What I Love About Vacation

As the Lead Pastor of Family Life Church, I am away from my family (many times) 12 hours a day. Even when I am off, I am never really off, I’m on call 24/7.

Researchers say it is comparable to being a doctor in regards to time commitment and stress level.

Don’t get me wrong: I love what I do and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

However, my family and I really look forward to vacation.

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Team Tuesday #4

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Welcome back to Team 
Tuesday and as always, a big thanks to Patrick Lencioni and The Table Group for sponsoring TheCreativePunk.com.

Check out Team Tuesday #3 for a list of his other great business books.

The fourth dysfunction of a team is the Avoidance of Accountability.

Lencioni says, “Without committing to a clear plan of action even the most focused and driven people will back out on calling their peers on behavior that is counter productive to the good of the team.”

So, if the dysfunction is Avoidance of Accountability, what is the proper function?

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The D-Word of Leadership

This is a guest post by Blane Young, Communications Pastor at Family Life Church.  Blane is bald guy with black, thick rimmed glasses who blogs and tweets.

Recently, Pastor Chris did a leadership talk on the subject of delegation.

I like to refer to delegation as the “d-word of leadership”.

I think for too long, it was viewed as a negative leadership tool that involved dumping tasks on those beneath you. However, Pastor Chris smashed that perspective during a talk at Submerge (our monthly Servant Leader gathering) and I wanted to share with you some highlights.

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