There are two times in your life when you know all there is to knows
… about parenting. Before you have kids and after they’ve left the house. While you have kids at home, everything is an experiment! It’s all theory, then it’s all experience. My father told me that when we told him and my mother we were expecting our first child almost 20 years ago! He was right… […]
In the church, who are the customers?
I’m reading through Ken Blanchard’s book, Leading at a Higher Level. One of the points he makes is that every organization has two types of customers. The external customer, the outside person you are trying to serve, and the internal customer, the inside person that is employed and supported by other employees in the organization. […]
Teams : Complement or Compensate
This past weekend was the 2010 Ryder Cup. A unique golf event. Golf is a sport for individuals. The Ryder Cup takes this sport for individuals and creates a team-based event. The USA vs. Europe. There are three types of matches to the competition. One is called Fourballs, two players from each team play their […]
Evaluate Your Group Effectiveness
Every now and then a leader needs to take inventory about how their group is going. For all-church group life evaluation, forms and online assessment tools are great. However, there is a need for each group leader to take a reading of where their own group is at. It’s not meant for deep evaluation. One […]
Everyone needs a coach!
Mentoring and coaching are two different avenues to the same end: growth and personal development. Both types of relationships are needed so we can fully develop. Often we look for mentors, people who have been where we want to be and we learn how to get there from them. We also need coaches in our […]
