Champion or Loyalist – What Kind of Leader Are You?
What kind of leader are you? Do you know? Because the people you lead sure do! Leaders come in many shapes and […]
Category: Student Leaders
What Characteristics Do You Look For Most In Potential Student Leaders?
When you’re looking for new student leaders for your ministry, what do you look for most? Is it particular skills and abilities? […]
What Kind of Leader Are You?
I’ve recently been reminded that all leadership is not equal. I’m sure we all know this — on one level. And yet, […]
“What is your process for navigating failure?”
This is one of a series of questions I ask every student during their interview for a leadership position. More often than […]
Links…Student Leadership Teams
A collegiate ministry is only as strong as its weakest link. I think Jesus got it right. He picked some pretty strong […]
Failure is NOT Fatal; Perfection NOT a Requirement
It’s one of the biggest messages are student leaders need to hear this year:
Failure is NOT fatal; Perfection NOT a requirement.
Because the truth is that — for fear of failure — many of our students will struggle to really give themselves fully to their leadership roles this year.
Of course, this sounds counter-intuitive at first — but when we give less than our best, less than 100%, we’ve then got an excuse for when things don’t go well.
5 Lies (Student) Leaders Believe
Yesterday was our day of campus-wide leadership training.
It’s a time when we bring together all of the students leaders of varying student groups across campus for some shared training and team building.
For the day, we set aside the planning and preparation for our specific areas to recognize that we — as leaders — are not alone on campus. There are others who aspire to similar heights, and face many of the same challenges that we do.
From year to year it’s never quite the same — and I think this year might have been one of our best efforts!
Personally, I had the chance to co-present to our student leadership population of 350+ about the lies many leaders believe. Many of these lies were identified by different student leaders who have seen them — in some shape or fashion — played on within the student leadership culture on our campus.
5 Keys to Your Student Leader’s Success
Strong ministry leadership is foundational to success.
Informed, well-trained, and intentionally supported student leadership is essential to magnifying the power of, and exponentially expanding the reach of, your ministry on campus.
Student leadership isn’t just important for your ministry, but it’s an incredible opportunity for students to develop their gifts, explore their passions, and serve Christ in their campus community.
But good student leaders, and good student leadership, don’t just happen.
Leaders Who Live in the Gray of Life
Do you have standards for your leaders?
You know, those people who mean so much to your ministry efforts — the ones who serve as extensions of you and the ministry you oversee. Those people that multiply your reach and effectiveness exponentially. Those individuals that magnify the effectiveness of your ministry because of the unique gifts, passions, and talents the bring to the table.
You know, those folks…
Do you have standards that might qualify (or disqualify) them for leadership within your ministry?
Connecting With Student Leaders… Over The Summer
They’re gone, but not forgotten.
They are our student leaders — the heartbeat of our ministry on campus — and they’ve dispersed for the summer months.
But thanks to all of the advances in technology, keeping up with them this summer has never been easier!
And it will be important that we do, because the pace of life that most students live at is mind-boggling. They are heavy consumers of experiences and information… and they don’t like to say “No” to much that comes their way.