How to not walk through ministry, business, leadership, and life... lost. "Ioannis was on another podcast teaching about vision?" Yep... vision really is that important of a topic. Look, if you have felt lost going through your days, you need to watch/listen to this Intentional Guy podcast (even if this is the umpteenth time you have heard a "Ioannis on vision" podcast)! You can watch/listen here: Spotify YouTube

Jesus Faith is a paramount principle within Grats. That probably doesn't surprise you. We discuss some of the genesis of Grats and its "Jesus Faith" here - https://www.gratsllc.com/post/living-by-faith. But what does "Jesus Faith" even mean? Maybe our mind goes to the passage in the book of Hebrews that says: "Now faith is the [a]assurance of things [b]hoped for, the [c]conviction of things not seen." (Hebrew 11:1 NASB1995) Footnotes Hebrews 11:1 Or substance Hebrews 11:1 Or

Drama within a team weakens a team's ability to handle the problems that the team was formed to solve. Good leaders handle drama quickly. Weak leaders allow drama to fester. Bad leaders create drama. Toxic leaders create and thrive on drama. Which leader are you? Is that what those who follow you would say? Do you need help changing this? Contact us here . Lead Healthy | Lead Free #leadership #coaching #drama #begood

Let's take a look at why you are probably looking at (and doing) meetings all wrong, and the positive things that you are missing out on as a leader because of it. Weekly One on One Meetings Let's start with the idea of weekly one on one meetings. Not only does it grow your team culture one person at a time, but it gives you a place to train your people about true urgency - which greatly reduces them interrupting you throughout the week. Which means they also spend more time

Tom House is a renowned MLB and NFL throwing coach. His coaching clients include Tom Brady. Surprised that Tom Brady personally hired a throwing coach in the middle of his illustrious career? Great athletes have great coaches. Great athletes should have great coaches. No one argues this. Great leaders/pastors should also have great coaches, for the same reasons. Why do we think that the fundamentals of how the Lord designed us change because someone is on the field, instead o

I once worked for a leader whose leadership style and abilities were built almost entirely out of the leadership that he had seen and experienced. Isn't this the best way to learn leadership? It can be a great way to INITIALLY learn general leadership fundamentals - though only if the people that you are watching and learning from are themselves proven, good leaders. But good leadership is often crafted to fit the situation and circumstances that the leader finds themselves i

A leader told me the other day that their business had a major internal process problem. After hearing more about the problem, I told...

Would you believe me if I told you that the devil’s main temptation of Jesus, was that Jesus was not in fact the Son of God? “If you are the Son of God…” Those are the words (in both Matthew’s account and Luke’s account) that the devil uses as lead-ins to 2 of his 3 temptations: “And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Luke 4:2-3 “And he led Him to

Your church/business/organization is a reflection of the person/people that they are following. "You said that twice, Ioannis." I can't say it enough. In fact - STOP! Reread that sentence at least two more times… because in it is usually the human answer to almost every problem that you have in your church. “Ioannis, my church/business/organization is NOTHING like me.” Then, you are either totally out of touch with who you really are, or you are totally correct. "Wait, you

Ioannis was a subject matter expert guest on Will Dole's "Stopping to Think" Podcast, discussing how to diagnose the health of your...

Ioannis was a subject matter expert guest on the "Strap on Your Boots" podcast discussing Time Management and Burnout. Podcast:...

“Ok class, here are your math problems. Please live with them for the next couple of years.” What? No, that isn’t a real quote from a...

Below is a base level version of the follow-up procedures that we successfully used as pastors to make sure that our people, including visitors, didn't fall through the cracks. What this training doesn’t discuss is collecting information AND what to do with the information that is collected. But properly collecting and using a visitor's basic contact information is an ABSOLUTE KEY to long term and sustained church integration and discipleship, and therefore growth. Visitor Fo

Many pastors are you eyeballing the marketplace, wondering if they have a "tent making" skill (or, maybe a better one) that could earn...

The GIF is pretty funny to watch, but not to experience. Learn how to identify the signs of burnout. Here are a few of them: Easily distracted during work (like even reading this right now). That knot in your stomach every Saturday night (pastors). Vacation feeling more like a release from prison. Ripping into co-workers/staff (even bosses/customers) for minuscule things. Not catching yourself spending free time (like shower time) dreaming about what you want to accomplish at

Many “creatives” feel "pushed-out" or even rejected from pastoral or business leadership. The rigors of the needed structure can either...

Hey pastors and leaders… want to measure how good your culture is and will be in a few months? 1. Listen to how well your people disagree...

I was at the park with my daughter. The playground was packed! A little boy screamed out, “who wants to play cops and robbers?” Only his...

My wife and daughter were mid-conversation with me while at the dinner table, but I was only half listening. The upper part of my legs...

Ioannis was a guest on Natasha Bazilevych's podcast Speak with Power ; and " shared his incredible wisdom and expertise on such topics as leadership, creating a vision, signs of burnout, and more". Ioannis applies lessons in leadership that apply to every person, in just about every situation. Listen here: Apple Spotify