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Tag: healthy leader
Church Leadership
Four Reasons Every Lead Pastor Should Be in a Small Group
Lead pastors who lead a small group create a win-win dynamic. The pastors and the churches they lead both become healthier and grow as a result. Jim Egli, who has served as a senior pastor, associate pastor, missions pastor, and...
Church Leadership, Leader's Heart-Overflow, Small Group Leaders, Spiritual Life
All Leaders and Teams Would Benefit from Leading from the Heart
People still ask me questions about my book, Leading from the Heart, which I wrote 20 years ago. The subtitle, "A small group leader's guide to a passionate ministry," defines my original intended audience, small group leaders, plus the coaches...
Church Leadership
THE PANDEMIC’S LEADERSHIP LESSONS
Great leaders have a blend of humility—they know that they don’t know everything—and a curiosity to discover answers. They are constantly learning from a variety of sources, beginning with God’s Word, but also through books, mentors, failures, crises, and personal...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
‘Where Are You?’
"Where are you?" The obvious answer to that question is a physical one ... but there's a much more vital spiritual answer. "Where are you?" is the simple, three-word question God asked Adam (Genesis 3:9) after he and his wife...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Ministry Leaders
Leadership: An Extraordinary Lesson from George H.W. Bush
The last five days have provided a rich lesson on leadership. Almost immediately after the passing of George H.W. Bush on Friday, November 30, I started noticing the words being used by people who knew him best to describe him....
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
Leadership: Helping People Become Who God Created Them to Be
God wants us to realize that we are works of art in progress, and we, as leaders—church leaders, small group leaders, teachers, parents, etc.—can envision others with this truth. I am fortunate that several people in my life took the...
TIPS
Leadership TIPS of the Week: September 11-15, 2017
My mission is to help equip ordinary people to lead extraordinary churches, groups, classes, ministries, businesses, teams, families . . . whatever you lead! To that end, I share these leadership TIPS each weekday on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Then...
TIPS
Leadership TIPS of the Week: August 14-18, 2017
I have a secret. The leadership TIPS I write are not original with me. I'm not that wise. Ask my friends. Ask my kids! Almost all of these tips come as I spend time with God, especially as I read...
TIPS
Leadership TIPS of the Week: June 5-9, 2017
Here are this week’s all new Leadership TIPS. Each day this week, we Tweeted them, posted them on our Facebook page, and posted them on LinkedIn. Use these tips in your ministry. Retweet or repost them to your friends and...