For several years I have been extremely fortunate to be a member of a team of senior leaders who are not interested in playing the ‘Blame Game’. My colleagues have been men and women of great creativity, integrity, humour, compassion and faith who are committed to living their lives in humility and transparency. In the years since this team has developed, I have experienced none of the jostling for position or one-up-manship that can be common in even the best of teams. Open,

I am always interested in the way people communicate. Take conversations, for example. For most people, a conversation is a fantastic opportunity to gain insights, get to know someone better, learn more, and generally exchange information. For a small percentage of the population though, a conversation is just a monologue, thinly disguised. Being a talkaholic is a real problem for human relationships, and even more so for a leader. Sometimes a talkaholic can be helped if some

History and legend record the deeds of princes and kings, but each of us has a birthright to actualise our potential. Through their deeds and work, mentors help us to move toward that actualisation ~Gordon F. Shea There are times in most of our lives when there were people who were willing to mentor us but we didn’t recognise them or we felt the timing was wrong or we didn’t think we needed mentoring, and the opportunity to grow and change was lost. And there have been times

For the first time in over thirty years Rick and I are looking for a church to belong to. For longer almost than some of you have been alive, we have pastored the church we attended, first in Australia and then in the UK. Even after we handed the leadership of our church over in order to lead the CGI network, we still knew where we would be worshiping each week as we preached around the nations. And now we’ve returned to Australia and we’re looking for a church to join. It’s

Leaders accept the blame, but losers pass the buck. Rick Warren Saddleback Community Church The life of a leader is never easy. All sorts of things tend to happen that are unexpected, and many of those things have the capacity to upset the apple cart in more ways than one. Plans that have been carefully formulated and well thought through can be undone by carelessness, the thoughtlessness of one player in the team or some unforeseen event, and all that hard work has gone to