Creating a supervision/coaching rhythm

Coaching, Leadership, Teambuilding

Part of the challenge within many churches that implement coaching for their staff is that they often don’t have the luxury of separating the coaching and the supervision functions. In many churches the supervisor is the one who is providing the coaching. That...

The Final Step of Redevelopment

Leadership

By guest blogger Randy Lovejoy, part 1 of 2. “He must increase and I must decrease.” —  John 3:30  NASB It is Sunday morning. I am at home. No pressure. No adrenaline. I have stepped down. Sunday mornings are usually a time of action. I would get up...

Assum-a-side

Leadership

An interesting concept from Jeff Norris: “assum-a-side” — death by assumptions. Assuming we know what’s going on rather than asking leads to a slow death (or sometimes instant martyrdom). Sometimes we think we know what people are thinking,...

What to do during that leaders meeting? VHS

Leadership

If you want to cultivate a thriving church, you must make the care and feeding of your small groups and their ministry leaders a very high priority. The leadership community meeting is a regularly scheduled meeting for this purpose. I often refer to the three...

The Habits of Leaders

Developing, Leadership

Today’s entry is from guest blogger Dr. Steven Goodwin. I love reading. It has been a lifetime passion of mine to read, read, and then read some more. I feel a great kinship to Erasmus who once said, “When I get a little money, I buy books. When I get a little more, I...