Equipping Leaders To Multiply

10 Things You Can Do to Prepare Your Organization for the Future

In a training session with the Seacoast Church staff a couple of years ago we arranged the training room to look like airplane seating.  At the beginning of the session I told them we were going on a trip, but I had good news and bad news.  The good news – we were going on a trip to Hawaii and on this pretend trip their families were going with us.  The bad news – we wouldn’t be back for a…Continue Reading

On My IPod – Leadership Development Resources

Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar coined the term “Automobile University” to describe how time spent in your car (or anywhere you listen to your Ipod) can be put to good use by listening to self-development or leadership development audio resources.  A University of Southern California study that found 12,000 miles of metropolitan area driving a year for three years afforded enough time to learn the equivalent of two years of college education.  Podcasts have become my one of my favorite sources for personal growth. Downloading them…Continue Reading

Favorite Posts of 2009, #1

For the remainder of the week I will be posting 4 favorite posts of 2009. My Leadership Development Wake Up Call I remember when I had my leadership development wake up call. I was fresh out of seminary working as an associate pastor at Pawleys Island Community Church. I was young, enthusiastic and thought I could do it all. But it wasn’t long before I was overwhelmed and overcommitted. I was responsible for weekend worship,…Continue Reading

Leaders as Teachers

It always used to bother me when I would read in 1 Timothy 3, “Elders must be able to teach.”  While I value the gift of teaching, requiring it as a quality for this level of church leadership seemed to be so restricting.  But now after 20 + years in church leadership myself, I totally agree leaders must be teachers.  Leadership is the ability to influence the thoughts, attitudes and skills of others which requires an…Continue Reading

Celebrating Leadership Development

There seems to be a shortage today of leaders who reproduce leaders.  Why?  I’m sure there are many reasons but here is one for consideration. When Cindy and I had our first child it was quite a celebration.   Cindy wanted nothing more than to be a momma, but in the first five years of our marriage she miscarried two babies.  So on June 21, 1990 when our first son Brandon was born phone lines across…Continue Reading