Category: Leadership

In addition to leading your ministry, you must also manage it well (1 Tim.3:4-5, 12). “Leadership” can be defined as “doing right things” (effectiveness). “Management” is “doing things right” (efficiency). Both are important and necessary in ministry. Managing involves a number of tasks: 1. Leading - management involves ensuring that everyone knows the specific purpose … Continue reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders – #3 Manage

Although there is to be one mission and one direction for each church, there are many expressions or ways that these are outworked. Like a highway with many lanes, a growing church provides opportunity for many different and unique ministries to thrive and flourish within the context of its overall purpose, as long as there … Continue reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders – #2 Lead

Every leader needs to first of all be a good follower. In fact, your ability to lead well is directly influenced by your ability to follow well. The apostle Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” (1 Cor.11:1). As church leaders, we too are to follow Christ by imitating him in character, who we … Continue reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders – #1 Follow

The Importance of Leadership Church and ministry leaders have a wide variety of tasks and responsibilities. These may include preaching, teaching, pastoral care, training and coaching others. One of our main tasks is to lead and God wants us to do this with the very best of our ability. Romans 12:6-8. In his grace, God … Continue reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders

I really enjoyed the insights from this BLOG post on leadership by David M.Dye ... A mature bonsai tree commands attention. With just one tree a master evokes an entire landscape and tells a story of power, perseverance, struggle, or abundance. As I’ve studied bonsai, I realized that the art of growing these trees has … Continue reading Leadership Lessons from the Bonsai (Guest Post)

My final reflections: 11. The Advantage (business consultant and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni).  Building a healthy organisation is the single greatest competitive advantage. There are two requirements for organisational success: (1) be smart - strategy, marketing, finance, technology and 2) be healthy - minimal politics and confusion, high morale and productivity, low turnover. Most companies spend 80% of their time on … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 5)

Here are some more reflections: 9. Changing the Odds (Geoffrey Canada). Geoffrey is the President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone. He says, "Hope is infectious but so is despair." Lift your sense of your urgency. Break out of this idea that you can't. We put rovers on Mars when we want to! Succession plan ... how will the … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 4)

Here is part 3 ... 7. Bridging the Generation Gap (Craig Groeschel, pastor of lifechurch.tv and best-selling author).  Advice to the Older Generation: Don't resent or fear or judge the next generation. Believe in them. They need you.  God values maturity. If you're not dead, you're not done. Hand ministry over - not just tasks … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 3)

Here is part 2 of my reflections on the recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit: 5. Great by Choice (Jim Collins). Business professor and lecturer Jim Collins studied two teams travelling to the south pole, one who failed and one who succeeded, as part of answering the questions: "Why do some enterprises thrive in uncertainty and others … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 2)

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Leadership Summit hosted by Bill Hybels and Willow Creek Community Church. This is an excellent training event held annually in Chicago which reaches over 100,000 church and business leaders across America via satellite. Everyone wins when leaders get better. That's why leaders need to be humble enough to … Continue reading Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2012 – Reflections (Part 1)