A good leadership principle: Only lead people where you have been or are willing to go. I desire to be the type of leader that I will follow without question into battle. That requires trust, confidence, and the awareness that my leader will do or has done anything he has asked of me. There are too many leaders that have that “do as I say and not as I do”...

One tool that a leader should never use is manipulation. I can’t say that as a leader the temptation of using your authority for personal advance isn’t there, but we need to fight it at all cost. Manipulation happens when we use our cunning skills or authority against another person to make the situation or circumstance learn towards our favor....

A great story from John 1:43-50, speaks about a man named Nathaniel who was approached by a recently recruited disciple named Phillip. Phillip, who I believe was excited about his new chapter with Jesus, found Nathaniel to tell him about this Jesus of Nazareth. Nathaniel’s famous response of familiarity was, “Nazareth (the place where Jesus was from)...

The Temptation of “You” I think the second temptation is to build a team around “You.”  This is extremely difficult because as a leader you should have a dynamic personality, an approachable & likable nature, and the ability to gather people.  These qualities are extremely important!  There are too many people holding a position of...

Building team isn’t an easy task…especially when you are building it from scratch. In my line of work, not only does it require process, patience, and persistence, but also a lot of prayer (Matthew 9:37-38). I’ve been studying scripture and observing how Jesus gathered, developed, and released His team (the disciples/the church), plus I’ve...