Recently I walked through a season of great intensity. Lots of work, and the work itself was emotionally intense. What I discovered was that the intense season around me had finally gotten inside of me… and I was walking intensity. I observed my impatience with others, my “shortness,” and realized the season was now shaping my heart and soul. I… Read more »
Leadership is influence. When leaders lead, others are influenced…for good or bad. The source of that influence is the focus of this lesson. Leadership begins when we lead ourselves, when we live a life worthy of our calling and lead out of that inner world. Here is a frightening truth: THE FOLLOWERS ALWAYS EXPERIENCE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE… Read more »
Mike Breen has identified 2 factors in discipleship (development of others into the image of Christ): invitation and challenge. Invitation carries with it hope, relationship, and being seen as a person worthy of investment. Challenge flows from invitation. Challenge can be calling up or calling out. Either way, challenge is most effective when rooted in the relationship of invitation. We believe that bringing challenge is best… Read more »
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If conflict seems to get us emotionally hooked, the next question is – how can we avoid the hooks so as to lead powerfully when hurt words are said, when hurtful actions are taken, when the shift of focus is now on us as leaders rather than the agenda that was so important? One way is to keep listening and… Read more »
Read through I Timothy chapter one – but read it differently. How does Paul “lead” Timothy? This is a personal letter we are invited into by the Lord. Most of us read scripture from the vantage of how we may be taught in our lives without the full power of entering the story and becoming the characters. Sit in Paul’s… Read more »
Conflict is unavoidable. In fact, it is often essential to moving us together into a synergistic future. When leaders are conflict allergic, when leaders handle conflict inappropriately, the opportunity of conflict becomes an obstacle. One of the key factors of conflict is to have the conversation “outside of our chest.” That means we must avoid being “hooked” and emotionally overcommitted…. Read more »
The currency of leadership is TRUST. It is not position. As one leader boldly declared to another, when we have to state that we are the leader, we are not! Trust is the power of a leader, not position and not personality. Personality can inspire trust, but the root of trust is character, not charisma. When the people trust the… Read more »