Tim Parsons Leadership

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10 Ways to Avoid Burnout in 2020

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Ok, we're a few weeks away from the new year.  It's almost 2020 and we don't need to talk any more about 2019.  We can move on.  Onward and upward, right? By the way, how are you doing on your new goals...your resolutions?  Are you on track or have you already given up.  Either way, there's grace here for you! Whether you set goals or not, whether you're after some new plateau of your life like a tenacious animal or you've already limped away like an injured koala bear who fell off the top branch trying to reach that last...

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Two Realities Of Leadership That I Wish Weren’t True

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Last week I attended a conference for church leaders, pastors, and church planters.  I went looking to be refreshed and encouraged.  I wanted to grow as a leader.  I was hoping to get some new tools to lead and minister better.  I expected to leave the conference energized and excited to get back and get to work...applying the things that I had learned. Those things didn't happen.  But, something else did. I'm not sure if it was the goal of the conference or not, but there were two themes that permeated every speaker's talk.  Two things that they continued to...

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5 Reasons Change Is Hard

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  As a leader, one of the hardest things to do is to lead people through the process of change.  But, the reality is that change is happening around us all the time.  And if we don't change, we'll be left behind.  Change is a function of growth...things/organizations/people cannot grow unless they change.  The paradigm that exists with all change as it relates to people is that the person must decide to change before they will. A leaders job is to inspire and influence the people they lead to create an environment where it is easy to change.  As with...

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