Top Ten Posts for June, 2012

The top ten posts for the month of June, 2012 include the following:

1. Cell Phones in Church – just for fun
   A humorous video clip one church made to discourage cell phones and electronic devices during the Sunday service.

• Mystery Guest – Free Resource for Your Church
  Information on how you can properly find and hire an anonymous mystery guest, including a sample survey for them to complete after their visit to your church. 
• Johari Window for the Christian Leader
  A powerful matrix describing the four quadrants that express our individual knowledge or lack of knowledge about ourselves. 
• Ten Church Systems: The Assimilation System
  My most popular post from the Ten Church Strategies series. This post describes the key areas every church should be developing in order to encourage guests to return over and over until they have properly been integrated into the life of the church. 
• The Four C’s
  Inspired by Bill Hybel’s 3 C’s, this post describes the four characteristics I look for in a new hire or when recruiting someone into specific leadership roles. 
• Tactfully Speaking: 5 Steps To A Meaningful Conversation
  This post is the first of a three part series called Tactfully Speaking. In this article I share the five things a wise person will keep in mind every time he/she is talking with others. 
• Leaders are Readers
  This post is by far my most popular of all time. I share my thoughts and ideas on how to be an effective reader, even if reading just ‘isn’t your thing’. 
• Michael Jordan & Craig Groeschel on Failure
  Two great videos by very different people, saying the same thing. Failure can be a good, even great thing… 
• Sunday Morning Announcements
  In this post I lay out some ideas and guidelines for effective Sunday Morning Announcements. It also includes several sample video announcements we’ve hosted at EGC in the past. 
• Time Management 101: Eat the Frog
  A simple video clip describing a basic time management principle – eat the frog.