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Feedback is a Gift

Giving and receiving feedback can be scary, but feedback is necessary to help your team grow. Hear Pastor Jerry Hurley share how feedback is a gift....

Communications: Feedback Is a Gift

In any team, constructive feedback is necessary...and healthy. Humbling ourselves to listen to and learn from our coworkers is a key to creating excellent communication. And when you're the person giving feedback, let your team know that you're all on the same side of the table; feedback shouldn't b...

The Power of Feedback

One of the greatest tools for a leader or speaker is truthful feedback. Unfortunately, in our church cultures, we often develop feedback-averse environments. People might find themselves in one of two wrong extremes: 1) We believe that a leader (or preacher) should have heard from God and n...

The Timing of Feedback

Not only do you want to ask the right people the right questions, but you’ll also want to do it at the right time. I see three different times when feedback is valuable: 1) Before the event Most leaders I know look for feedback on the back end. I crave it on the front end. Each week bef...

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...

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...

5 Days of Leadership with Pastor Craig | Day 3: Give and Receive Feedback

Day 3: Give and receive feedback.As leaders, we have the responsibility to ask for and give feedback in a life-giving way. Why? Without honest and timely feedback your personal and organizational growth is always limited. Feedback is one of the most important tools for personal growth, but how do y...

The Right People

Asking the right questions is necessary to get valuable feedback. It’s also important to direct the right questions to the right people. When it comes to feedback, not all people are equal. Two groups that shouldn’t always be trusted include: ●Your greatest critics ●Your greatest fans...

The Right Questions

In the church world, you will almost always get feedback. But not all feedback is equal. Finding the right feedback is vitally important. A key to finding the right feedback is asking the right questions. Here are a few questions that won’t be very effective: ● What did you think of the s...

Communications: Having a Servant's Heart

We talked in another video about giving and receiving constructive feedback. On a deeper level though, feedback is about teamwork and faith that everyone on your church team wants what's best for the church, your attendees, and those who don't yet know Christ. For any communications professional in...

Developing Stage Communication Skills

Each time you go on stage you have a valuable opportunity to communicate with your audience. In this training, learn some valuable tips for developing your stage communication skills. Through constructive feedback and plenty of practice time, you'll begin to see yourself growing as a communicator....

Improve Communication with Stage Time Drills

At Life.Church, we don’t give “announcements.” We lead people to action. Because of this philosophy, leaders at our campuses set aside time weekly to practice how they’re going to interact with attenders from the stage. We call this Stage Time Drills. A Stage Time Drill begins with a speaker doing...

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’...

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...

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...

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