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 …
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Grow Thyself
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 …
Lessons from the Court: Learn to Trust
If we’ve never actually met, I’m a tall guy. But not only am I tall, I’m big and slow. Like, really slow. One day we had three people show up to play basketball, so we played “21” (or one-on-one-on-one). This was great until the two guys I was playing against …
The Power of an Aha Moment
Let’s talk about “Aha” moments. Those moments where someone says something and you almost instinctively push back, only to realize they’re right. One of my aha moments came about 10 years ago. I was serving bi-vocationally at the church where I grew up. We were seeing some good growth, but …
Beware the Dangers of Shared Language
On the road of developing shared language, there are a few speed bumps along the way.