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Setting Capacity and Leader Ratios in LifeKids
Excellence—it guides everything we do at LifeKids. It’s why we created the Excellence Walk Checklist. It’s why we carefully craft our curriculum. It’s why we never settle for “good enough.” And that includes our capacity for kids rooms. We get a lot of questions about how we determine leader-to-ch...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In our last episode, we talked about how to minimize criticism. In this episode, let’s dive in to understanding our critics. All critics are not created equal. Some criticize just to point out problems— some point out problems s...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Embracing Change, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! The greatest threat to future success is current success. In Embracing Change, Part 1, Craig will discuss the first of three ways to embrace change—if you’re not ready to embrace change, you’re not ready to lead! Download the notes for th...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Investing Your Resources the Right Way, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, let’s talk about four common allocation mistakes leaders often make, and how we can avoid those mistakes to invest our resources the right way. 1. Static resource allocation. One way people describe insanity is “doing t...
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Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Fire Your Inner Boss
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Why do people leave their jobs? The number one reason: they don’t like their bosses. People don’t leave companies—they leave bad bosses! Why? That’s because many bosses don’t understand what it takes to be a leader. Power and influence...
Leadership
Hoping for a Win vs. Creating a Win
There’s a big difference between hoping for a win and creating a win. I want the team to feel positive, like we’re getting somewhere and doing something. To do that, our goals need to be specific, measurable, and defined. We have to know what we’re going to accomplish and when we’re going to do i...
Youth
How to Talk with Teens about Suicide
Teens deal with serious, real-life issues in their day-to-day lives, which is why we aren’t afraid to tackle heavy topics at Switch, our youth ministry at Life.Church. Suicide can be a tough topic to address, but starting the conversation with students might help alleviate some of the stigma and ev...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Creating a Value-Driven Culture, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Culture is more than a building or the signage hanging around it. A culture is more than an environment. Great ministries, brands, and organizations are full of intangibles created and guarded by the leader. What those intangibles ar...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: It's About Time, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Everyone wins when a leader gets better. In this podcast, Craig discusses time—your most valuable, non-replenishing resource. You can always make more money, but you cannot make more time. You must learn to manage your time wisely. Poor...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Sharpening Your Communication Skills, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you’re a leader, you probably also want to improve as a speaker. Most of us see video of ourselves and get depressed because we’re not as good as we think we are. Today, we’ll discuss a few ways we can sharpen our communication skills...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: 3 Questions for Anticipatory Leadership
The difference between a good leader and great leader is that great leaders learn to anticipate rather than react. So how can you determine where things are going? Start by asking: 1. What is happening? This is also known as situational awareness. Assess the current state of your organizat...
Leadership
Leading in the Right Role
Before you step up to speak, before you have a developmental conversation, and before you cast vision, there’s one thing you have to do first. You need to clearly define the purpose. There are three important things to consider to define your purpose: • What you want people to know. Too oft...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 1
Welcome to the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. If you're a podcast subscriber, you can find the videos and notes in a few places like YouTube, craiggroeschelbooks.com, and here on Open, the home of free Life.Church resources. For this first podcast, I’ll discuss five kinds of leaders an...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you’re a leader in just about any field, you’re going to have people second-guessing you, tearing you down, and picking you apart. The more you succeed, the more critics you’ll have. Dealing with criticism is a part of leadership. It’...
Leadership
Working Lean: When a Small Staff Is Better
At first, it just doesn't make sense – but it's true. A small staff is often better than a large one. Here at Life.Church, we've found that when a team or campus is slightly overstaffed, progress generally slows down. And when that same team or campus is slightly understaffed, we usually take m...
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