Bobby Hill of The Gateway Church: For years, I’ve heard that there are only two different types of leaders – dreamers and doers. The dreamers are your intuitive fore-thinkers, and the doers put those thoughts into real life. It was easy and clear cut, but it was also incomplete – there is a third type of leader – a person who can decipher or judge the efficiency of programs and the way things are run. Without this crucial leader, many organizations would be incomplete.
The Three Branches of Leadership
For High Def Leaders
Matt Branaugh of Church, Law & Tax: Churches and Public Domain • Using Silence • First Impressions: Management Roundup
Stop Getting Mad At People Who Question Change
Sam Rainer: Getting mad at people who question change does not help the process of change. Those who are truly malicious are typically small in number. When people have questions about change, it does not necessarily mean that they are questioning your leadership. It’s likely they just have questions. In fact, the only leaders who go unquestioned are despots . . .
How to Overcome Burnout
Stefani Yorges: According to a 2012 study by the American Psychological Association, 3 out of 4 workers regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress. Nearly half (48%) say work-related stress has a negative impact on their life . . .
Who Are Your Heroes?
Jared Musgrave: Whom in the Bible are you drawn to? When we read the Bible, we naturally gravitate toward certain stories and characters for individual reasons. Maybe we can relate to their situation and see the Lord’s work in both their circumstance and ours. Personally, I find myself continually drawn to two individuals . . .
The Fastest Path to Becoming an Ineffective Leader
Carey Nieuwhof: You are not trying to be ineffective. It’s just that gravitational pull we all feel in leadership to please everybody is almost always counterproductive. Sometimes, you even end up being nothing to anyone. So what’s keeping you back from acting on your best strategy?
5 Signs it's Time to Let a Critic Go
Eric Geiger: A wise leader looks for truth in a critique and sees the critic as a person formed in the image of God and a brother or sister in Christ, if the person is a believer. A loving leader seeks to win the person over with kindness and grace. However, there are times to move on.
Am I a Pastor or a Scholar Part II
Jeff Robinson of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: In your early years of ministry, how do you work through how God is directing you to use your gifts to fulfill your calling to be either a pastor or seminary professor? Part II of series.
3 Stages of Leadership.
Matt Adair of Church Plants: Researchers have discovered that less than 5 percent of churches have an intentional process for developing leaders . . . The truth is that every church develops leaders; what is lacking in most churches is an intentional process of developing leaders at every level. At what stage are YOU leading?
How Your Role Should Set Your Goals
C.J. Mahoney: With each of our God‐assigned roles, God assigns us specific goals. Open your Bible and begin reading and within a few pages you will discover the genesis of this role‐goal connection . . .
6 Reasons Why It's More Difficult to Lead Your Church to Growth
Thom S. Rainer: The conversation was both predictable and profound. It was predictable because I have been asked a similar question many times. It was profound because it represents the very nature of the challenges our congregations face today. “Thom,” he began. “I have been serving as pastor of my church for over 20 years. I have never had more difficulty leading growth in a church. What is going on?”
21 Things You'll Never Regret As A Leader
Carey Nieuwhof: If you’ve led anything for any length of time, you already have some regrets. You wish you could get back some situations, redo some moments and in some cases, start over again. Why is that? If you look for common threads, you’ll often discover the problem was not in the situation, it was in how you responded to it. Have faith: here are 21 regrets you need not carry . . .
10 Signs That the Servant Leader Has Become a King of His Own Kingdom
Chuck Lawless: Too often, a leader who was once a servant wrongly transitions into being the king of his own kingdom. Here are some signs that a leader has become the “king.”
6 Reasons To Stop Being a Sleepy Leader
Art Rainer: Science is now revealing something dramatically different from this idea that little sleep is a sign of strength. For most people, sleep deprivation is connected with poor performance, not better. The sleep deprived may be awake more, but they often do less than their well-rested colleagues.
Am I a Pastor or a Scholar Part I
Jeff Robinson of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: John Calvin was certain God had called and gifted him to serve the burgeoning reform movement in France through biblical scholarship. . . Calvin unwittingly invented a new category of investigation: systematic theology. The ivory tower beckoned. But . . .
Giving in Church is Low. Are You Laying Low or Leading?
Chris Willard of Church, Law and Tax: People are eager to give if they are shown a reason that makes sense to them and if a connection is made between the need and the solution. When someone recognizes that God owns everything and that he has called us to be good stewards of what he’s provided, we can’t help but think about generosity differently . . .
How to Keep Great Staff
Donna Gandy of LifeWay: Work with others on your staff to prepare a comprehensive orientation and training program for your new assistant. The orientation may be conducted by you, the supervisor, or by a coworker who is familiar with the duties of the position . . .
5 Intangibles of Leadership
Bill Hybels: Here are the five aspects of leadership that don’t get a lot of media attention, but are subtle essentials of leadership . . .
7 Pressure Points That Make People Prickly
Mark Merrill: We all have our trigger points. Being aware of them can help us guard against automatically shooting those quills at our family members or team at work. And being able to see them in others can help us deal more graciously with those prickly porcupines. So let’s look at seven common trigger points . . .
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