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Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
Identity – Capturing Freedom to Lead and Live
By: Jock Ficken
Every person I know risks fastening their identity to the wrong thing. That’s alarming given the fact that identity might be the most fundamental of leadership building blocks. The Flourishing … Continue reading
Exposing Conflicting Values…The 3 Bold Steps of an Adaptive Leader
By: Jock Ficken
We live in a highly secularized culture. It’s often dismissive, and sometimes hostile. Churches face the choice of adapting or disconnecting from their worlds. The Spirit still works through the … Continue reading
Urgent? Or Important?
By: Jock Ficken
Parish ministry for me was always punctuated with the urgent and the important. It was an easy call for me. It was the so called “tyranny of the urgent” that was also … Continue reading
Is it Safe? Is it Smart?
By: Jock Ficken
Recognize it or not, you probably filter almost every action, initiative, decision, adaptation, plan, or program through two questions: Is it safe? Is it smart? Now, whether you realize it … Continue reading
Leading with What’s Left
By: Jock Ficken
Mistakes Leaders Make and How to Fix Them “I’m not sure how much I have left.” There have been a few pivotal moments/seasons in my leadership years where I’ve hauntingly … Continue reading
2 Questions Forward-Looking Leaders Ask
By: Jock Ficken
Here are the two big questions being asked by church leaders who are looking forward! How do I or we (as a church) disciple people? What does that actually look … Continue reading
Words for Your Leadership Soul
By: Jock Ficken
This week I want to offer some good words for your leadership soul… and the souls of your leaders! Last week, I started reading/listening to the Gospel of Matthew with … Continue reading
Get Started Right in 2022
By: Jock Ficken
Things you may not know about PLI… Actually, all 3 of these initiatives—that maybe you didn’t know—wouldn’t happen without generous donors like you! We thank you for your support! Here’s … Continue reading
An Easy Winner with Long Term Payoffs
By: Jock Ficken
Are you a pastor? You might be in the 51% (Barna) that’s seriously thinking about leaving the ministry and taking on a new career path! (More on that next week!) … Continue reading
Lead with Courage and Resilience
By: Jock Ficken
Jesus came to transform the world. How did it happen that as His followers, when faced with adversity, we drift away from transformational influence and simply aim to survive? To … Continue reading