People Learn by Doing, and Your Emerging Leaders Are No Exception
Your leaders will always learn best by doing. Building them requires both instruction and practical, “hands-on” ministry.

Your leaders will always learn best by doing. Building them requires both instruction and practical, “hands-on” ministry.
Most leader development occurs outside the classroom. But there are some specific things that can be done effectively in the classroom.
Jesus’ focus in building leaders was not on quantity, but on quality. This was the model He gave us.
To help define what character is, we should also examine what it is not.
When we are building leaders, we must remember that every single one of them has an individual calling and individual needs.
It is absolutely necessary that a leader have strong competencies.
Too often, to our detriment, we only deal with competencies when building leaders.
People often react to change in detrimental ways. Here’s how you can encourage your followers in the midst of change.
Change takes extensive prayer, planning, and care. John Kotter’s 8-stage model provides a framework for leading it.
People will resist change – it’s an unalterable fact. We must learn to use this resistance to serve and strengthen our followers and our plan for change.
Groupthink lulls a team into deadly complacency. Here’s how to know if your team is already there.
In Part Four of “Are You an Abusive Leader?” we explore the effects of abusive leadership on their followers and organizations.
In Part Three of “Are You an Abusive Leader?” we take a hard look at the personal qualities of abusive leaders, as opposed to servant leaders.
Maybe you know where you're going and how to get there, but how do you know when you've arrived? Your answer depends on whether you're an abusive leader or not.
Where are you going? How will you get your followers to go with you? How you answer these questions will define whether you are an abusive leader or a servant leader.
The effectiveness and health of a team is directly associated with developing a common working approach.
The effectiveness and health of a team is directly associated with sharing common goals.