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What makes a network work? #3: Peer relationships
The third of the four essential elements for making any network full functional is peer relationships. Peer relationships are the most attractive part of a network for pastoral leaders. There is nothing like a roomful of people who are sharing the risk, joy and...
What makes a network work? #2: Personalized coaching
The second of the four essential elements for making any network fully functional is personalized coaching. Powerful networks always have effective coaching relationships. In a sense, a network is a coaching system—a coaching environment—much more so than a series of...
What makes a network work? #1: Adult learning
One of the four essential elements for making any network fully functional is an emphasis on adult learning. This engages participants through appropriate activities and reflection. It is learner-oriented rather than teacher-oriented. Consider these principles of...
How can we connect leaders with one another?
Exciting things are happening in some churches. Others are encountering struggles. Leaders are looking for ideas, for encouragement. You can see the connections that would be helpful… but it feels like no one knows about them but you. Everyone is doing their own...
The clearness committee
What’s at the same time readily obvious, yet constantly forgotten? The fact that we need one another. When we actually think about it, we’ll assent to that idea: Of course we need each other. Different gifts, different perspectives, moral support. Others often know...
Fresh expressions of being the church
My friend and colleague Mark Fields recently drew my attention to a UK website: Fresh Expressions. It focuses on new ways of being church. This group seems to be asking the question: How can we empower people to experience Christian communities in the context of...
Investing in the future when in supervisory positions
It continues to be amazing to me how people in supervisory positions tend to focus on what they themselves are trying to do and not so much on how they can develop their staff. They are focused on what they can do, not on what they can develop their staff to do. I...
Process leadership skills, part 6
If you are a consultant working with a group, this 6-part series covers 18 best practices for facilitating learning and engagement during a consultation session. To find the whole list once the series is complete, search “process leadership skills” in my blog. ...
Process leadership skills, part 5
If you are a consultant working with a group, this 6-part series covers 18 best practices for facilitating learning and engagement during a consultation session. To find the whole list once the series is complete, search “process leadership skills” in my blog. Force...
Process leadership skills, part 4
If you are a consultant working with a group, this 6-part series covers 18 best practices for facilitating learning and engagement during a consultation session. To find the whole list once the series is complete, search “process leadership skills” in my blog. Use...
Process leadership skills, part 3
If you are a consultant working with a group, this 6-part series covers 18 best practices for facilitating learning and engagement during a consultation session. To find the whole list once the series is complete, search “process leadership skills” in my blog. ...
Process leadership skills, part 2
If you are a consultant working with a group, this 6-part series covers 18 best practices for facilitating learning and engagement during a consultation session. To find the whole list once the series is complete, search “process leadership skills” in my blog. Begin...