personal productivity

What if we took a week where we deliberately stop learning and just applied what we already knew?   Rather than searching for that perfect strategy or idea we actually took to put into action the information we already had contained within us? Instead of reading another blog post about...

September is typically an incredibly busy time of year in the lives of church leaders.  Programs are starting ... all the people who have been away for the summer come back to church and that adds some strain on the systems.  Once again we're faced with the reality that our...

How do we bring about organizational change in the context of a world that continually changing? The way we think about change frames our understanding which in turn motivate our actions. The diagram above is one way that I think about change. The top line represents all the activities that...

Remember when email was fun? I do. I was one of those kids with an email address in the 80s. It’s true. My parents got me a subscription to CompuServe because it had an online encyclopedia. I used to sell access to my friends . . .only $0.25 per printed...

Tis' the season for ministry transitions!  This week we're talking about dealing with ministry staff transitions.  We'll be looking at how to make the most of these points of change within your ministry. You finally were able to hire that new staff member.  You wrestled the budget to find the...

Tis' the season for ministry transitions!  This week we're talking about dealing with ministry staff transitions.  We'll be looking at how to make the most of these points of change within your ministry. So . . . you've started a new ministry role.  Maybe it's your first ministry role right...

This week I'm sending you a series of great infographics that you could use with your team.  We'd love to hear about what you think of them!  Join the conversation. If you had sent 5,000,000 emails and tracked every one, you'd end up knowing a lot about how people use...

This week we're exploring some organization changes that we're making around our "meeting culture" at Liquid Church.  We've been inspired and motivated largely by the work of Al Pittampalli and his book "Read this Before Our Next Meeting." If leaders haven't prepped their people before the meeting . . . the meeting shouldn't...

This week we're exploring some organization changes that we're making around our "meeting culture" at Liquid Church.  We've been inspired and motivated largely by the work of Al Pittampalli and his book "Read this Before Our Next Meeting." As we've been tackling improving our "meeting culture" around here at Liquid . . ....

This week we're exploring some organization changes that we're making around our "meeting culture" at Liquid Church.  We've been inspired and motivated largely by the work of Al Pittampalli and his book "Read this Before Our Next Meeting." Late last year I was having all of my "year end" meetings with...