Tag: Goals

The Language of Jesus

February 11, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Languages are not a strong suite for most of us. Imagine the difficulty of listening to the multiplicity of languages around the world.

However, the key to communicating effectively is understanding.

The ability to communicate so others understand is vital to our leadership.

Goals must be communicated so everyone understands.

Plans must also be communicated effectively.

Roles and responsibilities must be understood.

Above all, leading others to Jesus demands communicating the message of the cross in ways others understand.

Questions

January 7, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Are your goals self-serving, or do you strive for what is best eternally?

Do your decisions provide an advantage to your career and future, or better equip someone else?

Are you driven by an agenda, or a simplistic and pure love for the betterment of God’s kingdom?

When you study, do you strive to learn the truth or find a way to justify your position?

I wish it was easier, but it isn’t. Personally, I do not like answering these questions, but it must be done.

We must examine ourselves honestly, admit mistakes, act Christ-like, and pray for God’s strength to do what is right.

Planning for 2025

December 31, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Everyone knows the value of good planning. Leaders especially appreciate the need to make the proper plans to reach established goals.

Tonight we say goodbye to a year through which we will never walk again. We cannot relive it. We cannot change it. All we can do is examine it and make plans to do better in the future.

Plans are not New Year’s resolutions.

Plans are not goals.

Plans involve the activities necessary to keep our resolutions and reach our goals.

The old adage says, “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”

We all need short and long-term goals. How we plan to reach our goals makes a difference.

Spiritual Evaluation

December 18, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Most organizations require a quarterly report. This is an evaluation of the work. Corporate leaders want to know the facts and figures contributing to the success or failure of plans to reach projected goals. Nearing the end of the year, we should also evaluate the year overall.

With spiritual leadership this quarterly or year-end report is just as valuable.

Evaluations are usually difficult. They cause us to examine what we do not want to face and take an honest look at reality. They are necessary. Our integrity will be demonstrated and challenged.

However, a spiritual quarterly report helps us prepare for the next step in growth.

Connected

December 5, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Being connected with people is vital to good leadership. Several elements will help establish that connection.

1) Be transparent.
2) Provide hope.
3) Consistency is essential.
4) Relate to people individually.
5) Find ways to genuinely compliment others.

Leaders who connect lead with passion and integrity. They know and are known by others. Love for others drives a leader’s heart. Reaching the goal motivates a leader’s actions. Staying connected keeps a leader balanced.

Other Side of the Fence

November 26, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

The grass may seem greener on the other side of the fence, but be careful. Consider a few ideas.

1) If something appears to good to be true, it generally is.

2) Most often, the other side is not always what it first appears.

3) An inappropriate desire for the other side leads to sin.

4) Focusing on the other side distracts us from the present work.

5) Remember, someone may be looking with desire at your side of the fence.

Leadership has a responsibility to stay focused on the goal ahead. However, we must prevent followers from being distracted by the other side of the fence.

PUSH

November 19, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Discouragement is one of Satan’s greatest tools. He knows if he can discourage us enough, we will quit.

Quitting seems easy but, is it really?

Will quitting help us reach the goal? Will it accomplish the will of God?

What happens to those who are following if leaders quit?

Discouragement is inevitably going to happen. How do we deal with it?

The antonym is encouragement. As interesting as it may sound, when we focus on encouraging others our own discouragement seems to disappear.

Remember to PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens!

God certainly knows how to aid His leaders in overcoming discouragement.

Purpose

October 29, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Where do we focus our attention? What purpose drives us as leaders? We can easily get distracted and lose focus and forget our purpose.

There are times we spend too much energy putting out “brush fires” and we lose sight of the goal. We must remember, and followers need to be reminded of, our purpose.

Be driven by it.
Determine to succeed.
Establish unity in the work.
Promote it at every opportunity.
Never quit.

Impossibilities disappear when we are driven by purpose, especially when that purpose has a godly foundation.

Planning…Strategically

September 27, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Everyone knows the value of good planning. Leaders will especially appreciate the need to make proper plans to reach established goals.

Plans are not wishes or resolutions.

Plans are not goals.

Plans involve the activities necessary to reach for our wishes, keep our resolutions, and achieve our goals.

There is an old adage that says; “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”

We all need short and long-term goals, both on a personal and professional level. However, once your goals are established, focus on the details of a proper plan to ensure success.

Looking Back

September 26, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Rarely do we examine our time and influence in leadership. When you look back on 2024 consider a few questions.

Were you a good steward of your time in leadership?

Are the lives of others better because of your influence and example?

How many souls did you reach for Christ?

Are you accomplishing your goals for the year?

What changes would you make to improve your leadership?

These are a few of many we should ask as enter the final quarter of the year.

Look back and consider how you will set the stage for next year. Ask a few questions and make the needed adjustments.

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