“What does it look like to be a leader when you no longer have control?”–Charlene Li Or Control and Command approach versus Open and Share My favorite quotes: “The new question in open leadership is What Can I Enable By Giving Up Control?” “The customers have changed. They are on Facebook and are waiting to …
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“Delegate authority not tasks. Tasks create followers. Authority creates leaders.” Craig Groeschel succinctly described the two basic ways of leading in a post on generational tension in leadership: 1-Leader focuses on preservation, followers exist to maintain the leader. 2-Leader focuses on empowerment, followers exist to grow into leaders and/or CHOOSE to be followers. In #1 …
Facebook just updated/altered the features of their groups to increase sharing among a small group of people. Here’s what’s new: The content shared is available by default to ONLY the people in the group Group Chat: Talk together and privately! Two great ministry applications immediately come to mind: 1. Easily start and lead small group …
Online Bible Studies Just Got Easier Via Facebook Groups Read More »
68% of customers leave a company because of the treatment they received. This is a ridiculously awesome infographic from Get Satisfaction, a company that does user generated customer service. Not completely new information but reiterates how important it is to make people new to your ministry feel welcomed (the way they understand being welcomed, not …
Ministry starting and building tip: Make New People Work as Little as Possible Our family has been “the new couple” at quite a few churches since the summer and the word that comes to mind for us is TIRING. Most of these churches have been above average in their ability to welcome us; yet we …
Do not forget about your profile as THE best place to share your ministry with others. Facebook Groups were the rage two years ago, now Pages are more popular. note: this is mostly a post for those in full-time ministry seeking to communicate with their ministry partners. The biggest problem with Groups and Pages: They are …
Your Facebook Profile is Still The Best Place to Share Your Ministry Read More »
With organizational leadership titles earning less credibility than ever before in the eyes of the followers it’s imperative leaders stay sharp on what it means to actually lead. This can bring comfort to the person passionate about adding value or leading change, but may bring terror or anxiety for those who have relied more on …
More tactics lead to more change I often function out of this paradigm yet see fewer results than when I change it to this: One tactic leads to much change Your ministry needs to change _________. But my guess is that there are literally hundreds of specific changes that need to made before that big …
The Blogference is alive! It has been a busy week over at the RE-Think Blogference. Last week I started hosting weekly posts from Campus Crusade staff members around the world! This week’s topic was “Are we Really Doing Evangelism the First Weeks on Campus?” a discussion addressing the tension between engaging non-Christians with the Gospel …
Evangelism, Twitter, and Podcasts-3 Parts of My Week Read More »
A practice that I would love to see more ministry leaders learn is reserving/acquiring digital assets (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) for themselves and their ministries EVEN IF THEY NEVER USE IT! About.me is a new web product that still has many undisclosed features/uses, but one of the public features is a personal profile page that points …
