Barriers to Effective Leadership Teams Part 2

For the week of March 14, 2005 Barriers to Effective Leadership Teams Part 2: The Presence of Fear By: John Laster There are three common, interrelated barriers to more effective...

Role of Lay Leadership

...the church. We have placed so many checks and balances on leadership that we have hamstrung it to death. We are afraid of strong, biblical leadership. In our desire to...

Shared Congregational Leadership Doesn’t Work

...of leadership, again it is the leader who has to make this happen by spending time over several years or decades forming a leadership pipeline that will result in not...

Managerial Aspects of Leadership

...But most pastors find it hard to implement the managerial side of leadership. Many can give some level of leadership but few take the time to do the managerial responsibilities....

Take Your Congregation’s Leadership Pulse

...merit badge of leadership is important. It is a rare, however, to find the designated men and women providing functional leadership to the gathered community of believers. Robert Hargrove observes,...

Four Leadership Team Dynamics

  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...

What is Leadership?

...leadership – in the place where you are now? Share your experiences in the Comments section below. You Might Also Like: More on Leadership Assertive vs. Dictatorial Leadership Effective Leadership...

Leadership Covenants

...the leadership position expects A commitment to being a team player – no parking lot, after session, email, or telephone meetings that undermine a leadership decision. If the leader is...

Mack, Michael, The Pocket Guide to Burn-Out Free Small Group Leadership

...group. His use of a core group of three to form a shepherding team is one of the most powerful suggestions I’ve seen to date on organizing small group leadership....