The 7 critical ingredients of effective executive communication
Think of the main messages you need to communicate over this next week, month or season of your organizational life. Take 15-20 minutes to think through the questions I've asked here.
Did you “stick the landing”?
You have a variety of people who will gladly judge your effectiveness, but their understanding is quite limited.
3 ways to know your leadership decision was timely
In leadership, the power of a decision is found in getting the call right, even more so in getting the timing of the call right.
You have to keep growing
You have got to grow if you want to grow your team.
Why culture is so powerful and how to shape it
Like water to the fish, culture is pervasive and omnipresent in our workplaces. Unlike water to a fish, leaders have the opportunity to be shapers and crafters of their culture.
What do you have that God can use?
Tammy gathered together a group of church and community leaders to discuss how they could help solve the homelessness crisis in their area.
Transitioning staff well
Staffing turnover dramatically increased during the global pandemic, and organizations need to become better at transitioning staff well.
Don’t waste your life
If God needed a good reason today to let you live tomorrow and beyond, what would you offer him? How would you join him in his work of building a better world?
4 components of tuning-fork leadership
Is everyone in the organization clear on our overall direction? Is everyone clear on our priorities? Does everyone see how their contribution fits into the big picture?
15 top issues explaining most organizational challenges
I've consulted with hundreds of clients across industries and cultures. While everyone is unique, their challenges usually are not.
Reasons for rest even when you’re not tired
Sometimes a season requires rest to master new movements, new rhythms of grace and wonder.
The cultural mandate’s connection to the Great Commission
To understand the Great Commission is to understand that each person alive today has been created in the image of God and participates within God's story.
3 hats of leadership
As you consider the organization you lead, regularly ask yourself this question: In light of the current situation, am I wearing the right hat?
Here’s how to eat an elephant
Well, if you've been following us, you know that we finally heard God's voice telling us to write a book. Actually, He told us to write three.
With a firm reliance on divine providence
Skeptics may call the Revolutionary Army's survival and ultimate defeat of the British as good fortune. But George Washington called it Providence.
Looking for accountability
Young leaders full of ideals and ideas help keep older leaders fresh in their thinking. Older leaders full of experience and wisdom help keep younger leaders from errors that cannot be erased.
How to confidently mediate conflict at work
Instead of acting as if conflict is an intrusion, the best leaders recognize that addressing conflict effectively is one of their most important responsibilities.
Living in the now despite the in-between
We can't totally go back to pre-COVID times, but we don't know what the future holds, either. We're living in the in-between space.
How the brain stifles church change
I believe the more we know how the brain works, the more effective change managers we'll become.
Where did your peace go?
When you find yourself in the midst of conflict, here's a simple five-step, biblical path to peace.
