One Meeting Hack that a Lot of People Have Copied
Here’s the one most copied idea people tell me they use. Leaders first see it in a meeting with me. Then, they feel its effectiveness. In the meeting they realize how it accomplishes our initiatives more quickly…and with deeper levels of understanding. It is...
One Question that Will Multiply Your Efforts While Reducing Your Time Invested
When you ask not-so-good questions, you get not-so-good answers. Those not-so-good answers lead to you doing more, pushing harder, getting less done with a lower level of quality outcomes. Changing the question focuses your attention on you doing less, getting more...
One Sentence to Increase Effectiveness
Following one sentence will renew and put your church/company/ministry onto a path of increasing effectiveness. As you may expect, a lot is packed into the one sentence. But, narrowing your focus to one singular concept gives clarity to your overall direction as well...
The Pastoral Fallacy
The Pastoral Fallacy pops up at pastors’ conferences, in books about the church and in some classes and seminars. The Fallacy also (unfortunately & too often) malforms the backdrop we use to view the church. I think it’s a key reason so many churches struggle....
The (Only) Five Areas of an Organization You Need to Lead Effectively
After years of working with hundreds of organizations each involving seemingly endless processes, systems and questions, I realized everything it takes to make an organization effective fits into five buckets. Whatever organization you lead, whether a business,...
God has blessed me to learn, formally and informally, from some incredible leaders, and to use that experience to grow organizations by helping leaders grow. I am currently the CEO of stowemission.org and the director of metrocolumbus.org, a network of 128 churches, primarily in central Ohio.