Your Journey Blog with Gary Rohrmayer

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader - Part 3

Leaders who are competent tend to plateau. - J. Robert Clinton This summer we started our journey of examining the qualities of a coachable leader. This month we look at the leader's ability to be stretched and pushed out of their c...

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader

When Phil Jackson became coach of the Chicago Bulls his first meeting was with Michael Jordan. Phil shared with Michael his dreams and plans for turning the Bulls into a Championship Team. He said to Michael, "It will only work if you...

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader - Part 7

Peter Senge said, “Reality is my friend.” As we continue in this series on being a coachable leader we discover that these leaders get better and better at telling the truth to themselves and to those who are coaching them. The Apostle ...

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader - Part 5

King David prayed, "Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it." (Psalm 141:5) As we continue our series on being a coachable leader David's prayer really gets to...

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader - Part 6

Henry Blackaby and Claude King in their landmark book, Experiencing God wrote, "You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing." As we continue our series on being a coachable leader these two authors hit t...

Ten Marks of a Coachable Leader - Part 9

In the mid 90's Fred Smith coined the phrase, constructive spirit of discontent.' He writes, Some people would call this criticism, but there's a big difference in being constructively discontent and being critical. If somebody says,...

Rick Warren’s 10 Commandments For Ministry Staff - Updated

Over 20 years ago I read Rick Warren’s 10 commandments for dealing with opposite sex for ministry staff. It has served me and others well over the years. I thought I would give it a shot at updating the in light of the changes in cultu...

Get Greedy - Capital Campaign Sermon Series

Pastor Steve Mizel led Trailhead Church in Edwardsville, IL through a capital campaign and did a masterful job of preaching through 2 Corinthians 8-9 to set the biblical stage for the church to Get Greedy for the right things. ...