iTODD
Equip and Inspire World Changers on their leadership journey
31
Mar
I have gained an incredible amount of respect for Michael Hyatt. As a matter of fact he is not even aware of the amount of complete respect and impact he has on my life, so when I ran across this video interview of him speaking of the advantages and ways he uses twitter I could [...]
Tags: Leadership, technology, twitter, video
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28
Mar
I Just Got Coached
Published in #kidmin, Kidology Coaching, Leadership, Life, ministry
I am a huge proponent of coaching, especially since I lead as a coach. I think everyone should have a coach, even coaches need coaches. And that is what happened to me today. My wife and I have felt that we needed to tighten the belt and become better stewards than we already were [...]
Tags: #kidmin, Blogger Challenge, coaching, goals, Kidolgy Coaching, Leadership, Life, mentoring
26
Mar
Give More
Published in Leadership, ministry
I have been in talks with people ranging from my own church, to those outside of my church, and finally to some very successful business CEO’s and entrepreneurs. The topic of discussion: delivering experiences. Over the past 17+ years I have been picking up on some standard topics that get talked about time and [...]
Tags: Expectations, Leadership, Service, Support
22
Mar
Everyone is a walking billboard
Published in Leadership, ministry
One continuous lesson that I have preached, taught, emphasized, modeled, and more since being here at my new church Sheffield is that we are all Walking Billboards. Yes, it is my strong belief that from the visitors to our regulars members, and yes even our paid staff members, we all are walking billboards communicating [...]
Tags: Leadership, ministry
21
Mar
Secure yours before helping others
Published in ministry
I just finished flying to San Diego and back to Kansas City so that I could attend CPC 2011 for Kidology. At the start of each flight the attendant would give the speech that in the case of a change in the cabin atmosphere how masks would drop from the over head panels and [...]
Tags: Leadership, Life, management
12
Mar
Watch this 7 minute video of Seth Godin talking about the difference of management and leadership and how most who think they are leading are at best just managing. There is also a story that Seth shares about a hotel with a buffet and the radical idea the manager had for firing “guests” so he [...]
Tags: leader, Seth Godin, video
11
Mar
Finally the true secret to getting volunteers
Published in #kidmin
Through the years this one topic has resulted in more elusiveness, more books written about, conference workshops taught on, magazine articles written on, heated discussions over, and now over the past couple years, more blog posts on. What is the topic that I am referring to? “Volunteerism” Why is it that we can construct [...]
Tags: #kidmin, childrens ministry, volunteers
10
Mar
Blast from the Past
Published in #kidmin, Life
My good friend Karl Bastian recently tweeted a Blast from the Past from his blog. It is from when I was pastoring in the D.C. area at Jubilee Christian Center and he came to visit. What a great time that was. But as I looked over the pictures, I noticed how big I was before: [...]
9
Mar
I went out to eat with my wife at a restaurant today. We watched the servers around our table notice when we needed another tea but did not get one for us. Some noticed we needed a straw to drink with or a napkin to clean up with, but never felt it was part [...]
Tags: Leadership, ministry, Team building, team work
5
Mar
Children’s Ministry sites to check out
Published in #kidmin, List
Over at Growing Kids Ministry Lindsey makes mention on how she was surprised when I wrote of reading about a new site that I had not known about until I had read it on her blog. “I’m fairly new to the Children’s Ministry online world, so I was surprised when Todd McKeever, a fellow [...]
