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Category: Personal Growth

How to Lead Authentically

A Pastor’s Guide to Healthy Transparency Leadership is often associated with strength, confidence, and authority. However, vulnerability is a trait that should not be overlooked in leadership. Vulnerability can help leaders build stronger relationships with their team members, foster trust and authenticity, and create a more positive and supportive work environment. This is particularly important in the context of the church, if leaders desire to cultivate leaders who multiply with impact.  In this blog, we…Continue Reading

Ask Big Questions

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’ll never forget the first time I met one-on-one with Dr. Howard Hendricks, one of my leadership heroes. I had waited nearly a month to get on his schedule and finally was slotted for 15 minutes to sit with him in his office. I entered his office a little starstruck. And I started talking. What seemed like five minutes later, he looked at me and said “Mac, do you have a question for me? We…Continue Reading

The “Loud Talker” Leader

Some of my favorite Seinfeld episodes are those about the “soft talker,” “close talker,” and the one about Dan, the “high talker.” But one they didn’t cover is the loud talker.  The loud talker is that friend you are afraid to meet in a coffee shop because everyone in the shop can hear when he talks. He isn’t shouting; his voice is just…loud. And it always amazes me that these individuals are typically unaware that…Continue Reading

Leading from the Overflow

To LEAD from a PLACE of overflow, you have to live from the PRACTICE of intake. Daily leading is draining. If we are not careful, the demand to continually give and serve others can leave us empty. And, an empty leader is not a healthy leader. I’ve never been able to make wise decisions, manage my emotions, or lead with pure motives when my soul is on E. It fascinates me that Jesus said, “My…Continue Reading

10 Questions to Stimulate Your Growth

Great questions stimulate greater thinking, ideas, motivation, and ultimately personal growth. Here are ten questions that will help you grow in your leadership.  What 5 books should I read in the remainder of the year? (Here are 5 I recommend taking a new employee through https://bit.ly/3bhKwlm) Who are 3 leaders I can meet with and learn from? (What are 10 questions I will ask them?) What 5 companies, churches or organizations should I be learning…Continue Reading