A common complaint I hear from leaders is around poor discussion and input from team members. The complaint is usually phrased something like this, “How do we get people to share their ideas and comments at our meetings? We even send out the agenda ahead of time and no one seems prepared to discuss things."
Let me offer a simple change that often jumpstarts the discussion. Instead of creating an agenda with topics to discuss, develop a couple of questions from your original agenda that start people thinking.
To find out more about these simple changes, click here to continue reading this article.
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A Vision without Action is a Day Dream.
Action without a vision is Dangerous!
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NEW - Basic Coach Training over the TELEPHONE
This entire class will be taught over the telephone.
This format:
- Eliminates travel time
- Call from your home, office or cell
- Potential for global classroom
Basic Coach Training Level 1 will be held:
Dates: Tuesday, January 9th, 16th and 23rd
Time: 10:30 am - Noon EST
Basic Coach Training Level 2 will be held:
Dates: Tuesday, February 6th, 13th and 20th Time: 10:30 am - Noon EST
Click here for more information or to register
NEW - Church Board Coaching
It’s a combination of individual coaching of the pastor once per month plus on three occasions your coach will attend your leadership team meeting. On the three different occasions your coach will:
- Offer comments and in-sights from observing your leadership team in action.
- Facilitate discussion about “next steps” for further developing your team.
- Coach you as you “coach” your leadership team
- “Hold your feet to the fire” during subsequent leadership meetings.
Interested? Contact Val at: 610-385-8034 or val@coaching4clergy.com
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Harvard Business Review
HBR is not usually at the
top of a pastors reading list
and for obvious reasons.
However it’s a good magazine
to be familiar with and to occasionally pick up. Sure, some of it isn’t directly relevant, and some of it is a bit on the
academic side, but much of it
has application to leadership within the church.
For example over the past 4 months these article have
been in HBR:
• The Tools of Cooperation and Change
• Ideas as Art
• Sleep Deficit: Killing Our Performance
• How to Keep “A” Players Productive
• The Decision to Trust
• How Well Run Boards Make Decisions
I acknowledge it’s not a “church” magazine. But it’s
a helpful magazine for the church leader who wants to be aware of new learning
and practice the best in leadership development.
With relevant case studies, panel discussions and a
host of articles each month it is an investment worth making.
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