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January 4, 2015 12 Comments

The church pastor was flummoxed. He had no idea why his church wasn't growing. He was doing lots of stuff right, but he just couldn't get any traction. So he called me. After

December 28, 2014 11 Comments

Back in the days when I was involved in Toastmasters, I used to carry a "pocket speech" with me to every meeting. A pocket speech was a pre-prepared three- to five-minute speech that

December 26, 2014 0 Comments

2014 was a banner year for The Effective Church Group at 21st Century Strategies. We provided church leader training resources to over 44,000 church leaders this year, including: Access to over 1500 blog posts on

December 24, 2014 0 Comments

We often get questions about what kind of decisions an effective policy/accountability board is responsible for. Below are a couple of brief scenarios that demonstrate decision-making processes a board should and should not

December 15, 2014 1 Comment

"This won't happen again, will it?" There shouldn't be question mark at the end of that question, because it's not really a question. It's a statement that should actually end with a period. In

November 26, 2014 0 Comments

Just a few hours ago, we posted a sample board meeting agenda. Within minutes, we started receiving requests: "What would an effective staff meeting agenda look like?" The primary difference between a board