“How to make the best case possible that unites rather than divides.”The things I’m looking at when I’m constructing a thought line.Principles1. Immersion predates writing.- I don’t need to know everything they think, I need to know what t
IntroPolitics Series (Non-Political Political Series)Resources available at elephantsanddonkeys.churchStep #1: DiscernDecision: Not addressing this would be more of a distraction than addressing it.Goal is not attention, goal is mission.
Intro– Final Episode: You have to know when to abdicate the focus of leadership and only be a shepherd.– Don’t fully know how to explain this, so may leave people confused, but I’ll do my best.Examples– My family is more in need of my sheph
Shepherds will help people continue to grow regardless of where they are. Leaders will hold people to a standard, develop them up or move them on.Are they improving vs will they meet the standard?Shepherds will apply their time based upon yo
ContextI need to get better at saying no, don’t want to get too good at saying no.I want to be strategic about saying yes.Big IdeaGood leadership & great leadership is time well spent.My Goal: In every moment to say yes to the best thing.
Intro:If you’re taking a break because you’re bored, you’re not going hard enough. Take a break because you can’t keep going.Episode 212: Intense Words & My own implementation of that.Found: How often we operate with a total lack of intensit
Feedback on Skills should flow from the expert to the learner.Feedback on Leadership should flow from the team member to the leader.The First One is Obvious, The Second One No One Does.
Patience is an undervalued quality of leadership.Three Views of Patience:1. People & Processes take time to advance. 2. Trajectory is more important than location3. My default is to blame myself first.Power of Patience1. Growth.2. Too
Phrase use over the last year: Year of hard ThingsJoy comes on the back-end of enduring.Questions- Don't just ask: What do I want to accomplish? Goals?- Also ask: What am I willing to endure?End Note- Prepare for the joy and the endur
- If you have to change your presentation for something big it reveals your preparation is inadequate.- There's a difference between that and complex. Discuss.- The tendency is something is big so:- it reveals our preparation is inadequate,
What people actually mean by deep:– Verse-by-verse exposition– Vulnerable & Emotional – UnfamiliarThe Response:– Vulnerability– Unfamiliarity– Emotional
- Idea: Rarely, rarely should things be the same through every season.- We like schedules that are predictable, but predictable schedules do not enable us to maximize the season.Examples:- Shaping culture: Staff hear from me a ton. Setting
In leadership we:– Attempt to treat before we diagnose– Treat based upon our strengths and not what is needed.Vision Issues:– Don’t know, Communication, lack pace– StallStrategy/Systems Issues:– Wastes time, ordinary people do extraord