Here’s a quick list of the top 5 posts my blog readers read during the last 30 days. 4Spiritual Disciplines Pastors Miss the Most 5 Brain Friendly Tips to Enhance Your Presentations 6 Soul Care Essentials for Pastors Top 10 Issues Facing the Church Today Are you a Transactional or a Transformational Leader: Take this […]

After 32 years working in a church, I stepped down last year after a fulfilling 7/2; year run as a senior pastor in Aurora, IL. This past year I’ve accomplished several things. Completed a book for Inter-Varsity Press called People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval Motivate Leadership. It releases in February of 2014. Almost

I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip that you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 5:Seed your culture with a change mentality Seed your culture with a change mentality Change evokes fear in our emotional centers because it implies threat and

I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 4:Invite input Invite input Creating a change buy-in plan infers that you want to help people own the change. Why should they own it? Because people don’t

I’m in a 5-part blog series that gives a brain-friendly tip that you can use to make your organizational changes brain-friendly so that they stick. Today’s is Sticky Tip 3. Manage expectations As you create a change buy-in plan, consider the power of expectations. The brain likes to know what to expect so it can