But all of you, leaders and followers alike, are to be down to earth with each other, for— “God has had it with the proud, But takes delight in just plain people.” ~1 Peter 5:5 (MSG) Organizations need avenues for honest, humble feedback. One of those avenues is the hiring process. New hires must know [...]
Leadership
Eliminating Leadership Liabilities
September 7th, 2010 
alandanielson All leaders have strengths, weaknesses and liabilities. Most leadership books and experts agree that leaders should maximize their own strengths and manage their weaknesses. However, I don’t hear too many experts talking today about eliminating leadership liabilities. This is because too many people don’t understand the difference between weaknesses and liabilities. A weakness is something [...]
Alienated By Your Bias
September 2nd, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted July 20, 2009. Reposted September 2, 2010. —————————————————————————— Small Groups are primarily about growing in three areas: our relationship with Christ (discipleship), our relationship with one another (community), and our relationship with the world (mission). I say “primarily” because these are the three things that most small group leaders and pastors tend to [...]
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Tags: bias, group, groups, leaders, Leadership, small 
No Comments »A Group Pastor’s Dream Job!
August 25th, 2010 alandanielson If you’re a looking for a great small group/discipleship position at a church (or you know someone who is), this post is for you! There’s a fantastic church in Morristown, NJ looking for a new Spiritual Growth Pastor. Liquid Church, led by founding pastor Tim Lucas, is just a short train ride from the heart of [...]
Strategery
August 23rd, 2010 alandanielson Strategy is a word that has many associations. We think of the military. We think of board games that take hours to play. We think of long planning meetings with lots of charts and spreadsheets. We think of a Saturday Night Live skit where president Bush was portrayed mispronounced the word saying, “Strategery”. Regardless of [...]
I Don’t Like Pastors
August 18th, 2010 alandanielson Someone found my blog by searching the phrase, “I don’t like pastors”. I wonder why this person doesn’t like pastors. Maybe this person knows a pastor who committed sexual sin. Maybe one who manipulated people. Maybe one who was arrogant. Maybe one who seemed fake. Whatever the case, it’s sad. Having two decades experience as [...]
Triple-Threat Conflict
August 12th, 2010 alandanielson Now that my Triple-Threat Leadership eBook has been out for a few months I’m getting valuable feedback from readers. Something my readers have noted is related to conflict. They’ve noted that, more often than not, conflict occurs between people on opposite sides of the leadership style spectrum. Here are some things people think about those [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: Conflict at work, Dealing with Conflict, Triple-Threat Leadership No Comments »Are The People You Lead Doing What You Ask?
August 4th, 2010 alandanielson Are the people you lead doing what you ask? If not, it’s probably because you’re neglecting one of the following three essential types of leadership. Up Stairs Leadership (Creating Strategy) Private Leadership Systems Metrics Goals Calendar Up Front Leadership (Casting Vision) Public Leadership Bulk Emails Training Events Running [...]
Churches Designed To Die
August 2nd, 2010 alandanielson Last week I finished reading Brad Powell’s Change Your Church For Good: The Art of Sacred Cow Tipping and it made me weep. I wept because Brad accurately described so many churches I know and have been a part of. They are churches who were once effectively reaching people, but they crept into decline. I [...]
7 Things To Learn From Facebook’s 500 Million Users
July 26th, 2010 alandanielson Facebook recently hit the 500 million user mark. WOW! Think about that for a minute. There are approximately 1 billion Christians in the world and it took 2000 years for us to get there. It has taken Facebook only a few years to reach half that many people. At this pace, Facebook will likely reach [...]
