by Dave Kraft | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
There are two kinds of leaders. Which are you more like? As you can well imagine, I have known, and worked for, many leaders through the years. I have spent my 55 years of ministry life in Southern and Northern California, Sweden, Colorado and Washington State. I...
by Dave Kraft | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’ve said for years that “Feedback” is the breakfast of champions! I truly believe this. Getting helpful and timely feedback on how I’m doing, or not doing, exponentially increases morale and effectiveness; if it’s done with honesty and...
by Dave Kraft | Aug 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
I am learning (and it’s taking me longer than I would like) that the key to so much in life & leadership lies not in having the right answers, but in asking the right questions. Sometimes when you think you have all the answers someone changes all the questions....
by Dave Kraft | Aug 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Good leaders learn how to ask questions, not just give answers. The art of asking excellent questions. can be learned. Some questions leaders are in the habit of asking are not good questions. Dan Rockwell encourages us to stop asking “Why” questions. This...
by Dave Kraft | Aug 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have struggled for years with a serious problem that has been the undoing of many leaders. It often lies below the surface but slowly rises to the top when a leader gains power or is given increased responsibility. It has been the Achilles’ heel of many Christian...
by Dave Kraft | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
I once read that one of the contributors to burnout for men between 35 and 50 years of age is bitterness. One of my early mentors, Warren Myers, when he was in his 40’s, ask me to pray that he wouldn’t become a bitter old man. I didn’t understand it...
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