Last week I wrote about how in order to reinvent ourselves, we must be willing to learn “new tricks,” and I briefly described how I returned to graduate school as part of my reinvention process.  Today I want to touch on how when I returned to school, I wasn’t yet in a situation in which […]

There is an old adage, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”  While this has been conventional wisdom for eons, it couldn’t be farther from the truth for anyone who desires to go through the process of personal or professional reinvention.  The very last thing someone needs to be shackled by is the belief […]

There is a television commercial running by Wells Fargo Bank that describes how, due to a series of missteps, they have had to change their practices in order to regain the trust of their customers.  They end the commercial by stating, “Established 1852.  Reestablished 2018.”  I point this out because this provides a great introduction […]

Over the past few months, we covered 18 leadership styles that you may have in your pastor at your church.  As I’ve stated many times, every church is unique, so your pastor should be also.  Not every church needs the same kind of pastor, but every church needs a pastor with humble intelligence, because healthy […]

Here is one of my favorite types of leaders to work with and follow, especially, as stated below, when they are a combination of visionary and transformational styles. Visionary leaders are people-oriented, creative, and goal-oriented.  They are dreamers with the ability to transform ideas into reality.  Often, as is the case in the following example, […]