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Nehemiah’s Spidey Sense

April 25, 2012 — Leave a comment

At my home church, we’ve been going through a series on Nehemiah called “Built to Last.”  The preaching team has done an amazing job walking us through this book and the messages are worth a listen.

I’m stuck about how the book demonstrates the leadership discernment of Nehemiah.  It’s fun to view the book through the lens of Nehemiah’s spidey sense.

Spidey sense is that strong sense of something being wrong, dangerous, suspicious, a security situation.  Not only does Nehemiah have a supernatural sense of what is wrong, but he almost intuitively knows what he should do next.

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Will Your Vision Win?

July 25, 2011 — Leave a comment

Burning Platform

When talking to people about your vision you have to realize that you’re not communicating in a vacuum.  There are all sorts of “visions” out there that people are encountering every week.  So what helps make sure your vision cuts through the clutter?

As a leader here’s a question you should start with to determine the impact potential of your message: What happens if you don’t do your vision? What happens if you don’t build that building, start that organization, or launch that program?  Really, what’s the worst-case scenario?

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The Capital Campaign – Dips and Cul-de-sacs

March 28, 2011 — Leave a comment

I just got done with Seth Godin’s Book, “The Dip.” Seth has really become the best in the world at these short marketing books that give you some simple and powerful ideas to think about.  He has a way of taking what we probably already know and packaging it in such a way that we’ll actually do something about it.

In this book Seth talks about dips, cul-de-sacs, and knowing when to quit and when to press on.  His suggestion is that both quitting soon and pressing on can have enormous benefits; you just have to know when to take what course of action.

So what does this have to do with capital campaigns?  Well, as leaders we have to avoid getting a campaign stuck in a cul-de-sac and we need to help people understand how to get through “the dip.”

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Idea – Quote – Post – Chapter – Book

March 22, 2011 — Leave a comment

When we undermine discipline to postpone pain, we stunt growth and create bigger problems for our future.

Sometimes leadership is out front, sometimes it’s delegation and sometimes it’s team building. Great leaders understand the right approach.

Stupid is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Isn’t that also called practice?

Details are the difference between a good team and a great team.


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