Finding Purpose by Asking WHY?

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Leading LDS in Leadership Skills, Uncategorized No Comments

Have you ever had a 6am meeting when you wanted to scream that words, “WHAT’S THE POINT OF THIS MEETING?!?!”

Ward Organization Charts

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Leading LDS in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Yesterday I came across what I thought was a hilarious post on business organization charts. I thought there were some parallels that could translate to LDS ward organizational charts.

….so I created some.

Which type of ward do you attend?

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Difference between a leader and a SUPER-LEADER

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Leading LDS in Interviews, Leadership Skills, MP3, Uncategorized No Comments

Every time you stand in front of those you lead you have an opportunity to influence their life. You can harp on rules and commandments (less effective). You can read a quote that sounds amazing (not bad). Or….be a SUPER-LEADER! (best choice)

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Solving Home Teaching Through the Six-Source Model – Part 5

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Relief Society, Uncategorized, Visiting Teaching 1 Comment

The tricky thing about changing home teaching results for the better is the fact that human beings are involved. This leads to tough conversations that most Elder’s Quorum Presidents would rather avoid. What if a large part of the problem resided not in the people but rather in the environment?

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Solving Home Teaching Through the Six-Source Model – Part 4

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Leading LDS in Change Anything, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Relief Society, Uncategorized, Visiting Teaching No Comments

How about a pizza party, an ice cream party, a big yellow star on your forehead? Many leaders have experimented with the art of incentives and rewards — and many do so at their own peril.

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Solving Home Teaching Through the Six-Source Model – Part 3

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Uncategorized, Visiting Teaching No Comments

Don’t create consistent home teachers….create a MOVEMENT!

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Solving Home Teaching Through the Six-Source Model – Part 1

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Leading LDS in Books, Change Anything, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Relief Society, Uncategorized, Visiting Teaching No Comments

Home teaching — the holy grail of church programs. If the secret code could be broke, think of the problems it would fix. Because it is a great challenge for so many leaders, any time we can take another swing at solving it I think it is worth our time. Even though we are speaking in the context of home teaching everything in the following posts can be applied to visiting teaching as well.

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Posted on May 30, 2010 by Leading LDS in Uncategorized No Comments

The new domain name is in place….find us at www.leadinglds.com Tell us what you think and how we can improve our site.

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Who are the leaders?

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Leading LDS in Uncategorized No Comments

When I felt it was important to start this blog one thing that entered into my mind was, what do I do when I am not serving in a leadership calling? Will there be things to address? First off, I don't want to make this blog about me and my calling, but rather to give [...]

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TOPIC: How to LEAD the LDS

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Leading LDS in Uncategorized No Comments

The beginning of LeadingLDS

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