THE FOUNDATIONS OF
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

The Essential Principles of leading from a place of health, wisdom, and obedience to God.

Trust the Foundation of Leadership

Trust is the emotional glue that holds leaders and followers together. This leadership system will teach you the four levels of trust, it will deconstruct some common myths about trust and it will walk you through how trust is built and broken. This system will also teach you how to rebuild trust after it has been lost.

Get Your Edge Back

Every person loses their edge in life from time to time. Along with Fasting, this Leadership System will walk you through the step by step process to get your edge back in order to thrive in life!

Truths About Leadership

Achieving success, however you define it, is ultimately about knowing and executing those behaviors that are tied to what' s most important to you and your organization. Effective leaders understand the need for discipline and focus on those behaviors that drive results rather than focusing only on the results. Master these actions and you 'll achieve results.

4 Enemies of Growth

Remove these 4 Barriers that will guarantee growth in your organization. 

LEADERSHIP GOLD Part 1

As you strive to learn and grow, remember these truths about life.

THE CRUCIBLE

This leadership lesson will help you understand the defining moments that every leader faces.

THE DIFFERENCE MAKER - Part 1

The lesson will also show you the importance of your attitude, how to change it, control it and utilize it for leadership success.

THE DIFFERENCE MAKER - Part 2

This leadership lesson will help you understand the 5 Biggest Challenges That Leaders Face today. The lesson will also show you the importance of your attitude, how to change it, control it and utilize it for leadership success.

GROWING YOURSELF,GROWING OTHERS,GROWING TOGETHER

Growth doesn’t happen by accident. Growth happens through purposeful intention. Your growth, the growth of others around you and the growth of your team or business should be your personal mission. This leadership resource will teach you important growth principles that will benefit you and the people connected to you.

THE TEST OF LEADERSHIP

In 2014, General Motors (GM) had to recall more than 39 million vehicles. The reason for the recall was that their cars had not been thoroughly tested. A number of deaths were linked to faulty ignition switches, and GM ended up paying hefty fines to the families of those who lost their lives. In addition, the company sustained serious damage to their credibility as people who once trusted GM lost faith in the once-reputable car company. The tragic loss of life could have been avoided, had GM simply put their vehicles through a proper testing process. This story about GM proves how vitally important a good testing process is. It’s true for the car manufacturers and it’s true for you. God is so committed to His will for your life that He will not release you to your next step of destiny until He knows you are ready and until you have proven your readiness to yourself. This leadership resource will help you understand each test and it's purpose so you can pass each test and move forward in your effectiveness as a leader

 THE LEADERS GREATEST RETURN

Everyone wins when you develop leaders. There is nothing in this world that gives a greater ROI to a leader than attracting, developing, and multiplying leaders. It’s thekey to success for any country, family, organization, or institution. This leadership resources will teach you how to get maximum impact in your organization by developing other leaders.

ENCOURAGEMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING

People will go farther than they think they could when someone else thinks they can.
Years ago, an experiment was conducted to measure people's capacity to endure pain. How
long could a barefooted person stand in a bucket of ice water? It was discovered that when
there was someone else present offering encouragement and support, the person standing in
the ice water could tolerate pain twice as long as when no one else was present. The leadership resources will help you win with people by understanding and utilizing the power of encouragement.

THE MOBILIZATION FLYWHEEL

This system reveals the important shifts your church or organization needs to make in order to build momentum and impact in today’s culture.

LEADERSHIP PICTURES

We live in an image driven society. This lesson unpacks the most important images of leadership that also reveal important keys to working with people, providing direction to your organization and planning for the future.

HOW WE GROW

Growth and Discipleship don’t happen by accident. It requires an intentional plan. This lesson unpacks the 6 stages of the discipleship journey so you can understand the purpose of each stage and progress forward with purpose.

THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE TALENT

15 REASONS YOU SHOULD GO TO CHURCH

Church attendance in America is on the decline. If you want to mobilize your congregation to invite people to Church, or if you are looking to arm yourself with truth to better help you invite someone to church, this lesson will equip you with 15 biblical reasons why church is important and should be attended.

7 QUESTIONS VOLUNTEERS ASK

Every volunteer wants to give their time to something bigger than us and bigger than themselves. But they also have critical questions that must be answered before they will commit whole-heartedly to something. This lesson will walk you through these critical questions.

5 BATTLES LEADERS FIGHT

Leadership is not for the faint at heart! Leaders will face critical battles designed to derail their leadership capacity and potential. Not being aware of what those battle are puts you at a disadvantage. This lesson will unpack the 5 most important battles leaders fight so you can position yourself to win.

