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Fav 5 #Leadership Posts of the Week

1. Five Leadership Lessons: Leading Any Team to Success. Frustration is a symptom of higher aspirations. It’s a gift. It lets you know that you are wasting your time and need to change something.
2. Ten Communications Secrets of Great Leaders (Mike Myatt). It is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator. The key to becoming a skillful communicator is rarely found in what has been taught in the world of academia.
3. Seven Common Traits of Breakout Churches (Thom Rainer). Breakout churches have experienced a “wake-up” call. They are no longer satisfied with mediocrity. They have developed clarity in their purpose, focus more on outward ministries, and demonstrate a spirit of tenacity.
4. Five Musts for Lasting in Ministry (Steve Gladen). Ministry is hard. That’s no surprise, because the enemy doesn’t want us around. We must remember our calling and never forfeit our leadership.
5. Five Reasons I Believe YOU WILL SUCCEED! (Perry Noble) You will finally begin to realize that your burden is your calling… and that God hasn’t given you that burden so that you can complain about the way things are… but rather so that you can do something about it!

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#Leadership Lessons Behind Coca-Cola’s Immortal Success

Coca-Cola is the most recognizable brand on the planet. Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was first invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, the soft drink empire has survived two World Wars, one Cold War, one Great Depression, perennial “Cola Wars” with arch-rival Pepsi, and its brand had to reinvent itself after what pundits called the “marketing blunder of the century.”

Now operating in more than 200 countries and producing nearly 450 brands, the Coca-Cola system has successfully applied a simple formula on a global scale: provide a moment of refreshment for a very small amount of money — a billion times a day.

What are the secrets behind its boundless success and unstoppable resiliency?

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Urban #ChurchPlanting, Keeping #KidMin Volunteers, and #Leadership Favs

Friday Five: Top Posts of the Week

1. Planting in an Urban Church Context via Resurgence. 10 Things to Know about Planting a Church in the Urban Context. Very relevant principles for church planters and ministry leaders in any context.

2. 10 Keys to Keeping Children’s Volunteers via Dale Hudson. Place volunteers in their sweet spot. Don’t place them where you “need” them. Place them where their gifting and passion is. When volunteers are serving in their sweet spot, they will go home energized. When they are not, they will go home drained.

3. Billy Graham Couldn’t Swim via Scott Couchenour. Being all things to all people means being less things to most people. Why not be what God meant you to be and do what he calls you to do.

4. Your Ability to Handle Change Matters via Phil Cooke. Change is about intervention. Rosa Parks sat in the back of a bus a hundred times in Montgomery, Alabama, before she made the decision to move up. That decision ignited a change that jolted a nation.

5. 5-Ways to Always BE Ready via Artie Davis. That was a quote from Kenny Miles, a running back for the University of South Carolina. When asked how he performed so well when called upon at the last minute.

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We Bought A Zoo: 20 seconds of “Insane Courage” could change everything

When you know the size of your God, the size of your giants becomes irrelevant.

In my book 13-Foot Coffins, I talked about how God has a coffin for every giant you will ever face, regardless of its size. In my lifetime, I’ve met many giants that I didn’t have the courage or power to face. And in this same lifetime, I’ve also never met a giant that God couldn’t handle or that His grace wasn’t sufficient enough to overcome.

Life is no place for the timid.

When God told Joshua to make a bold move in stepping into his destiny as a leader, He didn’t give Joshua a book of methods, strategies, or outlines on leadership. He didn’t teach him ultimate fighting techniques for taking giants down. He simply told him to be strong and courageous (Joshua 1:1-9).

quote 10 Jan

When the inevitable setback, loss, failure, or defeat comes crashing down on you—losing a big sale, being passed over for a career-making promotion, even getting fired—allow yourself the “grieving time,” but then recognize that the road to recovery and victory lies in having the strength to get up off the mat and start planning your next move.

Bill Walsh (Hall of Fame NFL coach)

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