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Episode 160
We're hearing uncertainty on the lips of church leaders at organizations of all sizes. They're asking this question:
"Am I the right leader for our c…
6 years ago
Making Organizational Pivots
Episode 159
It's the catchphrase of stuck organizations... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
But healthy, thriving churches and organizations tend to initiate c…
6 years, 1 month ago
Accelerating Change: The Life Support Phase
Episode 158
The last stop before it ends.
If you wait until this phase to lead changes, the changes feel huge. You almost have to become a completely different c…
6 years, 1 month ago
Accelerating Change: The Preservation Phase - Episode 157
Episode 157
Keep people from leaving. That's the priority focus of churches in the Preservation phase of the typical church lifecycle.
Churches in this phase pu…
6 years, 1 month ago
Accelerating Change: The Maintenance Phase
Episode 156
Google "Covid Accelerating Change." It's happening everywhere—it's rapidly changing the workplace, our habits, digitization, how we connect and much …
6 years, 1 month ago
How Joining Churches Take the Follower Role in a Successful Merger
Episode 155
Following the leader. A merger is always more successful when each church is clear on who leads and who follows.
But for the church in the following…
6 years, 2 months ago
How Healthy Churches Take the Lead in a Merger
Episode 154
Better together? Over the past decade, we've seen a trend in churches merging together for many different reasons... and it seems likely that this t…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Change Cycle & How to Lead Your Church (and Yourself) Through It
Episode 153
Paralyzed. Tired. Depressed. Sad. Questioning leadership capacity. Just some of the ways pastors are describing their state of mind right now.
If y…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Key to Reaching NEW People in a Digital World
Episode 152
The hard truth for outward-focused churches?
New people are probably not going to come to our physical locations to try out church—not for a long ti…
6 years, 2 months ago
LEADER, then STRATEGY, then STRUCTURE
Episode 151
How do we DO this? That's the question we're hearing.
The shift from analog to digital ministry is one of the biggest ministry strategy shifts churc…
6 years, 2 months ago