FEBRUARY 21 • TRUE LEADERSHIP Tough Love in Leadership For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 Up until this point I have talked about the kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, the Fruit of the […]
FEBRUARY 20 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 51 To Don’t Lists “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 To DO lists are important — they allow you to accomplish and not have […]
FEBRUARY 19 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 50 Lead By Example Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. 1 Peter 5:2 […]
FEBRUARY 18 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 49 Mental Idling We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ… 2 Corinthians 10:5 Mentally Idling — how you spend your time thinking when you’re not working on something that requires thought process. Like […]
FEBRUARY 17 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 48 Level 3: Production Leadership Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 In Level 2 you have been building relationships and earning permission to lead. You now have to lead them somewhere and accomplish something! Good relationships are not enough. […]
FEBRUARY 16 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 47 Insight & Intuition …if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:3-5 […]
FEBRUARY 15 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 46 You Don’t Get Who You Want, You Get Who You Are! Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. John 7:24 This is a great maxim for hiring and for surrounding yourself with the right people (note: being like you doesn’t mean they […]
FEBRUARY 14 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 45 How To Build Team Relationships …and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds… Hebrews 10:24 How do you build any relationship… it’s the same. As a leader, don’t wait for others to initiate — it’s up to you to build […]
FEBRUARY 13 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 44 The WHAT & The HOW So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17 The WHAT: knowing what to do. Most of us know some aspect of what to do. If nothing less than we […]
FEBRUARY 12 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 43 Eliminate Accidents Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25 Spilled drinks. Tripping/falling. Car crash. Doesn’t matter what it is, if you caused it (your error) — you can avoid 98% of those things. About 10 years ago, I […]