by joncook | Nov 1, 2011 | Book Review, Leadership, Reading
In his book, Practicing Greatness, author Reggie McNeal makes a strong call for leaders to take the next step in leadership effectiveness. “Deliberate mediocrity is a sin,” quotes McNeal at the start of his work and from there he begins a practical and...
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 | 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...
