Leadership Challenges, Skills & Resources: Issues & Answers

• Ministry & Church Growth as it Stems from our Attitudes as Leaders

Why is it that some ministries have quality people who come in and stay and others have people come in and then leave, to go on to the other ministries? It’s not the gospel. That isn't the problem. If it was only in gospel preaching ministries and churches where this was happening, you could figure people were leaving because we preach the gospel too much! But it isn’t like that. Liberal churches are losing people, and some gospel preaching ones are, too. Click here to read more...

• Growing as a Leader in order to grow the Flock of God (if YOU don't grow, neither will your ministry.)

Effective leaders think differently than unsuccessful ones.  Most of us come into the work of God not knowing that much about it. We come in like everybody else.  One way effective leaders differ from ineffective ones is that they are steadily reading and growing, wanting to learn how to be better. Ineffective ones see no need for all that.  Click here to read more...

• Does it matter how you dress? What you drive? Where you live? YES.

I can tell you, though, as a pastor, you need to dress like a pastor. You need to look the part. Mowing the grass, look like a pastor mowing the grass. Going to the store, look like a pastor going to the store. In church, you need to be obvious as the Pastor, so anyone can come in and spot you as a leader, as the leader. Set the example. Anything you do, you're teaching your people to do the very same thing.  Click here to read more...

• More on "outward appearance" and WHY it's vitally important for your credibility.  

When I talk about dressing well, what I am saying is that we need to understand how people see things, and we need to recognize how they interpret some things. Most people prefer to deal with honest people over dishonest people. Does a man with greased back hair, and wearing a black shirt, white tie, black leather hipster jacket, sunglasses, gold chains, five rings and white loafers appear to be honest? Then don't dress like that.  Also, recognize that an honest person is rarely perceived at being on the cutting edge of fashion. Why? Because it makes him seem easily influenced and a bit easily swayed.  Click here to read more...

• When it comes to non-confrontational persuasion, QUESTIONS ARE THE ANSWER.

How do you know when you’re pushing someone too far? Or, how about when a person seems genial and cooperative, but later changes his or her mind? How do you respond when you think you’ve been helpful and that the suggestions you offered were taken gratefully – and later find out that the person thought you were “cramming your opinions” down their throat? Click here to read more...

• The 3 “F” Approach to Communicating Skills

Nobody likes to be bossed around, intimidated or coerced into making decisions of any kind. That’s why telemarketers, obnoxious salespeople and boorish bosses have such a bum rap in the collective American psyche. And, being sensitive to this inherent dislike, communicators often develop what I call “Communicator’s Stress”. In an effort to avoid coming off as pushy, we go into overkill, and become mealy mouth, failing to speak clearly and directly. This is a disservice to those who are counting on us as professionals to help them in every way we can. Click here to read more...

 

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