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The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...

The Integrity value is one of four key elements we’ve identified as being absolutely essential for the health and effectiveness of any...

In our work with churches in assessing the four key elements of healthy organizations, the first one we typically look at is the...

After years of working with churches, we’re finding that the Imagination element is typically the least exercised of the four critical...

Years ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: systems, processes,...

How Are You Exercising These in Your Church? In the book Elemental Leaders, we identify 4 critical elements every effective leader must...

What Do You Think of When You See the Word “INTEGRITY”? Typically, we default to thinking about it at a personal individual level. But...

How About a New Way to Measure Healthy Effectiveness? All healthy churches are characterized by four key traits: Integrity, Passion,...

How Effective Are Your Processes For Accomplishing Your Church's Mission? I have to smile when people tell me that they are spiritual,...

The 4 Fundamental Factors for Effective Leadership Over the decades, I’ve had some good bosses and some not-so-good bosses. And...