The biggest mistake a leader can make.
Great thoughts from some great thinkers and doers. Enjoy!
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Everything is YOUR fault
Hey, watch this: As per usual, Pixar nails it; this time in area of leadership. Hopper’s right. If you assume leadership, you assume responsibility for team failure. All of the responsibility. It’s what great leaders do, and that’s why all… Read More »Everything is YOUR fault
Should you check your email?
This is a hilarious flow chart from a gal named Wendy MacNaughton. Thought I would share. How often do you check your email? (source)
Making progress?
“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an… Read More »Making progress?
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: A Call to Resurgence by Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll’s new book A Call to Resurgence: Will Christianity Have a Funeral or a Future? releases today. Driscoll, no stranger to controversy, will certainly raise some new hullabaloo with this no-holds-barred book. In the spirit of the Old Testament… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: A Call to Resurgence by Mark Driscoll
People in the rough
There are those people who draw attention to themselves. And rightly so, for they are often talented and well-spoken and friendly. They are the leaders; the stand-outs. They make things happen, and they are great to have on the team. … Read More »People in the rough
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Leadership Secrets of the Salvation Army
I’m not sure if I’m unique in this, but I wasn’t really excited to read Leadership Secrets of the Salvation Army by Robert A. Watson and Ben Brown. Maybe it’s because my main interaction with the Salvation Army is during… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Leadership Secrets of the Salvation Army
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung tackles an issue nearly all of us seem to struggle with in his book Crazy Busy. This is a very short book, designed to be read by even the busiest of people to help them gain some perspective… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung
People are…
People are messy. People are difficult. People are frustrating. People are hurtful. People are fickle. People are unfair. People are disappointing. Love them anyway. This is what it means to be leader who believes in the messy, unfair, and… Read More »People are…
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp is one of those difficult-to-read books. Not because it contains lofty language or difficult concepts, but because it feels like you’re being read as you read it. Your motivations called into question. Your long-… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp