by Scott Ball | Sep 29, 2016 | Church Health, Communication, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Staff Development
A church’s most valuable asset is its leadership; so you must be careful not to burn out your team. In our collective decades of ministry and consulting experience, we have seen again and again how churches that lack healthy leadership eventually struggle. To be...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Oct 22, 2015 | Church Culture, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Leadership Development, Recruitment, Staff Development
“How do we get from here to there?” is a question that I get frequently. Church leaders want to transition their church from where they are to where they would like to be. Many, many church leaders would like to transition from constantly shepherding,...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Sep 14, 2015 | Church Consulting, Church Health, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
Leadership pipeline development in churches isn’t a new fad or trend that only applies to multi-site or church planting contexts. A church’s leadership pipeline cultivates the God-given spiritual gifts and abilities each person has. It requires a redesign...
by Scott Ball | Aug 18, 2015 | Church Culture, Developing Leaders, Evaluations, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
I came across a quiz the other day that tested if you could identify if a quote was from Kanye West or Jean Ralphio Saperstein from Parks and Recreation. I only got six correct. How well can you identify narcissistic individuals? And what does that have to do...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Mar 12, 2015 | Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
It is easy to talk about leadership development, but developing disciple-making leaders is a far greater challenge. It requires us to address the challenges to building a leadership pipeline in your church. Any time you try to intentionally develop leaders, you will...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Mar 11, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
When we use the term leadership pipeline, we need to define exactly what we mean if we value clarity. Otherwise, we may assume that we know and agree on what we’re talking about when we don’t. What is a leadership pipeline? A leadership pipeline is another...