Category: Management
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What are you resolved to do?
Bill Hybels has a great chapter in his book Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs called “Six-by-Six Execution.” In it he describes a transformative practice he implemented at Willow Creek. Every six weeks he would take an index card and write the question: “What is the greatest contribution I can make a Willow Creek Community Church in […]
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Review – Hybels, Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs
Bill Hybel is a strong leader and an effective communicator. In fact, these may be his greatest contribution to the contemporary church. His 2011 book Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs touches on both of these topics (they’re closely related) and is a great resource for leaders serving in a church or ministry setting. I like to think of […]
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Driven to distraction
It’s Christmastide, which means one thing–travel. During our annual ten-plus hour drive to the Gulf Coast of Alabama we stopped in a remarkable gas station north of Atlanta. As I moved around the car to take the gas pump in hand, I was confronted with a smallish flat panel television mounted immediately above the price […]
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[Series] Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Working in the worlds of the university and the church, I’ve had the occasion to meet and interact with a lot of highly successful people–university administrators, large church pastors, non-profit executives, and popular writers. Some are arguably almost genius; most are pretty normal. So what sets them apart? What do they do that others fail […]
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Difficult situations: Getting unstuck
All of us will, from time-to-time, find ourselves in a difficult situation. Often when we get into a tough spot we find ourselves stuck. It often takes a great deal of energy and attention to extract yourself from a difficult situation. Sometimes you can find yourself wondering whether it’s worth the effort. Counselors tell us […]
Jeff Gissing 