By Carey Nieuwhof
The vast majority of churches and leaders run like a mom and pop grocery store; they do it all themselves. Compare that to a supermarket where there are levels of leadership and structure for scalability. I want to examine seven things that leaders who ...
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Churches and COVID-19 #1: Community Christian Church with Dave Ferguson
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Dave Ferguson, author of Exponential, Hero Maker, and Finding Your Way Back to God. They discuss the following questions:
What are the current government restrictions in your ...
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7 Steps to Agile Leadership
By Todd Adkins
In the past, a leader may have led one or two major changes throughout his or her career. Now, major changes happen every 5-10 years, if not more often. This is the lot we have been given as leaders. Two things are happening, change in the world is increasing ...
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90 Second Leadership: Three Groups During Change: Napoleon’s Rule of Thirds
https://youtu.be/1WvmvwbAXw4
Today, I want to talk to you about Napoleon’s Rule of Thirds. Now, it might sound weird for us to talk about this in connection with church life, but I think there’s a lot we can learn here.
Napoleon said there were always three distinct ...
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Response to Abuse by a Church Leader, Part 1
By Brad Hambrick
This is the first of a three-part series in which we will be providing guidance on how to respond if a church leader is abusive in their role as pastor or ministry leader. We are providing unique guidance for situations like:
- A pastor or staff member is ...
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How to Ensure Ongoing Ministry Alignment
By Todd Adkins
As a church leader, you can’t leave “good enough” alone in ministry. God’s hope for the world is the local church. There is no Plan B. To help you assess your plans and hone in what you’ve implemented, I’m going to discuss a framework for concentric alignment. ...
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Unseen Leadership Episode 41: Pete Scazzero on Redefining Success
In this episode of the Unseen Leadership podcast, Chandler Vannoy and Josh Hunter are joined by Pete Scazzero who was a pastor for 26 years before co-founding Emotionally Healthy Discipleship. Many of us know Pete from reading one of his bestselling books, including The ...
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Video: Simplifying Ministry Processes
https://youtu.be/PXlEAcIbcI0
By Todd Adkins
We know our job as church leaders is to give the ministry away by equipping the saints for the work of the ministry. But the reality is you can't actually give that ministry away until you have clarified it enough and simplified ...
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4 Truths to Tell Your Soul in Anxious Times
By Michael Kelley
I have developed a new morning routine. Every morning, while I’m still waking up, I reach for my phone and immediately opening up the “Moments” section of Twitter to see what has happened overnight. How many new cases? What governmental action is being taken? ...
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5LQ Episode 440: Jamie Ivey
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Jamie Ivey, podcaster and author of You Be You. They discuss learning from sources outside of your normal circle and working with contractors as opposed to full-time staff and ...
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Responding to Change with Vision, Understanding, Clarity, and Agility
By Todd Adkins
The U.S. military created the acronym V.U.C.A right after the Cold War. While the war was going on, the battle lines of the world were pretty much set in place. But after that, the situation was volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. And our situation ...
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Video: Ministry and Volunteer Audit
https://youtu.be/3m7dSqJ9NY0
By Todd Adkins
We cannot eliminate uncertainty in this time. We can only address what is known and what is knowable. And when it comes to the number of volunteers we will need and in what positions we will need them, there's a fair amount of ...
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