Archive for Management
The Signature of Mediocrity
Today was Day 1 of the 2010 Global Leadership Summit. The summit is a must-attend conference in my yearly schedule. Jim Collins spoke this morning and something he said really resonated with me: “The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.” For a long time, I have felt that churches accept mediocrity in their communication. Churches have the [...]
Wouldn’t you like to be a better leader?
If you are a church leader, you are part of a high-stakes endeavour that is one of the most challenging and important things you could possibly be doing with your life. As a result, the role you are in can wear you down spiritually, physically, emotionally, and mentally. You need to be recharged and re-calibrated [...]
Now
Now. Now is the time. All of us have things we have said we would do. Things we would try. Things we would learn. We get sidetracked with “will”. Someday I will… Someday, I will blog. Someday, I will have a new web site designed. Someday, I will try a new “social media” tool or [...]
Why Every Church Leader Should Be On Facebook
I have joined the Media Salt team as a summer contributor. Today, I wrote my first article for them titled Why Every Church Leader Should Be on Facebook. I believe that every pastor, elder, and ministry leader should strategically leverage Facebook as a practical relationship building tool in their church. Please click over there, read [...]
The Jewel of Greatness
Book Review: I Shall Raise Thee Up: Ancient Principles for Lasting Greatness, Michael Holmes (c)2009 On the back cover it says: “There is greatness inside of you“. Ya, I know, yada, yada, yada. We know that right? Deep inside, there is greatness inside of all of us. The question is…do we believe it? Did I [...]
The Anglican Marketing Train-wreck
The Anglican Church of Canada announced that it has launched a corporate sponsorship program to fund their upcoming national convention (Synod) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 3-11, 2010. Globe and Mail story… Business vs Religion Debate This is an interesting move by the denomination which its director of communications admits is motivated purely by money: [...]
Are You Marketing Like Jesus or The Devil?
A Guest Post by Michael Holmes: A friend of mine wrote a post that had me thinking It was entitled: “Are you literally marketing like the devil?” Now doesn’t that just stop you? It stopped me. And it got me thinking about marketing: What it is What most people think its not And why Jesus was [...]
