One characteristic that is often missing from leadership lists is thankfulness. An attitude of thankfulness not only benefits you but also your team members.
Bob Whitesel, in this short-form video, shares two strategies church leaders must begin to do now, if they are to effectively minister in a future of artificial realities.
Richard Blackaby reviews Paul David Tripp's book, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenge of Pastoral Ministry.
As ordinary as I am, I have something extraordinary to offer God, and so do you.
The question must be asked: Where will your pride lead you today?
The biggest casualty of the daily grind is the important things. The things that will drive your life and organization forward. The thing that will fuel your mission, move you to another level and the thing that will inevitably give you the deepest satisfaction.
When leading a ministry online, there are many differences from leading an in-person ministry. Leading a ministry online adds several complexities since most of our churches started without any web presence.
This type of leadership, leading alongside, views people not just as staff or employees, but as individuals God has given us care over. We see ourselves as entrusted with a precious task to lead them and lead them well.
If you’re a Christian in a management position, the admonition in James applies to your treatment of your workers as much as your regard for your fellow churchgoers. In this and other difficult circumstances, our faith can stand out if we step forward with ways to treat people equally, and with dignity.
The benefits of rest include increased energy, greater thoughtfulness, and an ability to embrace silence. Each of us is vastly different in personality, experience, and perception, so the “when,” “where,” and “how” of rest will be different. What is universal is that our souls need rest, and can find it.
Speaker, author and business consultant Ken Blanchard shares about his journey of leadership and what he learned from Jesus along the way.
As a pastor, you have a unique opportunity to connect with Christian CEOs in your church and help support their faith and leadership. Here are some steps for building relationships with Christian CEOs in your congregation.
I had just finished a long-term project, so my energy was low. God waited for just that moment to teach me a lesson.
If you’ve ever been in a church that has discussed changing its name, you know this can be a contentious issue.
Whether or not your new leadership vision will fall flat, or will generate wild fanfare, has less to do with the vision itself, and more to do with how you go about casting the vision.
Once we’ve won respect of outsiders, we, like the apostle Paul, will be put in positions to preach the gospel in word and deed.
We can learn a lot from Moses in workplace leadership, such as leaving an organization. When we leave a job or a company, are we indifferent to the impact on the people and organization we're leaving? Are we focused on what we can do to facilitate the transition or on what the company or our coworkers did to us, or didn’t do for us?
No matter how exciting the new might be, transitions mean change, and change is unsettling and often scary. It requires stepping out of your comfort zone. So, how do we walk through transitions at work with peace, power and joyful anticipation of what God has in store for us?
When I’ve considered a new ministry change, I’ve sought answers to key questions. And over the years I’ve compiled this list of 27 questions to ask a search committee and/or your future boss.
