Trust Must Come Before Leadership

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching 1 Comment

Before I graduated college I had a variety of uncomfortable jobs. One of those jobs was selling compliance posters (the poster you see hanging in break rooms explaining federal and state laws like minimum wage). I would start my day with about 10 posters and knock businesses door-to-door until I convinced a business owner to buy. I [...]

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Finding the Extraordinary to Fill Church Callings

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society 3 Comments

Imagine if you sat on the board of directors for a large Fortune 500 company that needed to find a new CEO to improve the dismal progress of the company. You are not allowed to conduct any formal interviews. You can only choose from people that live in a specific geographical neighborhood (about 350 people). [...]

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Words Home Teachers Should Never Speak

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching No Comments

This is an introduction to the guest post LeadingLDS contributed to ModernMormonMen.com. See link below to read full article. The home teaching checklist: Set the appointment … check. Knock on their door … check. Ask the “How’s work?” question … check. Be the children’s punching bag … check. Pet the family dog … check. Share brief [...]

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An Interview with Ron McMillan | Influencer

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Books, Change Anything, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Leadership Skills, Relief Society, Video, Visiting Teaching 5 Comments

I had the opportunity to sit down (through the internet) with Ron McMillan. He is a four-time New York Times best-selling co-author of Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, Influencer, and Change Anything. He knows his stuff when it comes to creating lasting change. The interview answers a lot of questions, including: How do you create lasting change in Elder Quorum [...]

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Clay Christensen & James Quigley — Innovative Home Teaching

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Uncategorized, Video, Visiting Teaching 6 Comments

Great inspiration comes to those that listen to genius. Great minds challenge one to think deeper about the problem in front of them. One of those geniuses is Clayton Christensen. Not only is he a Harvard Business Professor and famous author he is also a Latter-Day Saint and former Area Seventy. I enjoy listening to [...]

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Home Teaching Introverts

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Leading LDS in Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching 6 Comments

As I read this book I thought about the methods we use to fellowship others — the biggest one being home/visiting teaching. If we have a family or an individual on our list that is more introverted should we be approaching it differently than calling and demanding a time to come and visit in their home? Could the fact that someone wants to come into their home — their “happy place” — their sanctuary — be so over stimulating that they dread the experience? Maybe the introvert that is strongly encouraged to attend the ward party is so uncomfortable that the act of “felloshipping” is just the thing that drives them to inactivity.

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How to Approach Violated Expectations

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Leading LDS in Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Has someone you lead let you down? Broken a commitment? It’s time to sit them down and talk it out.

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Home Teaching Visits Are First Downs, Not Touchdowns

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Relief Society, Uncategorized, Visiting Teaching No Comments

When it comes to home teaching, don’t mistake your first downs for touchdowns.

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Dale Carnegie Would Make an Awful Elder’s Quorum President

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching 3 Comments

Hi, I’m Kurt and I’m a recovering Dale Carnigie reader. Dale Carnegie’s methods have been around a long time and are imprinted deep in the minds of leaders.

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PPI’s — The Platform for Issues to Arise

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Uncategorized 2 Comments

One of the big mistakes a leader makes is not meeting one-on-one consistently with those in their auxiliary or presidency. Instead they wait for the big issue to come up.

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