#Leadership 2/2

Jul 7, 20142 min read

8 Questions to Boost Your Productivity

The commonsense wisdom of Pareto and Parkinson seems rather obvious: “Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to your...

Jul 3, 20143 min read

What Pareto & Parkinson Can Teach Us About Productivity

I recently read a fascinating book called The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. The premise: what would your life look like if you took...

Mar 31, 20144 min read

Leaders in the Church: Listen to God’s Pep Talk

This guest post comes from the pen (figuratively speaking) of Spence Shelton, the Summit’s Pastor of Spiritual Formation. Check out his...

Oct 7, 20133 min read

Apple, Inc., and the Kind of Criticism that Helps

Like most people, I like being affirmed. And I don’t enjoy receiving criticism. But not every example of praise or criticism is created...

Sep 3, 20134 min read

Lead by Influence, Not by Command

Leadership can be viewed as a continuum, with the command-and-control style of leadership on one end of the spectrum, and the influencing...

Aug 21, 20131 min read

Tim Keller: Train Pastors by Putting Them on Campus

Tim Keller understands one of the many reasons that we invest in college students: If you’re on a college campus, you’re on the culture’s...

May 23, 20131 min read

Leading Or Serving?

I thought this was a great scene from Band of Brothers that goes right along with what Paul teaches in Ephesians 5:21-32 about servant...

Dec 17, 20124 min read

Above Reproach, Not Unapproachable

Below is a guest post from Katie Persinger, The Summit Church’s Communications Director. She recently wrote this for Ed Stetzer’s blog as...