One of Maxwell’s Laws of Leadership is the Law of Explosive Growth – If you want to grow, lead followers; if you want to multiply, lead leaders. Here’s what I’ve found in ministry: I have to lead both. Hear me out. I’m not contradicting one of the foremost leaders on …
wes Check It Out: Reconsider Student Leadership
Have you ever read something from someone else and thought “That’s exactly what I think!”? Well, that happened to me this morning. Doug Franklin at LeaderTreks consistently develops quality student leadership resources, and I got an email in my inbox today that led to pure gold. (Side note, when I …
3 Observations about Developing Student Leaders
Last week I got to spend time at camp with a group of six student leaders. For the last three summers, I have helped develop and grow what we call the Horizon Leadership Camp (HLC). The concept is simple: when a church group comes to camp, they have the option …
Check It Out: Redundancy
There are a few leadership ideas and thoughts that have a way of resurfacing in my life from time to time. I love routine. Once I find a good routine, I have an uncanny ability to stick with it. Last year I wrote a post fleshing out this redundancy idea, …
Lessons from the Farm: The Right Tool
Today’s thought probably goes more naturally with the “Lessons from the Farm” series, but it crossed my mind last week and I thought I would share. I don’t know your level of agricultural background, so I’ll get kind of basic right now. I’m guessing you know what a tractor is. …