Articles in this category focus on practical issues of how we build healthy leaders and lessons learned
I love thinking about leadership through the lens of belaying. Belaying is something I hated to do when I first began to ice climb. I felt inadequate and unfit to hold someone’s life in my hands. But what can this experience of belaying teach you about leadership? Let’s take a look.
Joseph Lalonde
There are three kinds of leaders, but only one is truly effective.
Malcolm Webber
Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good (Titus 2:6-7a). Here are some ways to “jumpstart” that commitment.
Chuck Lawless
Jesus challenged and engaged His learners. We must learn to do this too.
Malcolm Webber
I want you to have responsibility and authority. I want you to be fully rewarded and recognized for your contribution to society. I also want you to realize, however, that most things of lasting value take time and discipline to achieve.
Ron Edmondson
What follows are the leadership development gems that Jesus used when turning a passive group of followers into passionate leaders.
Ralph Mayhew
Your leaders will always learn best by doing. Building them requires both instruction and practical, “hands-on” ministry.
Malcolm Webber
Most leader development occurs outside the classroom. But there are some specific things that can be done effectively in the classroom.
Malcolm Webber
Jesus’ focus in building leaders was not on quantity, but on quality. This was the model He gave us.
Malcolm Webber
The church ought to see itself as a leadership factory that stirs up the gifts of God in people, not an auditorium that gathers people behind a leader.
J.D. Greear
When we are building leaders, we must remember that every single one of them has an individual calling and individual needs.
Malcolm Webber
We’ve got a new tool that tests your health as a leader, and we’re looking for beta testers.
LeaderSource Team Member
I recently rediscovered these “Turning Point Lessons” that emerged out of a strategic planning retreat of our New Life Fellowship staff team in 2010. At this point, the church was twenty-two years old. What struck me as I re-read these is how timeless and relevant they are for today. The following are my edits and summary out of that [...]
Pete Scazzero
Our view of discipleship is skewed. For this reason, the church is not developing leaders because it is not creating disciple-makers. We need to reverse the course.
Matthew Fretwell
Of course, this is good advice for all ages (and not just pastors), but the majority of questions I receive are from younger pastors. I’m not sure what it says about us older pastors but it has been true in my ministry that the younger a pastor is, the more willing to heed advice.
Ron Edmondson
Too often, to our detriment, we only deal with competencies when building leaders.
Malcolm Webber
I have often watched leaders struggle to recover from a mistake made that probably didn’t have to be as personally or professionally damaging to them as it was. They simply didn’t respond well enough and it cost them more than it should have.
Ron Edmondson
We hear so much about being an “authentic” leader. I believe fully in authenticity. You must lead from who you are; at the same time, authenticity does not give you permission to be a jerk. The most productive leader leads from strengths and dials back those tendencies to react poorly. This week’s question: When might [...]
Corey Olynik
People often react to change in detrimental ways. Here’s how you can encourage your followers in the midst of change.
Malcolm Webber
Change takes extensive prayer, planning, and care. John Kotter’s 8-stage model provides a framework for leading it.
Malcolm Webber