Is Your Church Afraid of Change?
Over the years that we’ve worked with churches, it’s been our observation that of the four critical elements of healthy, effective...
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Feb 22, 20223 min read
Change Management 101
Years ago we went through a very difficult season at our church. After a time of crazy growth, we had a number of people leave as a...
Feb 8, 20223 min read
The Challenge of the Easy
Any form of movement requires energy. Energy, however, is hard to come by. As biological creatures, human beings will naturally seek to...
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Change. Or End Up With A Subdivision.
My father-in-law was a remarkable man: a colonel in the Army in the same headquarters in England that General Eisenhower worked from...
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Why Is Change So Dang Hard?
Sociologists have noted the unprecedented “acceleration of change” happening in our world.. Information is instantaneous. People change...
May 11, 20212 min read
Spiritual Vitality...and Age
Years ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: systems, processes,...
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Risk, Failure...and Recovery
Years ago we used to take our kids to a community pool that had a high diving board. I’m not much of a swimmer; if there was an Olympic...
Feb 9, 20212 min read
5 Practices of Innovative Leaders
Organizations have a relatively short shelf life without innovation and, oddly enough, few allot time and resources to imagination and...
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Who Likes a Test?
As a child, I hated tests in school. The clammy feeling in your hands, the sound of the clock ticking, wondering if everyone else is...
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Growth Only Comes From Change
Organizations (and leaders) must have a certain amount of change and challenge in order to be fully alive with new questions and...
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Who Is Adjusting Your Vision?
Managing Change...and Your Personal Vision To say the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives is the understatement of the year. Managing...
Jun 13, 20193 min read
The Art & Science of Changing Service Times
Are Your Service Times Optimal to Reach New People? Recently in coaching a great church in the Columbus Ohio metro area—The Church Next...
Jun 13, 20193 min read
The Success in Succession
Are You Future-Thinking? There’s been a lot written about senior pastors’ transition and succession, particularly as Boomers are in the...
Jun 12, 20192 min read
The Power Paradox
Maybe it’s time we leaders reconsider how we think about power. In relationships. In politics. In culture. In organizations. About...
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