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Leadership Articles
The best articles related to Leadership.
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When you’re a church leader, you feel a lot of pressure. Almost every leader feels the pressure to do more, when the key to effectively accomplishing your mission is often doing less and doing it well. As Thom R...
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How to Tell Where God Is Calling You Next
At Vanderbloemen Search Group, we have the privilege of working with many church leaders and church staff members who sense that God is moving them on from their current ministry context. That part is clear to them. But what is sometimes unclear is t... -
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When to Invest in a Young Leader (and When to Ignore Them)
Like it or not, Millennials are making their way into leadership roles in churches across America. As they take their newfound place in church leadership, many of them are looking for someone to invest in them and help develop them as young emerging... -
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Inadequate as a Leader
If you’ve led anything, you’re likely familiar with the feeling. You wonder whether you have what it takes. Maybe you even wonder how you got this job/task/assignment/responsibility. And you just don’t know if you can accomplish the responsibility...
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5 Signs of an Ineffective Leader
Have you ever worked for an ineffective leader? It is simply a measurement in self-control as you wait for that person to improve, be transferred or even replaced. So what are the warning signs of an ineffective leader? Recently,... -
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How to Recover When Your Leader Stops Leading
To be clear up front, this post is not prompted by my context or personal experience as I am honored to serve under great leaders. However, I am commonly asked questions around the theme of “Help, my leader is not really leading.” Examples include:... -
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Staying Power: Why Churches Need Long-Term Pastors
The vast majority of churches grow by layers, not by leaps. Step by step, family by family, person by person rather than jumping by hundreds at a time. Because this is true, momentum is strengthened by the longevity of the...
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Pastors, Let's Practice What We Preach
Youth ministry is draining. It can drain you to the point where you wonder, “Why am I still doing this?” That’s why it’s so important to practice what you preach to your students. To do this for the lon... -
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How to Use Authority (Without Abusing It)
You don’t have to look very hard in society to find examples of people in authority abusing their authority. Unfortunately in the church where you’d expect things to be different it seems like it rarely is. In a recent conversation with a church lead... -
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3 Reasons Leadership Needs Limits
Recently I was pursuing an opportunity that I was really excited about. Not only was it something that I would enjoy, but also it would enable me to be closer to my family and be helpful to the future of The 4Sight Gro... -
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Four Types of Tone-Deaf Leadership
When it comes to singing, I am likely tone-deaf (I say likely because I don’t fully understand the official definition, so just hang with me for the illustration). Now I can sing the right words; I just sing them the wrong way. While the Lor... -
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Pastor, Here's How to Take a Stand on Controversial Issues
Tony Campolo once wrote a book he called 20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to Touch. He had his own list, as I expect each of us could come up with ours. Controversial issues, particularly those involving political campaigns, certainl... -
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4 Words of Advice for a New Leader
I consistently talk to new leaders about the beginning days of a leadership position. In my opinion, the opening days of any job are some of the most important. Apparently others think so also. Recently someone messaged me on Twitter to ask, “Wha... -
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The 5 Most Common Non-Apologies Leaders Make
You will make a mistake. Most of you will do something stupid. I know. Been there. Done that. I really don’t like to share my experience with apologies, because it is evidence of my bad leadership. But leaders need to learn to apologize. Rea... -
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3 Things That Are Sabotaging the Church’s Future
Without a doubt, you’ve already realized it’s more complex to be a church leader today than it was even a few decades ago. With the vast majority of churches struggling in some way, it’s time to rethink our future mission. Attendance at most ch...