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Seven types of people who surround leaders
So much about leadership boils down to the people who surround leaders. That is why one of the most important decisions a leader makes is to determine—to use Good to Great author Jim Collins's …
 | "Name your greatest fault," has become a standard question in job interviews. Though the safe answers are, "I work too hard" or "I care too much," many of us seem clueless to the answer to this question.While the Apostle Paul admonished us to be … |
 | Near the turn of the 20th century, John Dewey said that, "We learn by doing," but maybe an even more important life lesson suggests that we often learn more by simply making mistakes...BIG ones! True confessions! Here are just 4 (space does not … |
 | What are the financial facts in your congregation? For example: What are the trends in giving and expenses? What is the giving pyramid – how many givers do you have at successive giving levels? What is the pace of income through the year … |
 | So you're a leader. How are your management skills? Too many leaders think management is below them, and as a result they fail as leaders. "Visionaries" have been known to have their heads in the clouds and miss the potholes under their feet.Good … |
 | They were simple instructions. My wife delivered them to our four-year-old granddaughter, Kimberly: "Please pick up those toys and take them back down to the family room." Reluctantly, little Kim filled her arms with several items, including a … |
| The accusation of a lack of vision has become as common of grounds for pastoral dismissal as irreconcilable differences is to the divorce of couples. It is the catch all excuse for boards and congregations who believe a pastor's leadership has … |
| The number one complaint I hear from churches is, "We seem to have plateaued." Are these churches really standing still or is their perception of where they are a little skewed? It's possible...just possible...that they can't see the growth that's … |
 | Warning: This post will challenge some of your assumptions about vision in the church. Across the North American church landscape this year, many pastors will articulate a vision and compel people toward a preferred future that is weak. It's very … |
| I was a starter on a state champion high school basketball team. That sentence likely prompts one of two reactions. If you don't know me well, you could assume that I was bragging—that my massive ego recalls an accomplishment now nearly four … |
 | In an earlier blog I wrote about how leaders become weary of putting out fires, ("Smelling Like Smoke, Feeling Like Hamburger") but there is a fire that we ought to welcome, fuel, and fan when it appears – the fire of the Holy Spirit. In I … |
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Rapid Growth Pastors on a Wild Ride
The overall church in America may not be experiencing overall numerical growth, but a small minority of churches are increasing at a rapid growth level—10% or more in attendance per year for at …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Book summary: Midnight Lunch by Sarah Miller Caldicott
According to Sarah Miller Caldicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison and author of the new book Midnight Lunch, Edison viewed true collaboration as a value creation continuum.Type: White PaperSponsored by: Auxano -
Leading from the Old Testament E-book
Adapted from Leading from the Lions' Den, by Tom Harper, this free e-book provides one key leadership principle from every book of the Old Testament. In this special easy-to-read format, each one …Type: White PaperSponsored by: ChurchCentral.com -
Multisite Movement Gaining New Momentum in New Places
While many churches adopt the multisite concept to address space issues, expand into new areas and reach more people by adding multiple venues, some denominations are also using multisite to …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Book Summary: The Back of the Napkin
Any problem can be made clearer with a picture, and any picture can be made using the same simple set of tools and rules.Type: White PaperSponsored by: Auxano
| A fired-up new vision for the church | |
 | "It will not be stylish worship services. It will not be innovative programs." Jerry Taylor brings it home in this fiery climax to his message! (courtesy of NACC 2012) |
| The dynamics of church patriarchs and matriarchs | |
| In just about every church, someone other than the pastor holds the keys to change. (From church consultant training taught by Aubrey Malphurs - www.churchconsultation.org) |
| Ignite your church with fresh thinking at Turnaround 20/20 | |
| Last year's inaugural 20/20 conference exceeded all our expectations, both in number of attendees (more than 200) and the quality of the speakers. The format is the same this year - 20 speakers, 20 minutes each, giving their best advice on how … |
| Miles McPherson - How your church can thrive | |
| If you just do normal church, it will die. That's what kills churches every day. (From NACC 2011) |
| Don't compare your church to others | |
| When Todd Clark planted a church, he didn't know Francis Chan was in the same town. (Courtesy of NACC) |
| Bob Russell: How the church should respond to gay marriage | |
| "If you can't speak up boldly for marriage, the first institution that God created, what can you speak up for?" (Bob Russell at NACC 2012) |
| Does your future look impossible? God specializes in that | |
| In the Bible, God often delivered his leaders at the last possible moment from impossible situations, says Bob Russell (at NACC 2012.) |
| Bob Russell: How the church should respond to gay marriage | |
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| "If you can't speak up boldly for marriage, the first institution that God created, what can you speak up for?" (Bob Russell at NACC 2012) |