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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Leadership
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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5LQ Episode 8: Jeff Vanderstelt –
Jeff Vanderstelt is the visionary leader for the Soma Family of Churches and the lead teaching pastor at Doxa Church in Bellevue, Washington. When he isn't preaching or mentoring church planters, he and his family share life with their missional community. Following Mark ...
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