip, drip, drip. The consistency becomes an annoyance pretty quickly. But put in the right environment and given enough time, that same dripping with that ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
The One Who Makes Things Worse by Seth Godin
"Every committee or organization has at least one well-meaning person who is pushing to make things more average."
14 Benefits of Failure by Brian Dodd
"The best leaders learned from their mistakes and got exponentially ...
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6 Stages of Vision –
by Mac Lake
Typically right after a new year begins, vision architects are busy assembling the pieces they need to build their God-given dream. Plans are unfolding, resources being gathered, teams mobilized, and undoubtedly somewhere in the near future roadblocks will be hit. ...
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How Leaders Can Mentor Leaders –
Brad Lomenick and Todd Adkins discuss practical ways those in leadership can mentor and develop leaders under them.
This video is courtesy of Ministry Grid, a revolutionary platform for training church leaders. ...
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Leadership Requires More than Self-Awareness –
A wise and effective leader possesses more than self-awareness; he also has a keen awareness of the team. More than a sense of his/her unique gifting, he/she has a sense of the people on the team, their gifts and potential. Team-awareness enables the leader to leverage the gifts ...
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