Templets Don’t Fix Tiresome
Three tips to transformation By Chet Gladkowski You’ve just received that pesky email with “That boring presentation? Make it look brilliant!” as the subject. Without directly saying so, it condemns […]
6 Ways to Build Resilient Small Groups
In Star Trek the Next Generation, the Borg says, “Resistance is futile (1).” But, when it comes to your small groups, it’s not about resistance, but resilience. Resilience is to […]
Meetings: The Biggest Waste, or Best Use, of Your Time? Five vital steps for moving from Waste to Best
Which of these quotes do you most identify with when it comes to meetings? If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not […]
Transformational Always Leads to Uncomfortable – 3 Steps for Moving Through Transformational and Uncomfortable for Your Small Groups
By Chet Gladkowski Everyone, and I mean everyone, is using the word transformational. If you Google the word, you’ll get over 56,000,000 hits. It is the latest in a series […]
What to think and do when you hear “No”
Sometimes “No” means something more than just a negative response. Perhaps it’s a learning opportunity and an open door to another option. Could it possibly be an opportunity for personal […]
Three Tweaks to Grow and Support Small Group Leaders
No matter how long you’ve been doing Small Groups, no matter how many people you’ve got in Small Groups, you all have one thing in common. That one thing is […]
Small Groups – God’s Answer for Loneliness
The Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, published a guest essay in the NY Times[1] entitled “We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix […]
21st Century Leadership – 3 Characteristics
We’ve moved fay away from the brash, know-it-all, hard-driving leadership skillset into something very different By Chet Gladkowski Once upon a time, leadership looked and sounded like Boot Camp leadership. […]
To all the Friends of Small Group Network
Free digital resource to help people refill their hope tank. I bet hope is one of the big topics that your small groups discuss. To help you and your people, […]
Legos® & Building Small Groups: 3 Steps for Building Something Great Out of Something Small
When Godtfred Kirk Christiansen took over The Legos Toy Company from his father in 1957, they made 265 different toys. Their focus was almost nonexistent. There were just too many […]
