The Courage To Lead Blog

Frequent leadership content from Shawn and the Team.

How to-- and why you must-- make progress a daily habit

Did you know that when NASA launches a rocket, it almost immediately goes off course?

While you would expect this to be an exact science,...

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10 Reasons Every Leader Needs a Coach

I find it hard to believe that I have already been coaching pastors for twenty years. 

However, when I am speaking to a group of leaders, I...

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What growth actually looks like- and how to handle each season

I want you to do a small exercise.

First, take an honest assessment of where you are. 

Are you on a peak or in a pit?

It’s likely one or...

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3 Reasons Organizations Stop Growing

At CourageToLead.com we teach our Gears of Growth Framework as THE primary tool to help leaders find the problem areas (and potential places) in...

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Teachability = The Can’t Miss Quality When Promoting From Within

In today’s reality of shrinking budgets and uncertain futures, many organizations we are coaching are promoting leaders from within rather...

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