Tonight is my favorite leadership evening of the year – the first round of the NFL Draft.  I will be giving the leadership lessons which come with each pick of the first round.  A few notes: I will not be saying if a player selected was a good pick or not.  This is because I ..read more

Within a recent Gallup poll, startling findings emerged revealing current public perception of trustworthiness among professions. Church staff, including pastors, were ranked lower on the scale than professions like nurses, doctors, pharmacists, high school teachers, police officers, accountants, and even funeral directors. With only 37% of those surveyed perceiving pastors as having high ethical standards ..read more

Gather your team and discover a step-by-step system to keep more first-time guests and experience faster church growth. Join Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley online for the 2-hour LIVE Assimilation Seminar — TOMORROW, Thursday, April 25 from 2:00pm ET to 4:00pm ET. Sign up now for one very low rate per church — Just $47 total (includes the Senior Pastor ..read more

This past Sunday at the 90:29 mark, Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham continued his ascent as soccer’s fastest rising star by scoring a game-stoppage goal against Barcelona to give Madrid its 36th La Liga title.  In addition to this game-winner, Bellingham had a record-breaking 14 goals in his first 15 team appearances.  This level of performance ..read more

The post is so important I am going to share the big idea first.  Statesmen will always be in high-demand.  Practice the ten items below and you will never be without influence. Curmudgeons Or Statesmen Statesmen have a temperance, dignity, nobility, and sense of wisdom to their lives.  They seem to rise above the noise ..read more

One of the posts that put this site on the leadership map was 5 Words That Haunt Leaders.  Those words were, “I never saw that coming.”  All leaders get surprised from time-to-time but regularly being blindsided should never happen. The following are five recent stories of unexpected threats and what leaders can learn from each ..read more

The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of April 15th Driscoll, Lindell, the Conference, and Lessons for Pastors by Brandon Kelley via PreachAndLead.com.  This 2-part video analysis is the best I’ve seen on the subject. How To Build A Healthy Culture In A Heated Debate by Scott Cochrane Ten Critical Keys For Designing ..read more

I write a lot about high-performance and rightfully so.  But when you have a collection of high-achievers, what separates them from each other?  What is the key differentiator? A Historic Achievement This past week we got a picture of what makes the difference between talented people and those who will appear on the Mount Rushmore ..read more

On today’s edition of the The Herd With Colin Cowherd, quarterback coach Jordan Palmer discussed the readiness of new quarterbacks coming into the NFL.  He said, “Every single guy we talk about today and fast-forward all the years we’ve been talking about the draft picks, is a developmental guy… These guys are transitioning from ‘amateur ..read more

On Sunday evening, March 31st, an unidentified hiker was walking along the edge of a trail near the Alexander Battery in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  The Southern Marin fire department had previously warned on their Facebook page that the landscape was dangerous and those traveling in the area should take caution. Unfortunately for ..read more