Do you have strong people in your life that you would like to have better relationships with? Compliance is not the goal of leadership. FRUIT is the goal of leadership. Today Keith begins a discussion on working with strong people. We don’t want people who will just comply, but people that we can release, channel, hold onto without dragging them down. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 021 Ask Yourself, part 2 Evaluation Questions What do I do well? What do I do poorly? What needs to be done that I tend to avoid? What do I do that needs definite improvement? What can I invest in others so they can do some of the things that I am doing? Last week we discussed the first two questions. Let’s dive into the last three… 3. What needs to be done that I tend to avoid? Is there anything that you are avoiding that you kn

Evaluation is critical to growth. Today Keith discusses how, by asking just a few questions, we can identify some things that may be holding us back. He has found that the things we are avoiding tend to be the pitfalls that are knocking us off course, that as we improve in specific areas, we will see correlated areas of our ministry improving, and that investing in others is always worth the effort. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Evaluation is critical to growth. Today Keith discusses how, by asking just a few questions, we can identify some things that may be holding us back. He has found that the things we are avoiding tend to be the pitfalls that are knocking us off course, that as we improve in specific areas, we will see correlated areas of our ministry improving, and that investing in others is always worth the effort. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 020 Ask Yourself, part 1 Galatians 6:4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing in himself, and not in regard to another. Self-Evaluation This starts with us evaluating ourselves, but it doesn’t end there. Most of us are either too hard on ourselves or too easy on ourselves. It becomes too subjective, it isn’t clear enough, and we either get so depressed we want to quit or we get so infla

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 020 Ask Yourself, part 1 Galatians 6:4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing in himself, and not in regard to another. Self-Evaluation This starts with us evaluating ourselves, but it doesn’t end there. Most of us are either too hard on ourselves or too easy on ourselves. It becomes too subjective, it isn’t clear enough, and we either get so depressed we want to quit or we get so infla

In ministry, we are always telling people they need to improve, to be equipped, to be held accountable. Yet often the most unaccountable and unchallenged person in the church may be the guy who is doing the preaching. Self-evaluation uses tools and people around us to give us honest feedback on where we are on specific things so we can keep improving. It is important to identify what you are really good at and what you are not. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinCo

In ministry, we are always telling people they need to improve, to be equipped, to be held accountable. Yet often the most unaccountable and unchallenged person in the church may be the guy who is doing the preaching. Self-evaluation uses tools and people around us to give us honest feedback on where we are on specific things so we can keep improving. It is important to identify what you are really good at and what you are not. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinCo

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 019 Recruiting Leaders, part 1 One of the top things that should be on every leader’s list is reproducing yourself and raising up leaders. First, let me give those of you perspective who have had a rough time raising up leaders: Jesus raised up 12 and lost one of them. There were a few other disciples that took a while to produce fruit. One of the biggest hindrances to raising up leaders can be getting beyond our past situations.

God needs called people that He then qualifies. He doesn’t look for qualified people and then calls them. As leaders, we can recruit people and train them for leadership. By recruiting, by turning the funnel open wide, we give people an entry point. We give people a chance to show us what God has put in them—thing that we might not have seen if we had not given them the opportunity. We need to be leaders that are overtly, intentionally, objectively, and clearly recruiting and

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 018 Time Stewardship, part 2 Assigning our days keeps us mentality fresh so we are not always acting and feeling busy, but being productive and fruitful. I never tell people that I’m busy. Busy means that I’m not getting anything done; I’m spending a lot of energy. Instead, I tell people that I’m fruitful, I’m effective, I’m intentional. Especially in the context of ministry (but it applies to business as well), we have 52 weeks.

We have 52 opportunities to influence people for the Gospel and for the Kingdom. It only seems rational that we would build our schedules and strategies around those 52 launching pads. When we plan ahead, we inspire people. Where do you want to be 52 weeks from now? Today Keith walks us through how we can build our schedules backwards and shift from hoping something happens to making something happen. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 017 Time Stewardship, part 1 There is a good chance that you would say you are busy. Most of us are. But having a busy mindset is one of the things that will zap your mental, spiritual, and emotional energy and will keep you from being productive. So teach us to number our days that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.Psalm 90:12 This passage is interesting. God had shown His displeasure with His followers’ stewardship of tim

There is a good chance that you would say you are busy. Most of us are. But having a busy mindset is one of the things that will zap your mental, spiritual, and emotional energy and will keep you from being productive. As the new year is starting and we are planning our calendar, how will 2019 look different from 2018? It’s as simple and as difficult as this: Assign your days. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 016 Pro-life Who was the first person to praise the incarnate Jesus Christ on this planet that we have a record of? The answer is found in Luke 1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greetings, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist was the first person to praise the incarnate Jesus on this planet. He happened to be living in his mother’s womb at the time. It is interesting that it

The first person on this planet to praise the incarnate Jesus Christ was John the Baptist—as a baby inside his mother’s womb. Jesus received this praise while He was still in His mother’s womb. What a message God sent to us. Every day, God’s heart breaks, because every day innocent blood is shed. That will never be OK with God. If we are in covenant with God, it should never be OK with us. Pray for creative, redemptive tactics, vision, and plans to stop the killing of innocen

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 015 Being Missional, part 5 What is the goal of missions? The goal is to reach people. The greatest need is not money; it’s people. Money helps facilitate those people. Whether you have a small church, a large church, mission-minded people, or no missions history—if you have people, you have part of the resource. Our goal in raising mission awareness is generating workers. I believe that if you provide the ministry, God will prov

The greatest missions need is not money; it’s people. Money helps facilitate those people. Cast the vision of people (your church) touching people (the missions) touching people (the need). This works and creates provision for your vision. Join us as Keith continues a series of conversations about being missional. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 014 Being Missional, part 4 Being Missional: Ponds—usually refers to a water pond, but today we are going to refer to it in a provisionalsense. One of the marks of a church with a mission is that it has vision. One of the clearest ways you define and infuse vision is to demonstrate a strategic plan to obtain and acquire the provisionto fuel the vision. As a result of that, missional churches have leadership who are unapologetic a

One of the clearest ways you define and infuse vision is to demonstrate a strategic plan to obtain provision to fuel the vision. Missional churches have leadership that is unapologetic about asking people for their time, talent, and their treasure. Take the time to find people’s ponds; find the things in their heart that really moves them. People are motivated by different things, but they all want to make a difference. Join us as Keith continues a series of conversations abo