by Michael Bayne | Oct 28, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, staff development
Found this video on a friends blog I follow. This is Steve Jobs introducing the world to the first Apple Macintosh computer in 1984. Just watching the video inspired me and seeing the line “insanely great” come up on the screen just blew me away. What...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 18, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, staff development, vision
If you are not a fan of the University of Tennessee then you have no idea who this guy is. His name is Matt Sims and he stepped in for our injured starting quarterback this week against the #1 team in the country. Things really didn’t go well for Matt because of...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 30, 2011 | leadership, staff development, volunteers
Giving away leadership opportunities is the best thing that has happened in my life this year. It is also the hardest! Hard because it demands I give away control. Hard because I have to trust other leaders to make the right choice. Hard because I have to embrace...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 20, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, staff development, team building, youth ministry
If you are in ministry then you lead some kind of team and how you lead that team is a great indicator of how effective you will be. I am a leadership junkie because I am always trying to get better at leading. One of my favorite speakers I have ever heard at the...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 13, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, Orange, staff development
Strategy is such a cool word but really strategy is a very simple concept. Strategy is nothing more than a plan with the end in mind. The question I hope you will think about this morning is what would happen if your preschool, children, youth, and college leaders...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 7, 2011 | leadership, staff development, youth ministry
Yesterday I talked about what senior pastors need from student pastors. If you are a student pastor and you want a healthy relationship with your senior pastor then you have to be willing to fight for it, to make it a priority. There are also some basic things that...
