by Jeff Iorg
One of the realities of life and ministry in California is our multi-cultural environment and diverse population. Every week in our classrooms, in churches, and at conferences in our state, the people of the world gather to worship and learn together. Mixed race ...
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5LQ Episode 11: Reading Habits and Leadership Books –
Leaders are learners. One of the best ways to learn is to read. That means leaders are readers.
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Question podcast Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and I talk about leaders as readers. We discuss the best ways to engage books, how to create reading ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
3 Filters for Social Media Posts by Barnabas Piper
"Social media is the great unedited, unfiltered communication melting pot (or cesspool) of the world."
10 Ways to Stop Email from Controlling Your Life by Brian Dahlen
"The first step toward gaining control of your schedule is ...
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Creating Evangelists by Leading in Evangelism –
If we want evangelistic people, we must model that as leaders. You can’t lead what you won’t live.
Many Christians love evangelism as long as somebody else is doing it. It’s kind of a recurring theme that people want to talk about it or even bemoan the lack of evangelism, but ...
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The Spiritual Importance of Scheduling –
I have grown to love my personal calendar.
I know different people treat their time in different ways; I’ve found that I thrive most in a structured environment. So I’ve tried in the last few months to take a more proactive role in structuring my time, particularly at work. ...
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5LQ Episode 10: Tami Heim –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd and I have a rich conversation with Tami Heim. Tami has been the president and CEO of Christian Leadership Alliance since January 2012. She also serves on the advisory council for Ministry Grid. Her professional career ...
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Why Is Fundraising Not Fun? –
Most pastors do not realize that the professional fund raising industry for churches began to strongly establish itself in the 1970’s with the founding of a few key firms. Today, the foundation of the largest and most successful firms, along with several smaller and individually ...
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Bible Study Leaders Want Direction –
In research Ed Stetzer and I conducted for Transformational Groups, we discovered that the majority of small group leaders in churches are not given any direction as to what their groups should study. Not only are these leaders not given Bible studies that fit the overarching ...
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5LQ Episode 9: Using Profiles and Assessments to Build a Team –
"Profiling" gets a bad rap. But isn't that what many leaders do when they use Strengths Finder, DISC, or Myers-Briggs during the hiring process? Ok, maybe you don't like that term. You think of these as "assessments" instead of profiles. Or maybe you see them as evaluations. Or ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
3 Things that Make CEOs Stupid by Seth Godin
"We fall into the trap of believing that just because the CEO isn't assigned a boss, he doesn't need or want one."
Trusting Your Team with Decisions by Ron Edmondson
"I could slow down progress. I could micromanage. Instead I ...
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Don’t Blame Your Schedule For Your Burnout –
We live in a world that is defined by boundaries. Our roads are painted with them, our sports games are designed around them, and our psychologists tell us that we need to expand them around that codependent crazy aunt of ours.
While it may be true that the term "boundaries" has ...
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Training Leaders by Flipping the Classroom –
Do you have trouble getting volunteers to your church's training events? Are you tired of covering the same information over and over again? Wouldn't you rather be coaching them and helping them grow? Daniel Im, Lifeway's church multiplication specialist, explains how flipping ...
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