It’s way easier to lead a homogeneous community, who are all the same age, who all vote the same, love the same songs and see the world through the same lens.

That’s easier but is that better?

There is a time and place for ideating but there is also a time and place for executing. Do your team and the organization you lead a huge service and execute on the ideas you’ve already decided upon.

The more I lead, the more I realize how important it is to exhibit a growing awareness of God and of myself. In the past 15 years of leadership, I have come across a few great tools. From Myers Briggs, to Strength Finders to my favorite and most helpful; the Enneagram.

If you do some research on what a teaching hospital is, it’s doctors doing medicine through up and coming doctors. I consider this exponential medicine and I think our leadership should look a whole lot more like that.

Rising to the occasion is simply a myth and a devastating one at that.

John Maxwell, a leadership guru, once said “leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less”. This observation on leadership creates the question, ok then, “how does one go about growing their influence?”

Over the past 10 weeks, I've experienced moments of defeat and moments of victory. Moments when my arms have been raised in triumph, moments when I've felt like both of my arms are being pulled off via partisan tension.

You’ve been casting your vision but is your vision catching on? Over the past 15 years of learning and leading, I’ve found these 5 questions helpful to ask when you are on the brink of casting your vision.