Waiting is the worst. Waiting for culture to change. Waiting for seeds to grow. Waiting for change to acclimate. The bottom line is that change rarely happens quickly, until it does. Occasionally, you will see drastic change or dramatic results. It may seem like those things happened in an instant, …
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Leaders Show Up
If you’ve worked with students for very long (or people in general), I’m guessing the following conversation rings some bells: Student: I want to step up and be more of a leader. Me: That’s great! Here are some things to keep in mind. Student: ***Misses the next month*** Me: … …
Powerful Leadership
To say I’m in a new season of personal leadership development would be an understatement. I stumbled onto the three questions almost by accident, but at my last church was able to establish a culture of leadership and service that fit really well with the mindset of the three questions. …
That’s What We Do
Monday night I attended a band concert for my oldest daughter. As I was sitting in a chair watching her band-mates leave in droves and wondering where she was, I realized what was happening through a conversation we had a week earlier. “We show up early and stay late. That’s …
Thoughts and Actions
Periodically I read a post from another blog and think to myself, “I don’t know if I could have said this any better.” That happened to me this morning. Tim Elmore is a strong name in the field of developing student leaders. His company, Growing Leaders, is an incredible resource …