As Jesus began His ministry on earth, He called a dozen men to be His disciples. We can learn about Jesus’ methodologies from His uniquely worded invitation.

Leading in the Fourth Quarter

A 65-year-old leader will never have more experience than he has in his fourth quarter. He will have more knowledge than he has ever had.

A Leader May Be Disliked

There’s nothing wrong with being likeable and agreeable as a leader—but to a point. Likeability is not universal. No matter how focused a leader is on building relationships, exhibiting empathy and listening well, he will not be universally liked.

Can Leadership Be Hacked?

A hack is a clever trick or shortcut for accomplishing something. There are hacks for smartphones and cooking and driving. What about in your leadership? Is being a good leader something that has hacks?

Friday Table Q&A

Here are some common questions we receive from table leaders, and some suggestions for how to maintain best practices and grow in life and leadership.

How to Win at Politics

American politics is getting more intense and divisive by the day. The democratic tradition of debate and discourse, leading to compromise and unity, is all but gone in the US. Instead, we gather into tribes based on deeply held political beliefs, we deride the opposition.

Why Bots Can’t Lead

A bot is an automated software application which can perform repetitive and interactive tasks that people don’t like to do—like making phone calls, taking orders, and collecting information. What are the limits of AI bots, and why is a leader’s interaction more important and many cases?

Jesus and Influential Leadership

Jesus and His disciples traveled and ministered together, day and night, for three years. We don’t know of all the meals they had together, the conversations as the walked from town to town, or what Jesus said when they fished, and started campfires, and woke up in the mornings.

What Happens When Nobody Is Watching?

“Character is who you are when no one else is looking.” It’s only when nobody else is watching—when you are alone, or when the social media cameras aren’t pointing at you—that you reveal who you are deep down.

Understanding Relational Leadership

As a leader, you’re not over a what, but a who. To lead is to influence others in a way that helps them grow personally, professionally and spiritually. Leadership is fundamentally about influencing people.

How to Stop Quitting

Let’s face it, we all want to quit sometimes. In the midst of misery, despair, depression, failure, pain, surprise, problems, emergencies—we are all tempted to throw in the towel.

Overcoming Anxiety

Anxiety most often grows from lack of knowledge and/or control. It’s easy to be afraid of that which we don’t understand, or can’t foresee. The Bible addresses anxiety directly. We find at least three spiritual resources we can use to overcome anxiety in life and work.

Lead to What End?

Some leaders see themselves as a steward of their position. Others want to claim a top position in business. Still others want to accomplish something specific. None of these purposes, however, outlast the leader himself.

Leadership Lessons from Nick Saban

Nicholas Lou Saban, Jr. is an American football coach, most known for his 17 years as Head Coach at the University of Alabama. He is widely considered one of the greatest college coaches of all time.

Stop Complaining

We complain constantly, at home and at work. This spills over in our culture, which is consumed by victimhood. In social media, the news media, education, government and business, we are on the lookout for every tiny hint of present and historical unfairness.

Four Ways to Invest in People Today

One of the greatest investments you can make as a leader will not be found in a stock selection, or emerging technologies, or foreign markets. A leader’s most powerful commodity is his relationships with people.

What Is Christian Leadership?

Once a person surrenders their life to Christ, faith and leadership cannot be separated. It is “baked in”. The difference in Christian leadership is that faith takes point for the leader.

Jesus Summarizes Christian Leadership

Is there a summary for us of the Christian faith? Is there a simple statement that a leader can read that brings all of what we believe as Christ-followers into focus? Jesus Himself summarized the teachings of God in a few words.

Does Loyalty Matter?

In the US, the average person will have 10 different jobs before they retire, spending about 2-3 years at each, at most. This idea of a strong support or allegiance to an employer has largely faded. In today’s culture, does loyalty even matter?

The Secret to My Success

Life and work at some level are to be about reaching, striving, pushing forward. God did not put us on the earth to do nothing with our lives. Yet that is exactly what many men are doing in our culture.

The Danger of Checking Out

An alarming trend is younger workers checking out. Whether from burnout, mental health issues, boredom or self-isolation, more and more workers and leaders and disengaging. What does the Bible say about it?

Are There Happy Endings?

The venerable 747 jetliner is ending. The last one has been assembled. Leaders have a tendency to believe that once something starts, it will continue in perpetuity for all time to come. But it just isn’t so.

Should You Favor In-Person Work?

The pandemic artificially forced everyone to isolate as much as possible from non-family members. Many went from a situation that was forced to one which was favored. What about post-pandemic?

How Wise Leaders Use Their Time

There is great wisdom in the profitable use of time. For a leader, this takes a certain amount of discipline, and a purposeful desire to use his days for positive and impactful tasks and relationships.

Free to Lead

When we celebrate on July 4 now, 245 years and as many political reinterpretations later, it begs the question, “What freedom are we celebrating?” Christ brings us a clear and meaningful definition of freedom that transcends our July 4 celebration.

A Few Good Men

The selfless, brave, serving, chivalrous and kind men we aspired to be growing up have been largely replaced by a generation more self-involved, fragile and less grounded to an internal moral code. What happened?

How to Make the Decisions That Others Can’t

Did you know that the word decision comes from the Latin word caedere, meaning “to cut off”? In other words, a decision will cut you off from other possible outcomes.

Leadership and Easter

History’s most pivotal spiritual moment is celebrated at Easter. Perhaps the greatest way we celebrate Easter is to echo the life of Christ as His followers in how we love others.

Leading Under Pressure

Pressure for a leader is the influences of persuasion, intimidation or circumstances that are trying to force the leader to do something. But the answer to pressure may surprise you.

What Does It Mean to Be Offended?

Being offended is to feel hurt, angry or upset by something that is said or done. Note that offense is a feeling. Have you offended someone or been offended today?

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