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I’ve just finish The E-Myth Revisited. I’ll post more notes later, but this passage on our “comfort zones” really hit me. Here’s what Michael Gerber had to say:
“The curtain is your Comfort Zone. And your Comfort Zone has been the false mask you put on…because it was safe when your spirit was not. Your Comfort [...]

It’s been way too long since I’ve shared a Top 10 list. And, I know you too well. You crave the Top 10 lists. They make your brain happy.
With that in mind, here’s a list that’s been percolating in my mind. This list is true in ministry, but I know this same list also applied [...]

A couple of months ago, I did an exercise with my team to make sure that my words and actions were communicating what I really valued. I had two groups from my team answer the question: “What do I really value as we do ministry life together?”
The first group listed:

growth/education for our team
unity
open discussion
focus
trust
moving forward
personal [...]

The New York Times reported today on an organizational restructuring at Yahoo. This follows on the heels of lots of criticism about the company’s current operations including an internal memo from Brad Garlinghouse, a Yahoo senior vice president, that was published by the Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago. (Thank Sam at Decker [...]

by John Keim, Guest Blogger
When it comes to taking care of staff, leaders or volunteers, the things we do typically fall into one of two categories. The first category is when we show others appreciation. Appreciation is usually temporary, it’s something that’s earned, and it’s focused on what’s been done; typically for me [...]

I read a fascinating quote from K. Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at Florida State University, in the November issue of Fast Company. He was talking about the importance of practice.
“Successful people spontaneously do things differently from those individuals who stagnate. They have different practice histories. Elite performers engage in what we call “deliberate [...]

Seth Godin recently posted about why we need bosses. Here’s his list:
Bosses organize your time for you.
Bosses decide what’s urgent.
Bosses give you cover when you work on something stupid (”she told me to!”)
Bosses pay you even when the client doesn’t honor the invoice.
Bosses can be sued.
Bosses create deadlines, and stick with them.
Bosses make sure you [...]

Here are my final thoughts and observations after sitting through this year’s Leadership Summit.

This felt more like a “leadership” conference than it did the previous few years. I’m glad to see the Willow decided to get back to their roots for this conference. Short of the session with Bono, which was very good, every session [...]

Bill Hybels took the platform for the final session of this year’s Leadership Summit. And, as is tradition, he opened the talk by addressing the importance of growth as leaders and needing to recommit to attending the Summit again next year.
Hybels then launched into his final talk by raising the importance of clarity. He took [...]

Jim Mellado took the stage to introduce Wayne Cordeiro, senior pastor at New Hope Christian Fellowship, for the first session on Saturday morning. Jimmy gave a compelling intro. And, he was wearing a fancy Buckle-ish shirt. True to Willow, though, the shirt had blue stripes. I’ve always wondered, if one of the Willow guys was [...]