by Dan | Dec 14, 2011 | kidmin, leadership
Five response areas are more likely to indicate an employee is feeling engaged on his or her team: 1. Overall employee satisfaction 2. Likelihood of employee to recommend employment to a friend 3. Likelihood of employee to recommend the complany’s products and...
by Dan | Dec 13, 2011 | leadership
“…If you get a group of people together who are like-minded, who know they can take a risk and you have their back, you can pretty much make anything happen.” The authors said this best. I hardly feel like I need to comment. But this is my blog, so...
by Dan | Dec 12, 2011 | leadership
This summer as I was transitioning in my role at Orange, I was also reading The Orange Revolution by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Yes, the book has nothing to do with family ministry, but I like people who “Think Orange” and want to learn from people...
by Dan | Oct 20, 2011 | leadership
People complain. My kids complain. I complain. It doesn’t matter the topic, most people have something bad to say about something at sometime. That something doesn’t have to be proven of course. That’s the beauty of the complaint. You can say what you like and people...
by Dan | Oct 18, 2011 | leadership
I talk with ministry leaders all the time. More often than not, leaders say something to the effect of “they’re just not getting the vision.” When we start discussing why this is happening, it’s apparent that most of the leader’s energy is being poured into the day to...
by Dan | Oct 14, 2011 | creativity, leadership
Yesterday, I explained the focus of my Kidmin workshop on leading creative teams. I left out one of the key teachings on purpose. I figured this was worthy of an entire post. Brainstorming is all about getting every idea out on a whiteboard. In order for...