Leading Hope with Kevin Jack

Episode 230 Also Available On:Know Your ExcuseMay 22Leader NotesIntro We know: Growth and Comfort are incompatible. Choose Your Hard: Workout or Poor Health, Regret or Discipline, Pleasing everyone or Pursuing what matters, Debt or Financial Discipline. When displayed like that- the choice is easy. Caution The Danger: We never think we choose the wrong hard, we introduce

Episode 229 Also Available On:A Mountain a DayMay 15Leader NotesIntro Feeling at Church Plant that everything was just leading into Sunday and that I had one significant day and 6 prep days. Shifted to two days that were significant: Big meetings on Wednesday & Spiritually significant on Sundays. Now: A mountain a day. Tips/Focus Expectation That’s not going

Helping people think strategically. Want this to be a tool for you or for you to help others. Questions To Ask To Help You Think Strategically What problems am I repeatedly solving? Strategy is a response to a problem. (Not New): Why am I repeatedly solving this problem? If I’m blaming human nature: It’s a strategy issue. “They just won’t; they never complete; no one cares

Intro – Find somewhere you can find a mentor; also hear that experience is the best teacher. – Large organization where you can learn systems: Small organization where you can do a lot of stuff. – Find a great workplace culture; or you can learn as much from a bad culture as you can a good culture. – Offer my perspective on picking your first job…assuming you have a choic

“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. Principles 1. Immersion predates writing. - I don’t need to know everything they think, I need to know what they value: I need to value what they value. - Talk about with the name change. - Note: I’m storing up all that information. 2.

Intro Politics Series (Non-Political Political Series) Resources available at elephantsanddonkeys.church Step #1: Discern Decision: Not addressing this would be more of a distraction than addressing it. Goal is not attention, goal is mission. Don’t enter controversy because of boredom, do it because of your purpose. Explain our decision: It will be more of a distraction not to,

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 shepherding than my leadership. – My friends do not value my leadership ability, they value me personally. To choose to lead in that

Episode 223 Also Available On:From Shepherd to Leader (Part 2)April 3Leader Notes 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 your proximity and need, leaders will apply their tim

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 your proximity and need, leaders will apply their time based upon your potential. They need a lot of my time vs Is this the best use for my ti

Episode 221 Also Available On:The Distinction Between Shepherds & LeadersMarch 20Leader NotesIntro: Goal of this: To Be Helpful to our team & Others 2nd Goal: To Help People Move from one level to another. Thesis: Learning to lead, when you know how to shepherd, is a higher skill set. Distinctions: Shepherd: Care. Where the word pastor comes from. “To lea