Two teams can face the same problem. Same limited budget. Same difficult season. And produce completely different outcomes. Why? Because what you see matters. Same Land. Two Reports. Numbers 13 tells the story of twelve spies sent into the Promised Land. All twelve saw the same land. All twelve saw the same opportunities. And all […]
When a team is struggling, the first instinct is often: We need better people. Sometimes that’s true. But often the real problem isn’t talent. It’s alignment. You can put highly gifted people on the same team and still struggle if they’re moving in different directions. Talent without alignment creates friction. Talent with alignment creates momentum. […]
Put talented people in the same room and you don’t automatically have a great team. You may have talented people in the same room. But, there’s a difference. Great teams have something deeper than talent. They have a shared DNA. At Team Church, three qualities consistently rise to the surface when we talk about healthy […]
There’s a myth in leadership that strong leaders carry more. More responsibility. More decisions. More problems. More pressure. And if you’re capable, committed, and called, it can feel natural to keep adding things to your plate. But carrying everything yourself isn’t a sign of strong leadership. Sometimes it’s a sign that you haven’t built a […]
Every leader wants progress. I’ve talked to too many pastors that feel stuck and would do anything to move forward. When moments of new growth and new life happen, the forward momentum feels exciting in a way nothing else does. And then, some very underestimated, but all too common, pains set in. These are the […]
Have you watched your favorite football team painfully lose a key game? If they had just (fill in the blank). For most of us, it’s so easy when we’re watching from the comfort of our home to focus on all the moments that could’ve been turning points. We have time to sit and think of […]
Sixteen years ago I had a moment with destiny. It was a moment that wasn’t earth shattering, but it changed the course of my life for the better. The moment happened after a very hurried morning of caring for my baby. I rushed to church to attend a ladies’ morning bible study where I had […]
Most leaders don’t want to get stuck. They are always leaning in, learning, and growing themselves as a leader. It is the same with teams who are focused on moving forward, it takes intentional effort to move from being a good team to a great one. We’ve been talking this year in different church leadership […]
When it comes to leadership, if we want to continually improve ourselves, there are questions we can ask: We’ve been talking recently in church leadership settings and with our staff about “What makes a good team great?” One of the ingredients is: The reality is, every person can be passionate about your part but never […]
In every single church, there is a Vision Gap. This gap represents the distance between where you are and where you want to be as a church. The Vision Gap can happen in any organization. How do you close the Vision Gap? Yes, financial resources are essential, but the critical catalyst is your church’s LEADERSHIP. […]