5 Leadership Labeling Tips to Better Lead Your Team
How have you labeled the people around you?
And before you suggest to yourself, “I don’t label people,” we all do it. Our brains are wired to label.
I’ve been labeled by others my life. And I’ve labeled others my entire life.
I recently was labeled in a Twitter reply. But the label isn’t really accurate.
So why did the person feel the need to label me? More, what happens when we, as leaders, label others?
In this NEW POST, we’ll look at labeling from a leadership position. Why we do it, and what we should consider.
4 Relevant Strategies to Reclaim Church Relevance
Does your church or ministry have the “right” kind of relevance?
I wasn’t in church leadership when “relevant” became a buzzword. I assume it entered our church leader vocabulary with the invention of the “seeker sensitive” model. I grew up attending church, and I can confidently tell you that relevance and sensitivity were NOT the goals of my childhood church.
Most new models are reactions to current and perceived antiquated approaches. That’s what launched the “relevant church.”
Now, what was once the church buzzword has become what we want to avoid. But if we aren’t careful, we’ll swing out of balance and become irrelevant. Which may be even worse.
In this NEW POST, I offer a better way to see relevance and offer 4 strategies to reclaim the right kind of church relevance.
8 Strategies To Better Balance Managing and Leading — Breaking Free in 2023
A critical difference exists between managing and leading. If you don’t know the difference, management will take over.
It’s not your fault, though. That’s what organizations do best.
Here’s the difference:
MANAGEMENT is the process of orchestrating what exists. Managers are particularly adept at ensuring what exists functions effectively and efficiently. For example, managers set and monitor budgets, implement HR processes, and generally ensure all the organizational systems run well. Managers are mandatory for organizational success.
While managers orchestrate what currently exists, leaders create what will exist.
LEADERS innovate and ideate, envision, and move things forward. Of course, leaders create what will eventually be managed.
Creation and orchestration. Both are necessary, but they are different.
This NEW POST offers you 8 Strategies To Better Balance Managing and Leading.
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Creating and Sustaining The Big Mo — Breaking Free in 2023
I LOVE talking about gaining and sustaining momentum.
Before we get to that, just one quick note.
My friend and client Bryant Golden at Centerpoint Church just told me they recently experienced a:
— 206% Increase in NEW GIVERS,
— 62% Increase in TOTAL GIVERS,
— 26% Growth in TOTAL GIVING, and
— 112% Increase in RECURRING GIVERS!
That’s crazy. But it’s not complicated.
They used my Funding Funnel to understand generosity movement. You can, too.
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We’ve arrived at post number three to break free in 2023.
In this conversation, let’s talk about gaining and sustaining momentum.
Let’s begin with a question: When it comes to momentum, do you have “it?” Or perhaps a better question is, “What is “it?”
Momentum is one of the best things to have, most challenging things to keep, and complicated things to create.
At least, that’s what we’ve always thought. Momentum isn’t all that elusive. The word itself gives us all the information we need to create what we so desperately want.
7 Steps to Rekindle Your Vision Fire — Breaking Free in 2023
This week, we’re discussing how your leadership and organization can break free in 2023.
I’d love everyone to read this post, but I realize you’ve got PLENTY of information and communication flying in and out of your inbox (and mind). If any of the following is happening in your church, organization, or company, you should take a few minutes and read this post:
1. Many people remain present but stay mostly disengaged.
2. The people who leave catch you by surprise.
3. People offer up “good ideas” that are clearly misaligned with your direction.
4. Suggestions to add things to the organization vastly vary and compete with each other.
5. You see irritation and frustration within the staff.
6. Staff members are personally, professionally, and even theologically misaligned.
7. Team members leave for other jobs, but not necessarily better roles.
8. Leadership decisions feel more complex than they used to be.
Again, I believe vision is one of, if not THE, most important aspects of church and organizational leadership.
If you sense any of the above happening, NOW is the time to act.
In this NEW POST, I offer you 7 STEPS TO REKINDLE YOUR VISION TO RE-LIGHT A FIRE UNDER YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL FUTURE.
5 Secrets That Unleash Innovation — Breaking Free in 2023
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This week, I’m bringing you 4 ideas to help you BREAK FREE IN 2023.
I can’t think of anything that rhymes with 2024, so next year may be a bit tougher.
Nevertheless, we begin our series with a topic I love: INNOVATION.
Today’s post is all about getting unstuck by unleashing the power of innovation.
Here’s one thing I can guarantee: If you DON’T know how to innovate, your organization will die. Maybe not today. Or even this year. But eventually, death is the only destination for the organization without innovation.
I can’t encourage you enough to review this post.
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2 Reasons We Should Expand Our Definition of Discipleship
The post advocates for a broader understanding of discipleship, one that starts even before faith and extends to those distanced from God and the church. This holistic discipleship journey begins where individuals are and resonates with their perception of the church’s relevance and likability.
How Jonathan Got 38% of His Congregation to Volunteer in One Day!
Getting more volunteers in your church requires a long-term strategy. But how do you resolve your short-term tensions? Here’s an idea!
My friend and client, Jonathan Watson, is the lead pastor at Beachside Community Church. They recently bumped into this issue.
Their kid’s ministry was growing quicker than they could keep up. So we decided to do something a bit crazy.
Read the post for all the details, but here’s a snapshot of the results: Of the 300 adults attending on Sunday, January 22, 120 took a step to serve, and 40 made a commitment to begin!
Yes. You read that correctly.
How? That’s what we discuss in this post.
4 Fundamentals of Effective Discipleship Pathways
We’re going to look at church model strategy and intentionality for a series of posts. Stay tuned and subscribe to follow along.
TO GET US STARTED: 4 Fundamentals of Effective Discipleship Pathways
If we hope to create an intentional and strategic pathway to discipleship, we need to understand (1) how to best define “discipleship” and (2) the fundamentals of the journey.
Growing disciples through a buffet of programs and events is no longer possible. Today’s world requires more intentionality.
To begin constructing our pathway, we must begin with the foundation.
If you find this helpful, feel free to pass it along to a friend, and be sure to check out the course and masterclass options, as well.
Thanks!
6 Organizational Requirements Growing Churches Embrace
I hear it from church leaders, elders, and staff al the time. “Our church is an ORGANISM!”
I understand their passion. I also know no organism can function well outside of some great organization. Take a car or your physical body. It’s all the integrated and interdependent systems that make it work.
The same is true for the church. In this post, I point out 6 organizational requirements growing, healthy churches embrace.
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