Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor of Northpoint Community Church in Atlanta, GA with approximately 23,000 people, said, "When you stop challenging the process you stop leading, and you've begun managing ." Managing is not bad and people. Please don't get me wrong here. We need managers. We need people to oversee the administration of various programs or processes. However, if you have been gifted to lead, then you have no business managing. And if you have been gifted as a manager, then you have no ... Read More

So this weekend, I read The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. It was a very interesting book, deductively written (he tells you what he's going to tell you, he tells you, & then he encourages you to tell others), so you generally know what's coming after the second chapter (so if you are pushed for time, just read the second chapter or this blog post or go to his Fred Factor website for a synopsisl; it's basically chapter 2). However, the material was good, and unlike many deductive books I read, ... Read More

What is the relationship of teaching and leadership? Is a great teacher a great leader? Is a great leader a great teacher? To me it is the equivalent of the square and rectangle comparison. A rectangle doesn't have to be a square but a square has to be a rectangle. Likewise, a good teacher doesn't always have to be a good leader, but a good leader always has to be a good teacher. Please note however, not every teacher is a leader and not every leader is a teacher. Only good leaders are ... Read More