by joncook | Oct 13, 2011 | Leadership, Purpose, Thinking
Identifying and recruiting new leaders is a passion of mine. I get excited when I see someone who shows leadership potential that hasn’t been given an opportunity to develop that potential…yet. They may not even know that they have leadership ability but...
by joncook | Jan 10, 2011 | Leadership
Leaders are faced with unique challenges each time they begin a new position with a new ministry or organization. They have to factor in crucial elements like the history of the organization, the make-up of the members and their personalities, the resources that are...
by joncook | Jan 8, 2011 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey, Leadership
A while back I wrote about facing the critics in your life, especially as leaders. People use the phrase, “I’m my own worst critic.” and that can be pretty true at times. Speaking from experience I’m usually the one who is the hardest on...
by joncook | Jan 3, 2011 | Everyday Life, Leadership, Thinking
I have a problem with the word problem. Ironic, I know. I think we’ve robbed problem of some of its potential. Here’s why… For a long time we’ve associated a negative meaning with the word problem. If you have a problem with someone then it...
by joncook | Oct 12, 2010 | Leadership, Purpose, Vision
Our Creative Planning Team is taking a sabbatical for the rest of the year. This wasn’t something that I had planned on happening but in retrospect I see a lot of benefit from this break. Over the last week or so I’ve done a lot of thinking about teams...
by joncook | Sep 26, 2010 | Leadership, Purpose, Thinking
Good enough. This has become one of the worst crutches that the Church has been using over the years. Whether it’s in leadership, ministry, outreach, design, or a variety of other areas, we’ve settled with “good enough” as the standard...