Working on the right things, each and every day, with an eye toward quality is more important than working hard. How productive are you?
Admired Leadership, 3.7.24, What Does It Really Mean to be Productive?
A Word to the Wise: Too many people equate activity and working hard with productivity. You know better. If you agree that productivity requires a blend of task priority, quality execution, and time efficiency, you now have a pathway toward higher success.
Working on the right things, each and every day, with an eye toward quality is more important than working hard. How productive are you? Admired Leadership, 3.7.24, What Does It Really Mean to be Productive?
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Spiritual Renewal Needed to Heal Fragmented US…One of Four Things to Know This Week; March 7, 20243/7/2024 A Word to the Wise: A best practice every team or group should endorse is never to end any meeting without an agreement to next steps. This is easily accomplished if whoever organizes the meeting holds the group to this standard and insists on raising the question and answering it.
Knowing exactly who will ensure each step happens is what follows. It is common for the organizer to assign team members to the steps and then to ask them to be accountable. What a difference such a simple best practice can make when it is instituted and incorporated across an organization. Admired Leadership, 3.5.24, Clarifying Next Steps Before the Meeting Ends This week I am sharing two different views of the Law Amendment that were in Baptist Press in the last week, among other items. I hope these will be helpful to you and your pastors/churches.
A Word to the Wise: “If you’re God’s child, you have a life-changing message that provides the only explanation that makes any sense whatsoever. The Christian worldview answers all the major questions of life. The biblical framework provides the only grid people can look through to properly understand all that has been, is, and will be. The gospel is the only story that provides hope. Tim Keller once said that the bottom line is that every human just wants to be loved. Jesus offers that hope of love—a love that you don’t have to earn and that cannot be taken away; a love that will not break, give up, or walk out. Why would you want to keep that message of hope and love to yourself?" Paul David Tripp, 2.28.24, Afraid of Being Sent - Wednesday’s Word A Word to the Wise: “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” - Abraham Lincoln
Friday Facts, 2.16.24, Georgia Public Policy Foundation Exploring the Future of Local Associations, One of Four Things to Know This Week; February 15, 20242/15/2024 A Word to the Wise: "Most Christians understand the history of gospel past—the forgiveness of sins because of the work of Jesus. They also live with hope in gospel future—the promise of eternity because of his death and resurrection.
But what about the gospel today? I am deeply persuaded that many within the body of Christ live with a dysfunctional gap in their understanding of how their faith in Jesus radically changes everything about their existence now." Paul Tripp Ministries, 12.29.23, Help Us Close the Gospel Gap Practices of Healthy Associations
I had the privilege of speaking to the Florida Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (FBCAL) in Jacksonville, FL on January 9, 2024 on “Practices of Healthy Associations.” I am sharing practices I see that are common to healthy, effective associations. Here is the fifth one. The Associational Leader Is a Servant Leader in His Various Roles Practices of Healthy Associations
I had the privilege of speaking to the Florida Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (FBCAL) in Jacksonville, FL on January 9, 2024 on “Practices of Healthy Associations,” and “Trends in Associational Missions.” I am sharing practices I see that are common to healthy, effective associations. Here is the fourth one. The Associational Leader, Pastors/Staff, and Key Lay Leaders Have a Family Relationship With Each Other Based on a Common Confession of Faith Practices of Healthy Associations, Part 3; Four Things to Know This Week; January 25, 20241/25/2024 Practices of Healthy Associations
I had the privilege of speaking to the Florida Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (FBCAL) in Jacksonville, FL on January 9, 2024 on “Practices of Healthy Associations,” and “Trends in Associational Missions.” Over the coming weeks, I would like to share with you several practices that I see as common to healthy, effective associations. Here is the third one. Practices of Healthy Associations, Part 2; Four Things to Know This Week; January 18, 20241/18/2024 Practices of Healthy Associations
I had the privilege of speaking to the Florida Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (FBCAL) in Jacksonville, FL on January 9, 2024, on “Practices of Healthy Associations,” and “Trends in Associational Missions.” Over the coming weeks, I would like to share with you several practices that I see as common to healthy, effective associations. Here is the second one. Practices of Healthy Associations, Part 1; Four Things to Know This Week; January 11, 20241/11/2024 Practices of Healthy Associations
I had the privilege of speaking to the Florida Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (FBCAL) in Jacksonville, FL, this week on “Practices of Healthy Associations,” and “Trends in Associational Missions.” Over the coming weeks, I would like to share with you several practices that I see as common to healthy, effective associations. Today is the first one. The Associational Leader is a Passionate Leader and a Committed Learner Al Mohler, in his book, The Conviction to Lead, says, “The passionate leader is driven…Passion is contagious.” He goes on to say, “When the mission is ambiguous and the beliefs of the organization are nebulous, passion dissipates quickly. Organizations driven by passion thrive on the experience of seeing change happen in the service of common convictions…To lead with conviction is to seize the role of teacher with energy, determination, and even excitement.” |
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