Equipping Leaders To Multiply

Leadership Lessons from Seacoast Church, pt 2

In yesterday’s post I shared some key leadership lessons I’ve learned in my seven years at Seacoast Church.  Here are a few more to add to that list. LESSON #4 – Dream Big and then Dream Bigger.  Before I came to Seacoast I felt like I had a big vision for how God wanted to use my life.  But being in this environment for this long has expanded my thinking far beyond what I ever imagined. …Continue Reading

The Leaders Checklist for Making a Change

Change is difficult and requires skillful leadership to navigate it well.  Sometimes it feels like ninety percent of a leaders job is producing change while ninety percent of people don’t like change!  So when a leader enters into the dangerous waters of change he must move wisely.  As you consider the next change you’re going to initiate ask yourself the following questions… CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE… What problem am I trying to address by making a…Continue Reading

Maybe it’s time for a Change

Frustrated with your career?  If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Unhappy with your marriage?  If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Dissatisfied with your physical condition?  If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Stuck and can’t move a project forward?  If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what…Continue Reading

Change Reactions Pt 3

Things change.  I don’t always like change (unless I am the one initiating it).  I sat with a young leader the other day and told him, “Ministry is changing, the tools are changing, the strategies and styles are changing and I’m no longer the one initiating the change.”  I told him, “It’s primarily your generation that’s innovating.”  I’m 47 years old and I find it fascinating that this next gen leader doesn’t live in my…Continue Reading

Change Reactions Pt 2

Price Pritchett said, “Change always comes bearing gifts.”  It doesn’t always feel that way, especially when you’re the one introducing the change.  As leaders we see the possibilities, the potential and the prize at the end of the change.  But it’s not always so easy for followers to see what we see.  While we think of the Critical response as the most dangerous, I believe there is a second type of change reaction that is…Continue Reading