What amazes me when I study leadership is how there are so many common themes I hear over and over again. Leaders need to be honest, approachable, accountable, and consistent. What frustrates me is when I look back at myself, I knew what to do but too often failed at the most common things. Here…
It is a very strange experience watching your role model and the man I have looked up to my whole life step back and retire. I don’t know what to expect. It is a rather dramatic change of life for our family. Hard to believe things are slowly being handed off to my generation. Of…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,000 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to…
Social Media Authentic–not focused on technological “FLASH” or even “ACTIVITY” but on ACCESSIBILITY of the ministry team, leading church followers to further ENGAGEMENT in God’s Word and how it applies to our lives, and over communication of the events and activities of the church. My four favorite Social Media channels—Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Hangout & Instagram…
My wife later thought it was pathetic but when I was dating, I had note cards where I took notes after a date about the interests of the girl I liked. I thought through next steps and where she may like to go on our next date. Moves Management is a LOT like dating. If…
When I talk to people, they usually do not want to promote their careers and their successes because they are afraid of coming off as a jerk. It hurts them as they seek their dream job and advance their careers. How do you promote yourself and your career without coming off as a pompous jerk??? How…
1. Choose Professors, Not Classes • It’s a classic picture of undergraduate life: a student leafing through the course guide, picking classes for the next term based on what looks interesting and also fulfills curriculum requirements. Don’t follow that model. • Find the best professors on campus and take their classes, even if they don’t…
After 15 years in my professional career, I have reached a crossroads. Since I was a young man, I have always been a strong type A personality who has always sought to improve myself. I have always wanted to seek excellence in all I do and never want to accept average or mediocrity as acceptable.…
What to do when the doctors say, “It is terminal . . .” This sentence has been on my mind for the last week or so since I learned of the terminal diagnosis of a 52 year old friend of mine from Fort Worth. She and her husband were incredibly kind and compassionate to me…
I am a leader in training. I am constantly observing, studying, recording, journaling the things I am learning in leadership. I write out what I am learning and listed below are some lessons which may be obvious but I have seen each one of them to be true over the last few years: Genuinely care about…
I have learned a lot about major donors over my 15 years in fundraising/nonprofit management. I have spent a great deal of time cultivating major donors with much success (multi-million dollar home donated, $300,000 given toward a building, etc.) in connecting people with their passion in the nonprofit organizations I have led. Here is what…
We shared this story with you to show how prayer can make a difference in even the most extreme circumstances of life. After the shooting, Wedgwood Baptist was literally covered in prayer from all parts of the U.S. and the world. The staff printed out the prayer emails and papered all of the hallways and…
