Repeat after me… “It’s my fault”

One of the most difficult lessons to learn as a leader is taking responsibility for, well…. Everything! It’s easy to blame a poor outcome on someone else, outside influences or or a team members’ mistake. But a seasoned leader will have learned these (2) valuable principles:

1. When something goes wrong take ALL the responsibility for the short coming.

2. When something goes well, give all the praise to your team.

Church Planting Challenge!

I will be sharing this vision tomorrow at the National Leaders Meeting for  Southern Baptists. Really excited to see what God is about to do! It’s all about seeing a great move of God in smaller communities. You can check out the COMB NETWORK web site too. Please, tell me what you think…

3-Keys to REVIVAL!

This is a portion of an article written by S. Michael Craven speaking about the activities that preceded previous revivals.

Prayer!

“They were praying that the Lord, in his mercy, would pour out his Spirit upon his people and (more…)

3-Ingredients to take it…VIRAL!

Chris Anderson, the founder of  TED said that…”Viral Movements are the result of 3 things- crowds- light- desire.” Erwin McManus then interprets those elements to mean… people, exposure, and passion.

1. People (more…)

Oh No! It’s ALIVE!

After 2-weeks in the bed with MONO, the dead is raised to new life!

#5 Navy Seal Lesson – “Plan Your Mission, but Prepare to Pivot”

Change! Nobody really likes it. Some see the need for it so they embrace it and run with it, but change always brings more work, challenges and many times confrontations. But, in the arena of leadership, there are few traits more valuable than being able to size up a situation and for the good (more…)

#4 Navy Seal lesson – “Seek Excellence, not Fame!”

This whole thing is not about you! I have to remind myself of that truth sometimes… well, more often than I would care to admit! You know that feeling, when you work hard at a project, event or ministry, and it turns out great. We look for our ticker tape parade, and the old model Cadillac convertible so we can sit on the back seat wave at our applauding fans while sporting a look of  humility.

The challenge is to always pursue & model excellence in order to give God our best. Excellence is not about being (more…)

#3 Navy Seal lesson- “Leave no Man Behind!”

In combat, the most important person in world is the one next to you! It is impossible in the midst of busyness and battle, to know what is happening all around you. As leaders, we must surround ourselves with others who will fight by our side, and guard our “six.” Choose (more…)

#2-Navy Seal lesson- “Fear Nothing!”

What you fear will cripple you! That’s why God is so against fear, fear is a sin! This is the second in the Navy Seal Leadership lessons series, based on the book,  Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals. It should go without saying, fear has no place in the life of a Christ-follower, and certainly not in the life of a leader!

Fear is one of the oldest and most effective tools of the enemy to take out those who may be gifted, called, anointed & empowered to do great things for the Kingdom. Fear paralyzes it’s victim by injecting the mind  with overwhelming thoughts of, “what if?” What if I get hurt, I lose that.. (more…)

#1-Navy Seal lesson – “Take Decisive Action!”

I love guys that get to blow crap up! So I was reading a business blog the other day, “Lessons Entrepreneurs Should Learn From The Navy Seals.” The author based the article on the book  Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals. Being a HUGE Navy Seals fan, needless to say this caught my attention! If I can learn to lead from guys that can inspire others to lay down their lives for those on their team, I want some of that! (more…)