How to prevent the excellence value from driving you and your team crazy
Aspiring for “excellence” can lead to an inspiring environment of achievement. But it can also lead to a neurotic atmosphere of fear.
Thankful for the cramped window seat?
“It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What happens when you work at an unsustainable pace
As a leader, it’s been almost two years since you’ve been able to either catch your breath or lead through anything resembling normal.
3 ways to avoid the leadership chaos found in the emotional extremes
Your best leadership will always flow when you avoid the emotional extremes.
The deadly trap of people-pleasing and how to avoid it
Caring about what people think, particularly above what God thinks, can lead to disobedience.
5 ways to get people to pay attention to your sermons
Neuroscience is teaching us a lot about how people remember things. Two mental processes related to attention simultaneously activate in the minds of those sitting in the pews on Sundays.
5 brain-friendly tips to enhance your presentations
When you preach a sermon or make presentations and want to maximize your impact with your presentation, keep the brain in mind.
How Jesus’ leadership influenced my everyday emails
How can you get more people to open and read your emails?
Here’s what to consider when making leadership decisions
Today, I want to look at a few things to consider when making leadership decisions. This will help you become a more aware leader.
Permission to pause
Rarely is someone looking out for you and your long-term sustainability. Most people are just demanding more from you.
How to de-clutter your thinking for great decision-making
Clear decision-making flows from an uncluttered mind. Knowing how to de-clutter your thinking can make or break your ability to make the right call. When a decision is looming, it's time for clarity. It's the time for an ability to organize your thoughts, weigh the most relevant data and sift through the most important opinions. But if instead, your mind seems to be a cluttered maelstrom of swirling, confusing and even contradictory facts and perspectives, you are suffering from one of the most debilitating conditions known to limit the effectiveness of leaders everywhere: Your mind is cluttered. But since just [...]
When leaders get hooked on being right
If this has ever happened to you, a small almond-shaped structure called the amygdala has hijacked your brain.
5 books leaders should read in September 2021
There's a never-ending great wealth of information to be found in books. Here's a list of great titles that will help you either professionally, personally or spiritually.
5 neuroscience techniques that improve brainstorming
The next time you lead a staff brainstorming session include a few of these five ingredients in your meeting and see what happens.
Where to turn when you’re all alone
Who do you need to reach out to today? Take one step to connect with someone, to share what you are going through. God cares about you and so do those around you.
7 neuroscience keys that improve performance reviews
Try applying some of these ideas the next time you do a staff review and see how it helps.
You have to keep growing
You have got to grow if you want to grow your team.
5 signs you’re a leader who needs to be needed (and needs a break)
Leaders who need to be needed rarely develop other leaders. At best, they simply attract doers and followers, and that stunts everyone's growth.
About that pressure you feel
We can become our own worst enemies by creating unnecessary pressure for ourselves.
Motivate your teams with these 4 neuroscience keys
Neuroscience is discovering effective ways to motivate others based on how our brains work. Consider putting these four brain-based ideas into your motivation toolbox.
