September 28th, 2011 
alandanielson Originally posted 09-07-2010. Reposted 09-28-2011 ————————————————————————— 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 [...]
September 14th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted July 19, 2010. Reposted September 14, 2011. —————————————————————————————– Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv, often says, “We’ll, do anything short of sin to reach people for Christ.” I’d like for us to consider that statement for a minute. More specifically, I want us to consider the outcome if that statement is not true of all [...]
September 13th, 2011 alandanielson In 2005 when I started as the LifeGroups pastor on LifeChurch.tv’s biggest campus we were running about 5500 people and had 181 LifeGroups. 22 months later we were running about 6000 people and had 544 LifeGroups. After that I became the Executive Director of LifeGroups and was responsible for all group ministries on all 13 [...]
August 26th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 08-02-2010. Reposted 08-26-2011. ————————————————————————————– I’ll never forget reading Brad Powell’s Change Your Church For Good: The Art of Sacred Cow Tipping. 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 [...]
August 23rd, 2011 alandanielson Originally Posted July 15, 2010. Reposted August 23, 2011 ———————————————————- A friend of mine at Life Way, Rick Howerton, reviewed my Triple-Threat Leadership eBook on his blog and he sent me a few questions. I wrote out my answers and sent them back last night, but one of his questions really stood out to me. Today, [...]
August 2nd, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted June 30, 2010. Reposted August 2, 2011. ———————————————————————— Sadly, in the down-turned economy, organizations are cutting out one of their most important budget items: training. It’s natural to start cutting things from the budget when the economy is bad, but training should never be cut. I mean NEVER. In fact, in a struggling [...]
July 27th, 2011 alandanielson Last week I was reviewing some notes I’d taken back in 2001 at a church planter training event. I didn’t note the name of the person speaking, but something this person said really stood out to me so I wrote it down: There are only three ways to lead the church: Risk Taker Care Taker [...]
July 14th, 2011 alandanielson Most of us are familiar with Jim Collins’ principle about the importance of getting the right people on the bus (Good to Great). Getting the right people on the bus, he insists, is actually more important than where you’re going. He refers to this idea as “First Who, Then Where.” Simply put, if you end [...]
July 13th, 2011 alandanielson Guest Post by Dr. Bill Donahue ————————————— When individuals are able to make a meaningful contribution, feel a sense of belonging and connect significantly with others, the result is community. Ideally, small groups should provide a fertile environment for life change, but that’s only going to happen as the church rediscovers the centrality of community. [...]
July 12th, 2011 alandanielson Guest post by Ben Reed ————————————————– I’m an Apple fan. I love their products. They look good. They sync up beautifully, and they just work. Most of the time. I got a new MacBook in April, and just recently started having trouble with it. So I called AppleCare, their customer service/repair line. They suggested I [...]
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