How Do Great Leaders Unlock the Potential of Others?
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers do Differently, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“You cannot build a great team simply by selecting people based on their experiences, intelligence, and determination. Defining the right steps and fixing people’s weaknesses are not […]
Measuring the Strength of Your Workplace
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers do Differently, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
In the church, we can learn so much from many other organizations. The Gallup Organization has done a massive in-depth study of great managers across a wide variety of situations. […]
Lessons of Discipleship
More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix, Brian D. McLaren
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“Let’s review these seven lessons of discipleship rooted in the last words of Matthew’s Gospel.
• Disciples have confidence in the full authority of Jesus Christ.
• Disciples are people with a mission.
• Disciples are identified as […]
Spiritual Friendship
More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix, Brian D McLaren
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“To practice spiritual friendship, to make disciples, to evangelize—whatever we call it—cannot be put any more powerfully or poignantly than as liberation from “overwhelming disdain” of guilt and shame to a genuine experience of God’s love. […]
The Practice of Group Discernment
Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“This process (group discernment) assumes that all involved share the characteristics vital for discernment that we mentioned earlier: a desire to discern, self-knowledge, humility, courage, a commitment to put God first, and the willingness to […]
The Practice of Discernment
Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“We must continually remind ourselves that discernment has more to do with deepening our relationship with Christ than it does with making right decisions. It is a lifelong process of developing a relationship with God marked […]
Myth in Congregational Spirituality
Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer
By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
“If a leader is to be effective in developing a spiritual congregation, he or she must first learn about the myth that has given shape to that particular church…. Answers to the following questions will provide […]
4 Leadership Team Dynamics to Put on Your Radar
By: John Laster
Healthy congregational leadership has reached an endangered species level. If effective local congregational leadership was a bird or native plant, there would long since have been concerted efforts to protect the species. The scope of the leadership crisis is brought into focus by Paul […]
Exit Interviews
By: John Laster
In order for leadership teams or ministry teams to function in a healthy manner for the long term, problems and issues need to be surfaced and dealt with as they come up. Friction or conflict serves to strengthen teams if dealt with constructively. From time to time people resign or in […]