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RunFree.Co delivers a strategic season of executive coaching, ministry design and visionary planning to church teams called the "Pivvot Process"

It's time to stop the chase for church attenders in "program church" and to run free into what Jesus started. Based on the celebrated methodologies of "Vision Framing," RunFree.Co is my next venture. It's all about activating the real disciple-making potential of the local church.

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Get the Gold from 20 Years of Vision Consulting on this 5-Page PDF

The Vision Frame Cheat Sheet is my gift to you as I cover the 5 Linchpin Practices of Future Church Vision Framing in my Instagram Reel Series at Will_Be_Clear. Download it today for the definitions, metaphors, and key insights on how to lead with compelling clarity. There are five irreducible questions of leadership. Have you answered them?

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This clarity quote that ruined my comfort zone...

After 25 years of vision coaching, I've heard every excuse for why churches stay stuck."We need more people first." "If we just had a bigger building..." "Once we hire the right staff..." Here's what I've discovered: Most churches aren't failing because they hit walls. They're failing because they found easier paths.

What You Do and What You Duplicate

Today we begin a 2-day training time with our largest Auxano team ever.My personal mantra for this time is: It's not about what you can do, but what you can duplicate.For the last 11 years, when I [...]

Aug 13, 2012

Being Seized by a Vision

At the Global Leadership Summit, Bill Hybels shared some thoughts on vision:It's one thing to see a vision, it's another to be seized by a visionVision propels people forward who would normaly be [...]

Aug 10, 2012

How Patrick Lencioni's 6 Questions Relate to the Vision Frame's 5 Questions

Thanks to all the friends in ministry sending me thoughts as Patrick Lencioni speaks to church leaders at the Global Leadership Summit. I lead a clarity focused consulting group called Auxano that [...]

Aug 10, 2012

5 Keys to Church Succession Planning by Bill Hybels

At a Global Leadership Summit, in recent years, Bill Hybels discussed the sensitive issue of succession planning. In typical Hybels style, he addressed it boldly, challenging leaders to [...]

Aug 9, 2012

10 Ways to Be a More Strategic Church Leader

#1 Schedule a special gathering for all leaders to inspire them with one goal for the next year.#2 Meet with a pastor whose church is 40% larger than yours and interview them.#3 Read Great by Choice [...]

Aug 6, 2012

4 Essentials to Achieving Your Life Goals

4 Essentials to Achieving Your Life Goals

This post is the fifth and final in the Bucket List series. I want to focus now on the tenacious chase of your dreams. How do your really "get-r-done," when it comes to big life goals? How can [...]

Aug 5, 2012

About Will

Would you like to fall in love with ministry again?

I want you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, I’ve worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline revitalization and church plants. I started several interconnected organizations that help the church embody the movement that Jesus founded. My visionary planning tools, the Vision Frame and the Horizon Storyline are used by thousands of churches every year through my calling to raise up other consultants and trainers. In 2004, I founded Auxano, which I sold to LifeWay and continued to lead until 2020. In 2014, I created Younique to deliver gospel-centered life design through the church. It is now the world's only comprehensive, open-source life plan system.

In 2023, I founded Run Free as my official team-based consulting shop. We deliver the most innovative Vision Framing experiences available to church teams through the "Pivvot Process" and to network/denominational leaders through the "Denominee Process." We also offer team coaching to church leaders using the "Performance Practices" of meta-performance executive coaching.

I've written seven books: Future Church, Church Unique, Younique, Clarity Spiral, God Dreams, Innovating Discipleship, and Building Leaders. I enjoy speaking about clarity, calling, disciple-making, and vision. It's all about helping one another do more than we can imagine. I co-locate in Houston and Chile with my wife, Romy, and the last of my four children, Poema.

If you are interested in Run Free's consulting offerings or want to discuss getting a LifePlan, just reach out to set up a conversation.

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