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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
Promise and Deliver
A couple of years ago, we opened a new campus, and on launch day had three times the attendance we were expecting. As a result, we ended up behind the curve on many things: • We didn't have enough LifeGroups. • We recruited new volunteers on the fly. • We needed more staff to fill in the gaps...
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...
Small Groups
Solving Small Group Challenges
There are a few common problems every small group ministry faces. At Life.Church, some creative solutions have helped us learn to conquer these obstacles. StaffingOne familiar predicament is how much staff should be devoted specifically to small groups. We always lean on the side of a smaller staff...
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
The Phases of My Faith
When God wants to change my life, he changes my perspective. As He reframes the way I see the world around me, I start to think and act differently. When it comes to my faith, three phases stand out as particularly formative in the continuing journey of becoming who God has created me to be. Phase...
Leadership
How to Have a Strong Developmental Conversation
At some point in your leadership, you’ll encounter a staff member or volunteer who isn’t cutting it. And if you’re a part of any growing organization, your organization is eventually going to outgrow someone on your team. The hard part, especially for those of us who are spiritual leaders, is that...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 1
Without a doubt, one of the most important tools to develop in your organization is a consistent culture of feedback. Many of us want to know when we are doing something right, but we might also fear or avoid hearing feedback when we’re not. What’s interesting is that most people don’t know how t...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Strengthening a Struggling Team
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! There’s nothing like being on an amazing, focused and passionate team. There’s no limit to what can be accomplished when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit. Unfortunately, it’s way more common to be on a Struggling Team. A struggl...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Creating an Empowering Culture, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Today, we’ll talk about how empowering your team matters more than you can imagine. You may have a good product, a good strategy, a good plan, and a good vision, but without an empowering culture, your organization will always struggle....
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Anticipatory Leadership
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Today, we’re going to talk about what it means to be an anticipatory leader. The lifespan of your current systems, structure, and strategy is diminishing. The way you are doing what you are doing won’t work forever—just ask Kodak, Po...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 2
In last month’s episode, we talked about craving useful feedback and three factors that matter when you’re receiving it. This month, let’s talk about three factors that matter when you’re giving feedback. 1.When you give feedback. For some organizations, the most common time for feedback is dur...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Motivating Your Team
When we think about motivation, it’s easy to start with the wrong assumption about people. People are not unmotivated. Everyone is motivated by something—they’re just not all motivated by the same things. In fact, let’s look at a good leader’s definition of motivation: The art of leading someone to...
Communications
Communication: The Seven Touch Points
Sometimes people ask about our communication strategy for attracting new people to Life.Church and retaining current attenders. Because people are more distracted than ever and going to church less frequently, we want to get them excited about upcoming content so they’ll come (and bring a frien...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Investing Your Resources the Right Way, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, let’s talk about an important skill that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves: resource allocation. Resource allocation is investing your available resources in the present to accomplish your goals and objectives...
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