Every Leader Needs an Apprentice
This post is part of the 4 People Every Leader Needs series. We’re looking at the support team that helped make Moses one of the strongest leaders in the Bible. If Moses needed help, so do we! I get it. … Read more
Every Leader Needs a Mentor
This post is part of the 4 People Every Leader Needs series. We’re looking at the support team that helped make Moses one of the strongest leaders in the Bible. If Moses needed help, so do we! We all need … Read more
Every Leader Needs a Partner
As ministry leaders, we often feel alone. We sit behind our computers and write. Alone. We study God’s Word looking for direction. Alone. We watch our budgets and pinch the pennies. Alone. But God clearly did not intend for us … Read more
10 Creative Ways to Work With Others Online
In the animated Disney classic The Jungle Book, there is a scene near the end where four vultures are sitting in a tree. One asks the other, “What do you wanna do?” To which the other replies, “I don’t know. … Read more
How to Find the Right Collaboration Partner
Peanut butter and jelly. Paul and Ringo. Holmes and Watson. Partners. Each valuable on their own. Each #BetterTogether. Whether you are looking at guest posting, creating a product together or trading social media shares, the quality of your connection makes … Read more
Why Collaborating Makes Us #BetterTogether
In her book Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other, Sherry Turkle says, These days, whether you are online or not, it is easy for people to end up unsure if they are closer … Read more
What to Do After the (Brain)Storm
In the sticky Louisiana summertime, afternoon thunderstorms are the norm. Most days, after lunch, the puffy white clouds start turning gray, and then black. Around 3pm, the lightening starts popping, the thunder starts rolling and the raindrops come down … … Read more
10 Quick Tips to Super-Charge Your Brainstorming
So you’ve gathered your four senior team members for an epic brainstorming session that will decide the future of your organization. After an initial flurry of the most obvious ideas, Suzy is bored and ordering her fall wardrobe from ThredUp on … Read more
3 Brainstorming Methods That Really Work
What do you envision when you think of brainstorming? A stream of disconnected thoughts spilling from your mind to a page? A group of people randomly bouncing ideas off of each other? That kind of free-thinking is useful in some … Read more
4 Game-Changing Benefits of Brainstorming
What are things like in your head? Maybe it’s clear-sailing in there. All your ideas make sense. Your problems all have clear solutions. Starts and finishes are connected by straight lines. No? Me, neither. Ideas get jumbled together like giant … Read more
