How do you respond to the prospect of a new project in your church or small charity? Running a project well, particularly in smaller organisations without the backing of specialist project managers or other resources can be a challenge. There are books and ‘how to’ guides in abundance but they…
Churches
Does your church, charity or group have one of those ‘impossible’ dreams? Would you love to have a new building, develop a new service, ministry or service, or employ a member a new of staff? So many of these dreams never seem come to fruition; but why? Sometimes it is…
When is too much information actually too much? We get so much information yet, if what we often hear is to believed, we want even more. However ‘no-one told me’ and ‘the communication around here is terrible’ are not so much calls for m0re of the stuff but for better….
As I am just back from holiday, the title should not be a surprise. Holidays are often a time when we step back and reflect, a time to dream bigger dreams about what the future for our organisations might look like – to build sand castles of possibilities if you…
I love coffee, in fact I have a bit of a reputation for it….. Those of you who know me will therefore not be surprised that it seems to feature fairly heavily in my working life. Whatever your drink of choice, I have found that sharing it with others as…
Would you buy from this man? No? OK, it’s a cliche not to trust a second-hand car salesman, but cliches apart, why wouldn’t you buy a car from him? Is it the way he looks or is it the world that he represents, Perhaps you have been taught never to trust men…
I hope you have big dreams? Vision, targets, aims, hopes – call them what you will, I suspect we all have a dream or two inside us. The trouble is, most stay as dreams because we cannot imagine how we could ever go about turning the into reality. Well if the longest journey…