On Leading Well

Year: 2014

  • GodTools Updated – Download Now

    Greetings from Amsterdam, where 120 digital strategists, entrepreneurs, bloggers, film makers, graphics designers, UX/UI folks, and coders begin meetings tonight for our final Indigitous event for this season. I’ve just come from Addis, Ethiopia, where a similar event produced a dozen projects in two days.

    One of these projects, the GodTools Update, reworked a classic tool, the digital version of The Four Spiritual Laws. This app clearly explains the message of Jesus Christ – how to know God and begin a personal relationship with him. A group of coders and translators had done prework over the past few weeks to expand the languages from two (English and Estonian) to 15. The app is available now in iTunes and Google Play app stores. Download it now.

    The languages:

    + Albanian
    + Amharic (Ethiopia)
    + Chinese
    + Czech
    + English
    + Korean
    + Lithuanian
    + Northern Sotho
    + Polish
    + Russian
    + Spanish
    + Tagalog
    + Thai
    + Turkish
    + Ukranian

    + French should be available in the next week.

    Help spread the word. Download it now. Then tweet this:

    The best news in the world is now available in 15 languages, download GodTools now

    Thanks!

  • How To Maximize Your Learning at Events

    As a leader you probably find yourself attending many meetings, conferences, retreats, and networking events. These external connections serve a crucial function in your role as a spokesperson — and learner — on behalf of your organization.

    Sometimes I find myself in a season of back-to-back events that reflect commitments I have made to speak, sponsor, or support others in their leadership efforts. It’s tempting to go through the motions: to step out of the meeting to find a quiet place with an internet connection so I can jump on a conference call with people who are elsewhere, or attend to other pressing work.

    Last week I was in Hong Kong. In the next two weeks I will be in Ethiopia and Amsterdam. I’ll be with an amazing group of talented creatives and digital strategists at Indigitous events.

    It is quite possible to squander these opportunities to learn and grow. I want to avoid that mistake.

    Today I’m in Poland at the Jesus.net Conference. The program guide contains an excellent tool, adapted from Steve Moore of MissioNexus, to help leverage events for maximum learning. I want to share these with you.

    Five Questions to Maximize Your Learning Experience

    1. What is the most important IDEA I need to CONSIDER?

    2. What is the most important RELATIONSHIP I need to PURSUE?

    3. What is the most important CONVERSATION I need to HAVE?

    4. What is the most important DECISION I need to MAKE?

    5. What is the most important ACTION I need to TAKE?

    What tips would you add?

  • Why Your Leadership Must Change (free download)

    The world has changed dramatically in the past decade. You know this. You’ve felt it. You live with the stress of it every day.

    Your leadership needs to change with it.

    The human race is rapidly becoming a more tightly knit global community. A dip in one country’s economy can prompt falls across world markets before the next day’s trading cycle. A technological explosion of mobile devices, social networking, and cloud computing has made the world seem smaller.

    These shifts have changed the way we live, work, think, learn, and relate to family and friends. And our expectations have changed. Increasingly, we believe that information and people should be available on demand. A global economy with shrinking boundaries allows buyers and sellers to conduct business non-stop, 24/7/365.

    Companies, institutions, nonprofits, churches, and mission agencies are all struggling to keep up with this pace of change. Many are rightly questioning whether the practices that made yesterday’s leaders successful will still be helpful tomorrow….

    Want more? Download this free chapter of my book CLOSE: Leading Well Across Distance and Cultures.

    Get the whole book on Amazon.com.