DEALING WITH CONFLICT IN LEADERSHIP

Conflict in leadership and within an organization is inevitable. How you diagnose and handle the conflict is what matters most. This lesson will reveal the practical and spiritual causes of conflict and provide the tools to help you navigate conflict well and thrive.

LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE

One of the biggest misconceptions of leadership is “if you are not out front you are not effective or critical to the organization” That is not the truth! Middle-management leaders aren’t go-nowhere, has been, mediocre people who block progress. Those leading from the middle are the key to an organization. Being in the middle provides the best chance to lead. This lesson will unpack these truths.

IDENTITY: SERVANT 

In 1st Corinthians 4 Paul provides one of the clearest biblical images and definitions of leadership. This lesson digs deep into the role of leaders as described by the Apostle Paul

THE 5 TRAITS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP  

Lots of people what to do big things, but what we don’t often understand are the important traits leaders must have in order to accomplish great things. Drawn from the history of the Segrada Familia, this lesson will unpack the 5 traits all leaders must have in order to do great things.

THE MOTIVE

Every leader wants their organization to be better, but many fail to achieve organizational health and overall effectiveness because they are unwilling to do the difficult task and confront the challenging situations that are required to bring it about. This unwillingness comes from the flawed motivation for becoming leaders.

HOW A LEADER HANDLES OPPOSITION

One of the greatest tests of leadership is how do you handle opposition? Do you panic under pressure? Do you get uptight, lose your temper, blow up, become discouraged, give up? Part of the job description for leaders is putting up with attacks. Nehemiah 4 is a great picture of how to handle opposition the right way.

GENEROSITY

Nothing speaks to others more loudly or serves them better than generosity from a leader. True generosity isn’t an occasional event. It comes from the heart and permeates every aspect of a leader’s life. Effective leaders that people want to follow don’t gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.

COURAGE

Courage is easy to see in war heroes, but it’s also present in every great leader in business, government, and the church. Whenever you see significant progress in an organization, you know that leader made courageous decisions. A leadership position doesn’t give a person courage, but courage can give him a leadership position. This lesson fleshes out the connection between courage and leadership.

THE ART OF THE BASIN & THE TOWEL

The issue of servant-leadership is the single greatest contrast between spiritual and secular leadership. During his three-and-a-half-year ministry, Jesus consistently taught his disciples that leadership meant servanthood – as opposed to the “top down” attitude the Gentiles demonstrated during that day. This lesson explores the heart of servant leadership as demonstrated in the life of Jesus.

A THEOLOGY FOR TODAY: BETTER COVENANT THEOLOGY 

This lesson unpacks Better Covenant Theology which is a biblical interpretive lens that helps people understand the heart of God and the bible more clearly.

LEADERSHIP & LEGACY

Are pastors and deacons merely roles in the church that need to be filled or is there a bigger legacy purpose to these roles. This lesson unpacks the greater purpose of these roles and spiritual genealogy.

THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

We all go through this season, but so few people understand what it is and what God does through it. The Dark Night of The Soul has been studied since the 12th & 14th century, but most people today have never heard of it. This lesson unpacks what it is and why it’s important. 

PERFOMANCE READINESS

This lesson reveals that after decades of scientific research, we now know that no one is born a genius, or is blessed with supernatural talent. Instead, talented people work hard to develop the skills they make seem second nature, dedicating endless hours to practicing and preparing correctly. 

THE ENNEAGRAM: TAKING EVERY THOUGH CAPTIVE

The Enneagram is so much more than the latest personality assessment. There is a biblical foundation to this assessment. This assessment was designed to reveal the many ways we try to cover up our brokenness and hide from God. This lesson will help you understand yourself better and the many ways we are tempted to sin like Adam and Eve by depending on ourselves instead of God.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 

The big question you must ask yourself is “What do I want?” Most people only know what they “don’t want” in life so they inadvertently keep attracting more of it. Join the group of the minority, they have decided what they want and subsequently attract it into their lives.

DISCIPLESHIP GUIDE 

This 16 Week Discipleship Guide is an invaluable resource designed to help leaders walk people and groups through the Gospel of Mark and disciple them like Jesus did with his disciples 

USING TIME OR ABUSING TIME?

People often complain that they don’t have enough time to get everything done. Lack of time is not the problem; lack of direction is. This lesson unpacks so much about our most precious commodity and teaches you how to use time well instead of abusing it.

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT & TRUTH

Worship is so important, but beyond Sunday morning what does it really mean to Worship God in Spirit and Truth? What is the practical application of this command? This lesson unpacks what this looks like in real life