- 1. Rick Warren: Where Did Your Peace Go?
- God wants you to have a fruitful ministry and become a peacemaker—the kind of leader who heals broken relationships instead of creating them. But too often, there's conflict. It can destroy relationships, ...
- Created on 23 June 2021
- 2. 4 Problems That Will Stall Churches' Recovery After COVID-19
- Reopening our country will not be easy. And neither will be the reopening of churches across Texas. Most organizations are facing significant challenges brought on by the virus. Business owners feel overwhelmed ...
- Created on 27 April 2020
- 3. 10 Marks of a Good Staff Meeting
- Over the years, I've been in a lot of staff meetings in different organizations. As I think about those meetings, here are the characteristics of meetings I thought were most productive: The leader wa ...
- Created on 19 December 2019
- 4. Study: Churches Still View Wednesday as Crucial Meeting Night
- What began as midweek prayer meetings in the 18th century have become an accepted part of congregational life in the vast majority of Protestant churches in America. Nine in 10 Protestant pastors say they ...
- Created on 25 September 2019
- 5. 9 Things You Need to Know About Leading a Team Meeting: Part 2
- ... Avoid annoying meeting behaviors (AMB). There is a long list of things people do at meetings that irritate and frustrate others. Here are a few of the most popular: Not showing up. Coming late. Taking phone ...
- Created on 25 March 2019
- 6. 9 Things You Need to Know About Leading a Team Meeting: Part 1
- ... meeting? Granted, we're not usually eager meeting-goers. Meetings at church, like in the business world, have a bad reputation. They can be the archetypal waste of time. People may show up at your meetin ...
- Created on 25 March 2019
- 7. Win Any Meeting by Starting With This One Question
- ... hey know how much you care." It is so true. Over the years, I've had hundreds of meetings with people I reported to. Looking back, the leaders who were the most effective in leading me had something in co ...
- Created on 06 August 2018
- 8. 7 Reasons Introverts Aren't Talking in Your Team Meetings ...
- Ever wonder why the introvert on your team isn't talking? Occasionally I will hear another leader complain about someone on their team who the leader feels doesn't contribute as much as others. "She's ...
- Created on 29 June 2018
- 9. Thom Rainer: 10 Strange Things That Happened at Church Business Meetings ...
- Dead bodies and doughnuts. Those are two of the themes of church business meetings. Recently, I sent an inquiry on social media asking about memorable church business meetings. I was encouraged that some ...
- Created on 30 October 2017
- 10. A Spirit-Led Leader's Fivefold Secret to Successful Meetings ...
- ... It was years later, many meetings later, many excruciating meetings later before I understood both her pain and the real problem. When people say meetings are horrible, what they really mean is horribl ...
- Created on 14 June 2017
- 11. How You Can Make Volunteer Training Meetings More Appealing ...
- Why don't people show up to my training meetings? This is a common question, (and complaint), I hear from church leaders. The common response is to fault the volunteers. Among the common conclusions are ...
- Created on 04 August 2016
- 12. 10 Strong Opinions I Have About Meetings ...
- I have lots of meetings in my world. Over the years of business, non-profit leadership, elected office and ministry experience, I've probably attended several thousand meetings. Along the way, I've develop ...
- Created on 16 June 2016