Reading has a way of shaping you, whether you realize it or not. It stretches how you think, gives you language for ideas you’ve been carrying around, and is a quick and easy escape in the middle of a busy season. For me, reading is part growth, part curiosity, and...
31 Ways to Grow Your Leadership - #7 The Challenge Most leaders who fail don’t come up short because of a lack of skill - they fail because of a lack of focus.It’s not always the big, obvious temptations that trip us up. Those are the potential pitfalls we watch out...
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...
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...
Leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about being hungry for the right ones.
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...
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.