Category: Coaching
The Difference Between Coaching and Disciple Making
by Justin Gravitt: You know what a coach is. You’ve seen them on TV. You’ve heard them interviewed at post-game press conferences. They break down their team’s performance, explain in-game decisions, and look ahead to the next game. Coaches lead. They build strategy, direct the execution of strategy, adjust strategy, […]
The Wrong Way To Have Hard Conversations
by Shawn Lovejoy: Has your team ever gotten along just enough to keep moving along? Conflict goes unresolved, under-performers skate by with no accountability, toxicity becomes the norm and morale is non-existent? Some organizations exist in that space. Having harmony on the exterior while tension exists just under the surface. […]
How To Be A More Resilient Person
by Shawn Lovejoy: Leadership is a journey. Sometimes the road is smooth, but often times the path can prove tough. Difficulties, obstacles, pain, or struggle will eventually come your way. Perhaps you have faced some kind of adversity. Perhaps you are facing it right now. Question is, will you allow it […]
Stop Being Limited By Leadership Scars
by Shawn Lovejoy: I have lots of scars. I have torn both ACL’s, the major ligament in each knee; I have a scar on top of my head from the time I had to get ten stitches because a PAIR of horseshoes fell on my head (long story, but it […]
How To Stop Wasting Your Time
by Shawn Lovejoy: Everyone is busy. The temptation is to think that just because we’re very busy, that we’re being effective, or productive. Let me be clear: Busy or not, if you are not being productive…you are wasting your time! I am more convinced than ever before, that we can […]
Learn The Importance of Relational Discipleship: Learning from The Relational Discipleship Network
by Bobby Harrington: Each of our disciple-making guides carries with them a unique perspective on Jesus’ style of discipleship. As you know, our goal is to help you find the best guides out there, so you can become a more effective disciple maker. This week we want to introduce The […]
Why You Won't Make It
by Shawn Lovejoy: Many things attempt to kill your leadership: Isolation…Fatigue…Character Issues…Moral Failure…and the list goes on. However, there might be one thing that’s more dangerous than all of the others because it’s more of a silent killer. It’s subtle. It’s gradual. No one can tell it’s happening. A leader’s […]
Significance, Satisfaction, & Leading Yourself to the Next Level with Shawn Lovejoy
by unSeminary: Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Shawn Lovejoy with us, the founder and CEO of Courage to Lead. Shawn has been a pastor, a church planter, an entrepreneur, and a leadership coach. He started coaching pastors in 2001. Courage to Lead is there […]
12 Secrets Most Leaders Won’t Tell You
by Carey Nieuwhof: Leadership is a journey…a journey that’s probably different than you thought it would be before you stepped into leadership. When I was young, I always thought top leaders had it all figured out. That the uncertainty would one day disappear once I had more life and leadership […]
5 Things About Leadership My 25-Year-Old Self Never Would Have Believed
by Carey Nieuwhof: Oh to know then what you know now. It never works that way, though, does it? This past weekend, I celebrated a birthday. It was a good one. I spent much of the day being grateful, but it also made me realize how much I’ve learned over […]