Teams need champions. When a champion stands up they challenge the team and push them forward to greatness. I see the value in having a champion on a team and therefore want to teach students how to be champions. I like to teach them three keys: risk taking, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Risk Taking [...]

There are a lot of folks out there who have tried student leadership and failed. They put students in positions of leadership and saw no real change. In fact their youth ministry was hurt by jealous and accusations of favoritism. Doing student leadership wrong is not like doing a bad job of small groups. When [...]

How do you determine if you are a good leader? Most of us measure ourselves against the leaders in our lives. Maybe we look at the senior pastor of our church and measure ourselves against his/her leadership or we look to a business leader we know and ask ourselves the same question. Is this a [...]

Leadership starts with “know thyself.”  It’s obvious when you see a great leader in action that they are comfortable in their own skin.  They know who they are and what they do best.  They don’t waste time and energy trying to do those things that are difficult or counterproductive. Instead they focus on developing the team they need to [...]