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Are you attracting the very best talent to your team? Well, take a look at the people you’re interviewing for the position. For a moment, forget about education, experience and skills. Set their resume aside and answer these questions:

Does this person love our church? Have they demonstrated that they fully embrace our mission, vision and [...]

Proverbs 14:8 indicates “The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways.” Furthermore, we’re assured in verse 21:5 that “the plans of the diligent lead to profit.” That wisdom certainly applies to my personal life but I’ve also experienced the benefit of a clear corporate vision at Granger. A clear vision:

Sets expectations [...]

Since the theme of today is innovation with the release of the list of Top 10 Innovative Churches, I thought I’d preface the that post with a quick hit on creating a culture that fuels innovations. Here’s an excerpt from Simply Strategic Volunteers on that topic:
“A leader who is committed to unleashing the power of [...]

Here’s the bottom line from my latest article in today’s Ministry ToolBox from Pastors.com:
“There are unlimited opportunities for people to find condemnation in this world. There is no shortage of places where people can be beat down. Wouldn’t it be something if the church could give people room to discover joy rather than offering another [...]

You’ll find my latest article in the July/August issue of Rev Magazine. Unfortunately, the online edition only includes a few stories from the actual magazine. You can either email Rev and encourage them to include more content on their website, or you can sneak over to your local Christian bookstore and pick up a copy.
The [...]

Here’s the personal note I just received from Dick Costolo, the CEO and Co-Founder of FeedBurner regarding the problems I’m encountering with my feed:
Tony,
I just read your post, and I want you to know we’ll do everything we can to keep you at FeedBurner. I realize there’s an obvious issue if Bloglines isn’t updating your [...]

I’m a simple guy and I tend to lose focus when I’m listening to long, drawn out explanations and teachings (more on that in a different post), so I think that’s why I’m attracted to quick lists of insights. Just give me the nuggets and I’ll decipher whether or not they’re applicable to my ministry/leadership [...]

Thanks for the feedback on my initial thoughts regarding the article I’m writing on the topic of change. Here’s the first draft of the article. Let me know what you think.
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When I was working in local government, I used to have it displayed on the wall in my office at City Hall. For the last [...]

The primary purpose of the article we’re developing is to help churches (or any other organization for that matter) develop a culture of change. We want to encourage environments where positive change is both expected and embraced. Are you ready? If so, here we go.
My key thought is that cultures that embrace change value some [...]

I figure if it can work for Shel Israel and Robert Scoble and their forthcoming book, Naked Conversations, it might work for me too. They’ve opened up their writing process to the conversation generated on their blog. In this case, I’m not writing a book–just an upcoming magazine article. You never know, though. If we [...]