When forming a team, it is imperative to know the difference between Division and Diversity. Any group of people referred to as a team, must be committed to relationships. However, one of the greatest strengths of that team and the blending of personalities is its diversity. Healthy teams celebrate and leverage their diversity, avoiding the chaos of division. The Apostle…
The top five comments (and I sanitized these) during the Final Four Tournament could very well have been: You have got to be kidding!What the ___?I never saw that coming.The refs were terrible.My bracket is busted! According to CBSSports.com, only 0.02% of the 2019 NCAA Final Four Brackets actually picked a perfect Final Four. ESPNStatsInfo reported 7,928 of the 17.2…
Serve in business or ministry long enough and the odds are high you will experience the good, bad and ugly of leadership teams. If you have been blessed to be part of an organized, highly proficient, united team, count yourself among the fortunate. Too many have experienced the dark side of leadership teams: the kind that are disjointed and unproductive.…
I had a love-hate relationship with recess in elementary school. I could not wait to get out of the classroom: however, I dreaded the ritual of team-picking on the playground. A couple of self-appointed “cool” guys always declared themselves the Playground Team Captains. The games we played became all about being “Used” to help them win or look good. As…
Millennials have been the recipients of some harsh judgements and labels, some earned…some not. They are referred to as everything from entitled to self-centered. Others have branded them with terms like the “Me Generation,” “Trophy Kids” and “The Narcissism Epidemic.” No generation can be singularly characterized by any one label or term. For example Millennials have morphed in many ways…
If you have ever served on an organized, highly proficient, united team then you are extremely blessed! Unfortunately, too many of you have had experience with the dark side of leadership teams: the kind that are disjointed and unproductive. We have all been there on these teams (I use the term loosely). Just being in a meeting with this group…
Vision - Part 2: The Outward Component When it comes to leadership, clichés abound. Perhaps you have heard or even used maxims like “If you think you are a leader and no one is following, then you are just taking a long walk” or “there is no I in team.” Visionary leaders understand that “Leadership is a team sport.” A…
So you've read The Greenhouse Project. Maybe you even loaned it out to a friend (why not be a real friend, and buy them a copy...) Perhaps you find yourself wondering how you are going to transfer the truths from these sixteen chapters to your student leadership. Let's be honest: It's a big book. The Greenhouse Project has sixteen different…
Autonomous (capable of independent function) Youth Ministry - Part 3 In Part 1, I discussed the concept of autonomous ministry and suggested the goal of giving away our ministry. In Part 2, I looked at building autonomous students within your ministry - students who can own, live and export their faith. The idea is that we need to have intentional…