Leadership
Leadership Development
Now that you have learned about the staircase method of leadership development, and have seen examples of this in action, now it is time to start taking your first steps. We want to identify three specific actions that your volunteers will do on the start of their leadership development:
Step 1: The “No Brainer” Action
This step [...]
Leadership Gift Giving
Christmas is over but for those in leadership in ministry, gift giving is something that goes on all year round. When it comes to giving gifts though, for leaders it’s often a head scratching experience. Oprah Winfrey once said, “It doesn’t matter what the thing is; what matters is how much of yourself goes into [...]
Ten Tips For Meetings
Here’s a list of ten things that you can do to help your meetings be more effective and time conscious. These ten tips are courtesy of metrolity.com through churchrelevance.com
1) Avoid meetings.
Test the importance of a meeting by asking, “What happens without it?” If your answer is, “Nothing,” then don’t call the meeting.
2) Prepare goals.
These are [...]
Defining Your Culture
If someone you were trying to invite to your programs asked your current students to describe the culture of your ministry, what would they say? Would they call it adventurous? Laid-back? Demanding? Fun? What words would they use?
Organizational culture is a buzzword in the business world, but not so much in the ministry world. It [...]
The Three Year Plan
This week I had the opportunity to meet with some other youth pastor’s from around our denomination’s district and it was a great experience. It did occur to me though that there are still pastor’s out there who fly by the seat of their pants planning their programming on a week by week basis. So [...]
The Practice Of Leadership
Chief Learning Officer magazine has an article “Leadership Development in 2008″ that discusses research which found the following six best practices common to highly successful leadership development initiatives.
Strong executive engagement: The most important practice of all is to obtain the engagement of top leaders and managers. Their commitment means that the program will be highly [...]
Why so much branding talk?
Well, as you’ve probably noticed, a lot of stuff that I’ve been adding here has been about branding. It wouldn’t be that hard to figure out that I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about it. It’s what I went to school for but for me it’s a great way to look at ministry. [...]
Radical Hospitality (Part Six: Small Groups)
This is Part 6 of the Spring Leadership Lesson Series: Radical Hospitality at National Community Church. As we lead our groups and ministries, we must strive to forcefully advance the Kingdom of God through strategic evangelism, exponential discipleship, and sacrificial service. Hospitality is on the front lines of such an advance.
Today, we will get very [...]
How To Handle Criticism
How well do you handle criticism? I’ve been dealt a lot of criticism ranging from harsh feedback to feeling completely insulted. Although the saying goes, “Stick and stones can break by bones, but words can never hurt me,” a harsh piece of feedback can definitely leave you with a bruised ego.
Despite the sting, I’ve found [...]
