by Derek Sanford | Aug 22, 2022 | Articles
The Discipline of Elimination One of the things that holds most leaders back is saying “yes” to too many things. Because if the devil can’t make you bad, he’ll make you busy. There are more things that you CAN do than you SHOULD do, and if you’re not careful, you’ll...
by Derek Sanford | Aug 22, 2022 | Articles
Discipline of Momentum Management Henry Blackaby famously said in his book Experiencing God, “Find out where God is working and join Him in it.” When you discern where the momentum of the Holy Spirit is humming, your job is not to control Him, your job is to not screw...
by Derek Sanford | Aug 22, 2022 | Articles
The Discipline of Curiosity There’s a famous axiom that says leaders are learners. John Maxwell adds that the moment we stop learning we stop leading. So, it is so important to read as a discipline. What you are reading today will make you better tomorrow? There are...
by Derek Sanford | Aug 22, 2022 | Articles
The Discipline of Storytelling As a leader, one of your most important and unexpected roles, is you are Chief Storyteller. You are the carrier of the tale of what God is up to in your midst. A story will captivate the imagination of your team like nothing else. It...
by Derek Sanford | Aug 15, 2022 | Articles
Put an x on where you’d place yourself on this continuum. I’m about ¾ of the way toward task (maybe more). The tension in every ministry position is to serve both of these things well. There are both tasks and people involved in every ministry endeavor. If you’re a...
by Derek Sanford | Aug 5, 2022 | Articles
God has always used regular ordinary people to do great things. He used anxious people and depressed people, he used hesitant people, arrogant people, and busybodies and tightwads, he used liberals and conservatives, scared people and broken people. The more ordinary...
by Derek Sanford | Jul 25, 2022 | Articles
For the past several decades, I’ve seen example after example of pastors and church staff members and volunteer ministry leaders being forced to leave ministry because of a breakdown in their family. Church leaders come with a target on their back. Satan knows that if...
by Derek Sanford | Jul 18, 2022 | Articles
Creating a Culture of Trust on your team is critical if you want to lead it with success. Whether we’re talking about leading your staff team, a team of volunteers, or even your family, you will not get very far without trust. In this video, I look at what...
by Derek Sanford | Jul 11, 2022 | Articles
When you’re a leader, criticism goes with the territory. I get a lot of hate mail. I feel it every time. With the internet – it’s easy for people to take shots and hide behind a keyboard. When you lead in the church in any capacity, you will have to handle criticism...
by Derek Sanford | Jul 6, 2022 | Articles
At the time of writing this, we (in the US) just celebrated Independence Day. The idea of “freedom” got me to thinking about how to set volunteer leaders free to lead. You might ask, “Why is it important for volunteers to feel the freedom to lead?” A proper...
