The Need for Relational Skills in the C-Level Suite
December 21, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, Entrepreneuring, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies
Just read a great article from CFO Coach about a recent survey by Accountemps that is indicative of a growing trend in finance. CFOs not only want people with people skills working for them, they themselves bring higher value when they bring relational skills sets to the table. The Accountemps survey shows a dramatic increase [...]
5 Christians: What Type are You?
April 16, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, Church, Culture and Faith, Faith at Work, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies, Missional, The Cultural Conversation
With the changing church landscape in America, Christianity Today (CT) conducted attitudinal and behavioral research of U.S. Christians. More than 1,000 self-identified Christians 18 years of age and older were surveyed on their religious beliefs and practices. The results reveal a number of significant differences. In fact, portraits of five distinct segments emerged from the [...]
5 Rules with a Mentor
March 24, 2008 by Steve
Filed under DifferenceMakers, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies
As a serial entrepreneur, I love to spend time with folks who are getting their own company going. I remember the days when I was getting started and I was searching for people who knew more than me that would take time to meet with me and impart some wisdom into my situation. [...]
The Joy of Abby-Jill
March 16, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Church, Family, Inside Park, Leader Zone
This weekend I sat with hundreds of others (really an old-timers Park alumni meeting, it seemed like) and celebrated the life of Abby-Jill Marie Brauhn, a friend and former staff-member at Park Community Church, who lost her battle with cancer this week. Rich Case did an excellent job in his message and Rich Johnson [...]
How’s Your Dialogue?
June 21, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies
“When it comes to improving performance, most organizations’ problems can be traced to their inability to think and talk together at critical moments.”– Paraphrased from William Isaacs’s book Dialogue, p.3
How do you talk to your staff? How do you conduct a meeting? Do you generally have good dialogue with your staff, first [...]
Missional Living as Leaders
May 12, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Church, Inside Park, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies, Missional
Last night, we gathered 150 of our leaders and celebrated the incredible work that God is doing in and through Park Community Church. One of the highlights was the message given by our Lead Pastor, Jackson Crum, on the need for our leaders to live missionally in the city. Have a listen here.
Leader Zone Tonight
May 10, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, Inside Park, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies, The City, Urban Church
Tonight, we gather our 200 leaders at the Kitsch’n Restaurant by our new warehouse building (restaurant is at 800 N Larrabee St at 6:30 p.m.) and get a chance to interact, to inspire, to spend time together and plan for the summer. In 2007, we are striving to be more intentional about growing and developing [...]
Park’s 1st Leader Zone Meeting a Success!
February 18, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Church, Family, Inside Park, Leader Zone, Volunteers
In 2007, we are striving to be more intentional about growing and developing our leadership community at Park Community Church. One of the ways we are going to invest in our leaders is through quarterly meetings, where we will bring the entire leadership community together for a dinner, here about what God [...]