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

Where to start and when to seek help! I am going to say something here about diagnosing problems in your ministry that would make many of us in ministry immediately close this blog. Why would most of us have that reaction? Because what I am about to say is so simple, it will easily come off as trite. And without this prequel, most ministers will read what I am about to say, think that "this blog is of ZERO help", and then close out this blog to find "real help". And yet, in

Just about every minister will tell you that ministry is indeed a fight. The New Testament repeatedly tells us as much - including where Paul tells Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:12 to "Fight the good fight of faith". What the Bible never tells us to do is fight that fight alone. Think of it this way... a soldier would never purposely go into battle alone. Why? Because they know that choosing to do so is most likely a death sentence! It is however, a VERY different story when that

I was invited to Hagerman Christian Center (pictured below) to preach and present Grats Ministry Coaching to a gathering of pastors. The Lord helped me sermonize the Grats ministry coaching experience. Before you listen to the sermon below, let me leave you with this quote from J.B. Phillips (written in the introduction to his New Testament translation): "The greatest difference between present-day Christianity and that of which we read in these letters is that to us it is p

If you aren't regularly being reproved and disciplined by the Lord, and if you don't constantly feel His conviction; you have a spiritual problem that needs immediate correction. #MinistryCoaching #Pastor #SpiritualDicipline #Revelation3

What it is and what it isn't. Hebrews 11:6 (NASB) "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." First and foremost - the faith that is being discussed in the passage above is faith and belief that Jesus is God, the Creator and Savior of the world. If you have stumbled to this blog and don't believe that yet, let me say this to you. If Jesus isn't God, the Creator and Savio

Do your people always want to take your organization in opposite directions? Does your organization often feel chaotic? Ioannis' video below addresses all of that: #coaching #ministrycoaching #businesscoaching #pastoralcoaching #leadership #vision #organizationalalignment #direction

Sometimes we disregard wisdom just because it didn't come to us the way we thought it would/should. The book of James says in chapter 1 verse 5, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." What the Bible doesn't fully discuss is the modality (the mode in which something is distributed) in which the Lord will use to deliver that wisdom to us. And modality matters. If I handed you the casset

Good leadership can be measured by how often a leader says yes to their people. If you are saying a lot of no’s, it may be a sign that you have people who are in the wrong roles. Help those people find the right roles and then find and train the right people for the role that was just vacated. Good leadership begins here! However, a lot of no's could also be a sign that your leadership needs to mature. Why? Because when you recruit and train the right people for the right rol

Are you truly unplugging and getting recharged? The devil waited until the very end of Jesus' 40 day stay in the open wilderness (that also included a food fast of the same length) before trying to tempt Jesus. Why? Because all humans grow more and more susceptible to the devil's lies as they get worn down and worn out. But do we in ministry truly rest? Do we truly unplug for a day or two each week? Weekly rest can be hard to do when you are trying to pastor your community,