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16 May 2012
One of the challenges of leadership is learning how to bring correction to your team and instill confidence at the same time. If I just bring correction I can destroy their confidence. If I am too nice they may not get it. The answer is to train your team members to coach themselves.
I have four ministry teams that covered the weekend services. We have a rehearsal on Wednesday, a second rehearsal on Saturday. Then they minister on Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 9am & 11am.
I noticed that once we got through Saturday night their effort seemed to go down hill. You would think that the more they practiced the better they would get, but that is not necessarily the case. The old saying of “practice makes perfect” is not true. Practice without feedback does not help people grow. In fact, if you are practicing it the wrong way you just get worse.
How do you teach your team to coach themselves?
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10 May 2012
I have been a comic book fan ever since I read my first Spiderman comic book in 1968. Each year, I look forward to the first weekend in May when Marvel typically releases their first big movie of the summer.
I usually rent the private suite for the midnight showing at the AMC Theatre in Arbor Lakes. It’s something we do as a family every year. I’m hoping it makes my adult children think I am still cool.
This year I was looking forward to seeing, “The Avengers” on the big screen, but I was wondering if Marvel could pull it off. After all, they were bringing together four lead actors from four individual blockbuster movies. (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America).
In addition they were adding two new characters Hawkeye and The Black Widow. A tall order for any director - to manage all of that star power and create the character development for six individual characters.
As May 4th approached I was wondering, “What happened to Edward Norton?” Edward Norton, one of the best actors of this generation played Bruce Banner, the lead character of the Hulk movie. Everyone loved Edward Norton’s portrayal of the Hulk, so why was Edward not part of the Avengers movie?
I decided to Google it. (I love Google. It’s kind of like a super power.) I typed in “Why was Edward Norton not in the Avengers movie?”
