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Each year I attend The Global Leadership Summit from the satellite location at my home church in Lafayette, IN.  This year, I've been invited to be a part of the social media/live-blogging team to share my notes from this year's Summit.  So, tune in for the next 2 days and catch the notes from each […]

Each year I attend The Global Leadership Summit from the satellite location at my home church in Lafayette, IN.  This year, I've been invited to be a part of the social media/live-blogging team to share my notes from this year's Summit.  So, tune in for the next 2 days and catch the notes from each […]

Lately, I've been creating some original content for the Global Leadership Summit blog and I want to make sure you are seeing it.  My third article was posted last week and was called "4 Ways That Vision Gets Lost (and How To Get It Back)."  It's an article based on Jim Collins (author of the book […]

As I mentioned last week, I will be heading to Chicago to attend the Global Leadership Summit as a part of their Social Media/Blog team.  As I prepare for my time there, I want to make sure that I'm adding value to my readers.  Many bloggers who "live blog" a conference or an event have […]

  I couldn't be more excited to announce a special partnership between this site and the Global Leadership Summit (GLS)! More about that in a minute.  If you're not familiar with the Summit, it happens this year on August 11th and 12th and here is a brief description: "The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event […]

Today and tomorrow, I'm at the Re:Group conference in Atlanta, GA.  Re:Group is a 2-day conference on small groups that NorthPoint church puts on each year.  You can find out more about the conference here. The opening session speaker was Andy Stanley, pastor of NorthPoint church.  NorthPoint is a church that was planted by Andy […]

Last week I attended a conference for church leaders, pastors, and church planters.  I went looking to be refreshed and encouraged.  I wanted to grow as a leader.  I was hoping to get some new tools to lead and minister better.  I expected to leave the conference energized and excited to get back and get […]

This week, I had the honor of having a guest post on the Global Leadership Summit's blog.  It is a post called "5 Signs That You've Reached Your Leadership Lid."  The article is connected to one of the Summit's sessions in 2015 where Craig Groeshel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv, talked about expanding your leadership capacity. If you […]

Can I be completely honest with you?  Is this a safe place?  Is it ok for me to share some vulnerable stuff with you? Yes?  Ok, good… I’m a fearful leader.  There I said it. You’re judging me right now, aren’t you?  I understand.  I would do the same if I were in your shoes.  […]

  Most of the time, when the topic of leadership is brought up, we tend to immediately begin talking about how to lead "doers."  By doer I simply mean the people that are there to do a job.  They signed up to volunteer in your ministry.  You hired them to work in a specific department. […]