character, management, spiritual, emotions
Leadership Ministries
Discerning Questions for the Hiring Process

The cost of a bad hire includes time—four to six weeks on average. A bad hire can affect productivity, with failure to meet expectations, slow work or errors. Teamwork can suffer. Morale can suffer. Client relationships can be damaged.

Discerning Questions for the Hiring Process
character, management, leadership, mission
Leadership Ministries
Managing Meetings Well

The average employee will spend 392 hours per year in meetings. Each workday in the US, an estimated 11 million meetings are held­—a total of more than a billion per year.

Managing Meetings Well
character, emotions, leadership, spiritual
Leadership Ministries
Hugging the Cactus

A cactus is generally unapproachable. You know this because most of them are covered in prickly spines that pierce the skin and hurt if you grab them. You wouldn’t want to hug one—it’ll leave scars.

Hugging the Cactus
character, emotions, leadership, mission
Leadership Ministries
Benefitting from Hard Lessons

Easy lessons are the ones where the stakes of failure don’t affect your ability to learn them. But not every lesson in life is easy. James 3:2 reminds us, “For we all stumble in many ways…”

Benefitting from Hard Lessons
character, leadership, mission, spiritual
Leadership Ministries
Adapting to Change

Today leaders often lecture on “embracing change” or being “change agents” in an organization. But the reality is that most people—employees and leaders alike—hate change. We value stability and predictability.

Adapting to Change

spiritual

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Should Anyone Be Led by You?

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Should Anyone Be Led by You?

Are you a model leader? Consider whether anyone should be led by you. What does your leadership experience and execution bring to the table that is valuable and enhances the life and work of those in your sphere of influence?

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Leadership Lessons from Mr. Rogers

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Leadership Lessons from Mr. Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928 – 2003) was an American television host, author, producer and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.

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Leading a Table

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Leading a Table

The table leader is responsible for answering the question that every man attending is asking himself when he attends: “How does this hour benefit me today?” The relationships formed, discussion topic, comments made, questions asked, support and prayer given—any and all of these may be of benefit to a man.

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How to Be a Christian Salesman

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How to Be a Christian Salesman

The sales cliché is that the organization’s sole focus is on results, and that sales is about winning, or manipulating people to get anyone to buy your product whether they need it or even want it. But you can be a salesman with integrity.

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