Should I Stay or Should I Go? 3 Signs It’s Time to Move on
According to a recent study, American workers are leaving their jobs in droves. A record 4.5 million U.S. employees quit in the month of November alone,...
3 Tools for a Seamless Leadership Transition
At Vanderbloemen, we’re passionate about succession. Over the years, we’ve helped thousands of churches and organizations during seasons of transition, which, without guidance, can...
4 Simple Ways to Boost Retention In 2022
When trying to understand how you can keep people around within your organization, there are a few key elements that are critical to take...
The Right Way to Own a Ministry Mistake
I struggle with mistakes. It’s not that I fear mistakes. On the leadership risk tolerance scale, I lean towards taking more risks. Messes, mistakes,...
How a Leader’s Brain Works, Part 1
In this two-part post on how a leader’s brain works (part 2 follows later this week), I describe how two fundamental brain processes that...
Memory and the Effective Speaker, Teacher, and Preacher
Understanding memory is crucial for public speakers, teacher, and preachers to speak most effectively. In the few posts, I will unpack how memory works
Think...
What I’m Planning for 2022
Let me take you behind the scenes of our church’s communication strategy. I set aside a day every year in December to think through...
Name the Tension
You walk into a meeting. The air is thick. Not with cheap perfume or old cologne. The atmosphere is thick with tension.
You believe you...
The Eradication of Systemic Poverty (part 1)
The lack of biblical values produces this fatalistic and victim mindset. It is true that we are a product of our environment. Thought patterns,...
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Watch Out for the Bad Guys and Also for the Good Ones.
“And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds in thine hands?’ Then he will say, ‘Those with which I was wounded in...
Three Questions to Ask When Recruiting Volunteers by Geoffrey Graff
Hey, everybody! My name is Geoffrey. I oversee our Family Ministries at Faith Family Church – that's our nursery, preschool, kids, youth, young adults...
# 1 Overlooked Quality of a Leader
Good leaders are toughminded. They’re able to take the heat. They can handle the difficult stuff comes their way.
Leaders who are considered soft, weak,...
