In the Trenches | Three Question Leadership https://threequestionleadership.com Helping Expand Your Leadership Influence Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:49:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/threequestionleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-cropped-cropped-2-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 In the Trenches | Three Question Leadership https://threequestionleadership.com 32 32 123447740 The Art of the Long Game: Think in Weeks, Dream in Years https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/03/18/the-art-of-the-long-game-think-in-weeks-dream-in-years/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/03/18/the-art-of-the-long-game-think-in-weeks-dream-in-years/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:21:31 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2345 Youth ministry is a week to week endeavor. Sunday and Wednesday are always right around the corner. The next month needs to be advertised, the next quarter needs to be planned. It's a never ending cycle. And that cycle can become a whirlpool if we're not careful.

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The post Do You Need to Clarify Your Meetings? first appeared on Three Question Leadership.]]> https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/02/25/do-you-need-to-clarify-your-meetings/feed/ 0 2337 How Communicating Expectations Helps You Grow https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/02/17/how-to-communicate-expectations-and-grow/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/02/17/how-to-communicate-expectations-and-grow/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:14:00 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2330 Learning to communicate expectations (and adjust accordingly) can be a life saver in relationships, and in leadership.

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The post Is Boring Growth the Best Growth? first appeared on Three Question Leadership.]]> https://threequestionleadership.com/2025/01/27/is-boring-growth-the-best-growth/feed/ 0 2265 3 Shifts to Make to Unlock Your Leadership Growth, Part 1 https://threequestionleadership.com/2023/10/16/3-shifts-to-make-to-unlock-your-leadership-growth-part-1/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2023/10/16/3-shifts-to-make-to-unlock-your-leadership-growth-part-1/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:14:23 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2227 How have you grown in your leadership capacity over the past month? The past six months? The past year?

Growth isn't always immediately noticeable. But I really hope you can look back at the past twelve months and point out how you have grown.

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The post Make These Three Decisions Today To Unlock Your Leadership first appeared on Three Question Leadership.]]> https://threequestionleadership.com/2023/10/09/make-these-three-decisions-today-to-unlock-your-leadership/feed/ 0 2224 The 2nd Question You Need to Answer for Leadership Growth https://threequestionleadership.com/2022/02/22/the-2nd-question-you-need-to-answer-for-leadership-growth/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2022/02/22/the-2nd-question-you-need-to-answer-for-leadership-growth/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:59:44 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2155 Last October we had some work done on one of our flower beds. The bushes that were in the planter box were too big and breaking the box, so we had them taken out and replaced with some different plants. Now, the fact that I can’t tell you what the ...

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The post 4 Surprising Insights for Growth first appeared on Three Question Leadership.]]> https://threequestionleadership.com/2022/01/25/4-surprising-insights-for-growth/feed/ 0 2136 You Can Do This https://threequestionleadership.com/2021/09/23/you-can-do-this/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2021/09/23/you-can-do-this/#respond Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:54:14 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2089 Leadership can be difficult. Knowing what to say and when to say it. Knowing what to do and when to do it. Knowing who to recruit and how to ask. Knowing when to speak and when to stay silent. Knowing when to correct and when to encourage. Knowing when to ...

The post You Can Do This first appeared on Three Question Leadership.]]> https://threequestionleadership.com/2021/09/23/you-can-do-this/feed/ 0 2089 Grow Thyself https://threequestionleadership.com/2021/09/21/grow-thyself/ https://threequestionleadership.com/2021/09/21/grow-thyself/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:24:31 +0000 https://threequestionleadership.com/?p=2086 What are you doing to grow yourself as a leader? There are a few themes I tend to repeat here on 3QL, and the need to grow always makes the list. Because if we don’t grow, how can we expect the people around us to grow? One of the ways ...

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