It happened again. I was visiting a church on a recent Sunday morning and apparently parked in the “wrong” parking lot. You know the one, it looks like it’s near the main entrance, but the main entrance isn’t really the main entrance (because “everyone” knows that “everyone” enters through the side entrance on Third […]
How is your PQ doing these days? You know – Passion Quotient.
I’ve concluded, along with a lot of other people that the most important attitude of an effective leader is passion. PQ is so important that wise leaders hire for passion rather than talent. Effective leaders choose to surround themselves with people with passion […]
Imparato, Nicholas and Oren Harari Jumping the Curve
Responding to 21st Century trends requires church leaders to abandon old assumptions and learn new skills. Most of us need help in this transformation. Jumping the Curve by Nicholas Imparato and Oren Harari (Jossey-Bass, 1996), can provide that help. If you can buy one book this year, […]
The stats aren’t pretty. In fact, they’re pretty deplorable. But they’re nonetheless accurate. Eighty percent of all Pastoral Size to Program Size church transformations fail – 80 percent. A Pastoral Sized church is one in which the pastor is essentially the end-all, be-all of the congregational expectations. They attend virtually every function and event. […]
The Deepest Challenge
By: Tom Bandy
Behind and underneath all the other resistance or anxiety about change and growth, leaders have discovered the root cause of decline and plateau in the church. The real question is:
“With my (our) first breath and last penny, will it be “me” or “mission”?
This is true both for established churches and […]
Bill Easum
1. After a lengthy discussion on contemporary worship, a woman in her seventies approached me with this question; “Why can’t these young people learn to like my music?” I responded; “Why can’t you learn to like their music?” She thought for a moment and then made a remarkably insightful reply. “The answer is […]
The last twenty years our culture (US) has been moving from what I call a National Park world to a world that can only be described as a Jungle.
Consider The following comparisons:
National Park
• Are neatly laid out
• Predictable and slow to change
• Warn you about dangers animals
• Provide adequate shelter
• National parks change very […]
For the week of March 07, 2005
Barriers to Effective Leadership Teams: Part 1: The Absence of Shared DNA
By: John Laster
There are three common, interrelated barriers to more effective leadership teams: the absence of a shared DNA, the presence of fear, and a lack of trust within the team itself.
The concept of “shared DNA” contains […]
You’ve heard me say it before. If you’ve got to herd cats, you’ll need a bigger mouse.
Your church cats will chase the biggest mouse in the room, and if your Big Mouse Vision is smaller than someone else’s, you’ll lose their attention every time. The wise and successful pastor stays on his/her knees until […]
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