Leadership Archives - Dan Reiland

Alex Morrison / January 13, 2019 / Leave a comment

10 Quick Tips To Help You Read More, Learn More and Grow More

Leaders are readers. We know that’s true, yet it often seems like there isn’t enough time to finish the reading required for study and prep, let alone discovery, learning and personal enrichment.

Why read so much?

Reading stimulates your mind and stretches your thinking.
You gain ideas!
It’s like having a conversation with some of the world’s brightest people, without leaving your home.
You’ll do your job better.
You’ll become a more interesting person.
You can be inspired!
It expands your world.

How is it that some leaders seem to read more than others?

Leadership

Alex Morrison / January 9, 2019 / Leave a comment

5 Practical Expressions of Love In Leadership

The love of God is both incomprehensible and incomparable.

It’s difficult to fully understand the depth of God’s love. There’s no end to it. It’s a love that surpasses knowledge. (Ephesians 3:19)

Paul prays that [we] have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide, and long, and high, and deep is the love of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:18)

A perfect love can’t be measured, or fully understood, but it can be experienced. It can be expressed, and that’s what God asks of us, to lead with this kind of love.

A love that is incomparable – “the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.“ (Ephesians 2:7)

It’s because of His great love for us (Ephesians 2:4) that we do what we do.

I don’t know about you, but that can be an overwhelming thought at times.

Church, Leadership, Spiritual Life

Dan Reiland / January 6, 2019 / Leave a comment

9 Common Sense Practices That Are Challenged When The Pressure Is On

It’s speed and pressure that can cause you to lose sight of some of the basics that are vital to the sustainability of your leadership. It might be in the church, in your home, or maybe in a business venture.

As leaders, we usually talk about things like vision, strategy, staffing, etc., and they are incredibly important. But you and I can blow it, even with the best vision and strategy, if we mess up on the “simple” stuff – the things that are considered common sense.

Leadership, Relationships

Dan Reiland / December 29, 2018 / Leave a comment

10 Personal Questions To Help You Start 2019 Well

Reflection is good for the soul.

Personal reflection is even better if you act on it.

You may not be an “end of the year – take a two-day retreat in the mountains” kind of person. I’m not either. I can think through and process these questions in the time it would have taken me to drive there and back. Hey, I’m all for those who love a mountain retreat, but I’m not wired to be in that much silence for that long. I’d end up trying to make friends with a bear or something.

If quiet reflection is not motivating for you, try it verbally with your spouse or a close friend. The key is to make it enjoyable, not a chore.

Regardless of your wiring, personality, or how much time you have for this, investing quality think time to process 2018 will position you for a substantially better 2019.

Leadership, Spiritual Life