As a leader, how do you reconcile your drive for personal accomplishment with that of your desire to achieve team goals? This week in Florida I have been connecting with our U.S. Global Leadership Summit host pastors, and this question has come up more than once. It’s simply an ever-present tension with which leaders must…
The Character Crisis that can Chase People Away
This week I’m in Florida with my Willow Creek Association teammates, along with several hundred U.S. Summit host pastors. This is the official launch of the 2016 Global Leadership Summit season, but it is also something far more than that. In reconnecting with these leaders this week, it has reminded what can be accomplished when…
3 Early Warning Signs of an Impending Leadership Slump
Have you ever been in a leadership slump? Every leader hits a slump every now and then. It’s a season when you make a few wrong calls, when you can’t seem to rally people, or when you just don’t seem to be making progress towards goals. I’ve been there. We all have. But I’ve also…
Which Team Are you Leading Anyways?
Recently I was asked about key lessons I had learned that had most shaped my leadership. Near the top of my list was what this fundamental truth: Every leader leads two teams; there’s the team you inherited, and there’s the team you built. The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up.…
4 Ways Leaders Win the War on Worry
“What if we don’t hit our numbers?” “Supposing the new program launch isn’t successful?” “What will happen if we can’t fill that staff position in time?” These worries, and countless others like them, can dominate the thinking of leaders. This week at the WCA enough problems and potential problems have crossed my desk that, if…
