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Gary Mayes
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Finding Your Writing Process
If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.
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Gary Mayes
Dec 8, 2020
How do you lead the way forward when the rules change?
When the rules change, everything and everyone goes back to the drawing board. The challenge is, embrace change as opportunity not a threat.


Gary Mayes
Oct 20, 2020
PASSING THE BATON: # 1 // You Can’t Unring the Bell
How do you know when the time is right to hand off the baton of leadership to your successor? What are the signs that you’ve stayed too...


Gary Mayes
Oct 6, 2020
Leadership When a Pandemic Threatens the Church
Even though we are 6 months in, we still ride a roller coaster of unpredictability where church leaders must pivot over and over again.


Gary Mayes
Sep 26, 2020
The Connection between Courage and Results
I have a theory: courage is the sinew that connects behavior to results. And, fear is a sinkhole that sabotages the best of intentions....


Gary Mayes
Sep 18, 2020
Healthy Leaders Admit —They Don’t Know
The book of Job is a book of questions. Uncomfortable, hairy, galaxy-sized questions. I counted them all one time. Depending on how you...


Gary Mayes
Aug 14, 2020
Avoiding Mission Drift
Mission drift is a real thing and it doesn’t just happen to others. None of us have immunity. However, one consistent practice can help...


Gary Mayes
Aug 5, 2020
Great Teams Choose Tension
Great leaders and great teams learn to embrace creative tension and reject the simplistic solutions of “either/or thinking.” One constant...


Gary Mayes
Jul 18, 2020
The Church has Left the Building — 5 Leadership Responses
I remember a profound moment with my daughter ten or fifteen years ago. We were engaged in one of our “deep thought hour” conversations...

Gary Mayes
Jun 30, 2020
How to Thwart Change with TWO Words
If you’d rather avoid the risk of change, this is your lucky day! The easiest way to avoid change with the least amount of effort is by...


Gary Mayes
Jun 13, 2020
Just Courage
Here is one choice our heavenly Father wants us to understand as Christians. Do we want to be brave or safe? (p.113) The daily protests,...
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