LEADERSHIP
Don’t Sleep On Diligence
31 Ways to Grow Your Leadership - #6 The Challenge Have you noticed how often leadership gets confused with titles, charisma, or talent? We're naturally drawn to people with those qualities, but when you get right down to it, the leaders who are most effective and who...
Clear Paths, Clean Hands
31 Ways to Grow Your Leadership - #5 The Challenge John Maxwell often says, "Leadership is influence." And the thing about influence is, it's extremely fragile. You can spend years building credibility only to lose it with a single decision. We live in a world that...
Be a Learner
Leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about being hungry for the right ones.
Guard What Guides You
31 Ways to Grow Your Leadership - #3 The Challenge Every decision you make flows from somewhere deeper - the control center of your emotions, motives, and decisions. Your heart. If your heart is cluttered with anxiety, bitterness, or selfish ambition, your leadership...
Choose Your Circle
31 Ways to Grow Your Leadership - #2 The Challenge Every leader has influence, but every leader is also influenced. Who you let into your circle shapes who you become. Period. Ever notice how you pick up phrases, habits, even attitudes from the people you hang...
Get Wisdom or Get Wrecked
Leadership isn’t about having all the answers; it’s about knowing where to find them. In a world obsessed with being loud, right, and first, too many leaders crash and burn because they skip the most important step:…
ABOUT JIMMY

Jimmy McLoud is the Lead Pastor of First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio. His passion – and the vision of First Christian – is to share the good news that Jesus is for all people by helping them find hope, purpose, and a place to belong. He serves on the Board of Directors for The Solomon Foundation and on the Advisory Team for The Unstuck Group. Jimmy and his wife, Ashley, live in North Canton with their four kids: Braylon, Carter, Ellie, and Grace.