6 Principles to Help You Thrive Through the Long Middle of Your Leadership Calling
Leadership is a lifetime endeavor.
The anticipation in the early years
The mundane middle
The clarity of the closing season
The beginning of your leadership journey and how...
3 Steps to Leading and Welcoming Gen Z In the Workforce
Understanding what Gen Z appreciates and how they operate grows more and more relevant as they populate the workforce. Already they represent more than a quarter...
5 Leadership Books to Read In August 2023
We’re halfway through summer and that means plenty of vacations and beach days are yet to happen. If you’re blessed to live in a...
The Toughest Job In Any Church
There are few easy jobs in the typical congregation and plenty of really difficult ones. My candidate for the hardest elected position is chairman of deacons.
The...
15 Characteristics of Today’s Unchurched Person
If you’re like many Christians, you have an authentic desire to share your faith with people who don’t yet follow Jesus. I know I...
Carrying Leadership with Humility
Editor’s Note: Miles Welch, 12Stone’s Pastor of Leadership Expansion, has been a guest blogger here before and is now blogging regularly on his own site. This past Sunday...
The Top Three Ways Lead Pastors Can Serve the Second Chair
The second chair position is paradoxical for two reasons. First, a second chair involves the tension of submitting as a subordinate to the first...
Who Should Be on Your Head of School Search Committee
The search for a new Head of School is a demanding task that requires hours of thought, consideration, and deliberation. The resulting decision can strengthen...
Get Creative: Unique Ways Leaders Continue to Grow
Learning is the one way to stay young. Every time we learn something new, we grow, mature, and keep our minds healthy.
If we stop,...
What a Bad Hire Really Costs Your Ministry
Nobody wants the hiring process to take as long as it does. If you could snap your fingers and start your ideal candidate today,...