Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

You need to encourage the leaders you are leading to raise the bar as high as possible. Let’s say you put 100% effort into running the ministry, and you delegate it to someone else. Let’s say the youth ministry. Let’s say the new youth pastor only gives 80%, you are happy with that, because youContinue reading “How to Make People Better Leaders 21 Don’t Let Them Lower the Bar”

When you learn something new or encounter a new idea, it generally starts on a visual level. You see it. We use seeing language a lot with new ideas – “oh I see it”, “I can see that now”, “It’s all clear now”. So, step one is a visual step. People need the space toContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 20 Understand Emotional Space”

We grow better with company. You should find someone about the same level as you, same sort of age, income, influence and ask them to be your leadership brother. Then, on purpose, you share your challenges, your insights, what you are reading, what you are learning and what you are dreaming. Let them share withContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 19 Have A Leadership Brother”

The better a leader you are the better a leader you can make people. If you want to lead leaders – what are you reading? How are you reading the Bible? What is your plan for prayer? What are you doing daily to grow and develop? You becoming better, you walking with God, you learningContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 18 You Become a Better Leader”

Unless you are a leader of leaders you are not great. You are not the best. You might be smart, might be capable, might be charismatic, might be charming. However, if you are not leading leaders you are not reaching your potential. Your greatest calling is to raise other people to become leaders. I willContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 16 Poor leaders lead followers, Great leaders lead leaders”

I meet my pastor’s every week, on Zoom as we live so far away from each other. I have a loose structure for these meetings. These meetings often last two hours or more because we are also fellowshipping, joking, learning about each other, finding out we often face the same problems. If you make sureContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 15 Running Leaders Meetings”

How often should you check up on people who you have given leadership positions or roles too? It depends! On… When I check up on people I will start by asking how they feel about the job they are doing, I also tell them how I feel about them doing it. Then we look atContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 14 Check Up!”

Doctrine is vital to a healthy Christian life, it is similar to the skeleton of a human body, providing shape and strength to your faith.  There are several doctrines which are more important than others, and we have to know what the Bible teaches on these things, and build on these things as a foundation.Continue reading “Basic Doctrine 01: The Doctrine of Repentance”

If you give someone a position of leadership, they have what is called delegated leadership. They should have some latitude and you should definitely give them space to be themselves and be creative, but if you gave them the position and platform (and in some cases pay their salary) then their leadership is delegated andContinue reading “How to Make Someone Else a Better Leader 13 The Holy Trinity of Delegated Leadership”