5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and Daniel Im discuss what it means to lead up. During their conversation, they answer the following questions.

* What is leading up?

* Does leading up look different for different bosses?

* When should you shut up and not lead up?

* How do you lead up and your boss doesn’t know it?

* What are some best practices for leading up?

BEST QUOTES

“The first rule of leading up is you should never waste your boss’s time.”

“Leading up is communicating to your boss your priorities for the area that you lead and the direction that you are taking.”

“You may thrive under one type of boss, and then become frustrated working for a different type.”

“If I am going to lead effectively, I’m going to submit to my leader by learning how I can best serve them.”

“There are definitely times where you should shut up and not speak up. The key is learning your leader really well.”

“Don’t speak up when you don’t have anything to say but just feel like you have to say something.”

“Leading up is never supposed to be in a way that the boss doesn’t know what you are doing. It is not manipulation.”

“It takes more effort and time to be concise.”

“If you can help your boss succeed, it is all going to take care of itself.”

“Instead of asking what do I need to do to succeed, a leader should be asking what do we need to do to succeed.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Managing the Boss by John Kotter

5LQ Episode 195: Lateral Leadership

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Kailey Black, the Content Specialist for Lifeway Leadership. During this conversation, they discuss how to handle maternity leave and answer the following questions:

* How did you prepare yourself for leave?

* How did you set up your team for success in your absence?

* How did you establish boundaries for time away?

* How did you prepare to return?

* What did you learn upon returning?

BEST QUOTES

“The first thing you need to do is educate yourself on the policies and procedures.”

“Your local chamber of commerce is a wealth of information and you should really think about joining it.”

“Start the search for child care early.”

“To help prepare your team well think through what you do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.”

“Having checklists in place helps a seamless transition take place during periods of leave.”

“We all need to work on becoming less of a doer and more of a developer”

“You can’t give your ministry away if it all relies on your and it is all in your head.”

“Make sure to let everyone knows beforehand that your extended leave is coming and who to contact in your place.”

“I didn’t think about work until about 2 weeks before I returned.”

“Your team doesn’t have things they can take of their plates to do your tasks while your away so offer them grace when you return.”

“Give your team grace and give yourself grace as you are getting settled back in.”

“When I go to work, I want to be fully invested in my work. When I go home, I want to be fully invested in my home.”

“Life happens and there are always moments of temporary succession.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Ministry Grid

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Kailey Black, the Content Specialist for LifeWay Leadership. During this conversation, they discuss how to handle maternity leave and answer the following questions:

* How did you prepare yourself for leave?

* How did you set up your team for success in your absence?

* How did you establish boundaries for time away?

* How did you prepare to return?

* What did you learn upon returning?

BEST QUOTES

“The first thing you need to do is educate yourself on the policies and procedures.”

“Your local chamber of commerce is a wealth of information and you should really think about joining it.”

“Start the search for child care early.”

“To help prepare your team well think through what you do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.”

“Having checklists in place helps a seamless transition take place during periods of leave.”

“We all need to work on becoming less of a doer and more of a developer”

“You can’t give your ministry away if it all relies on your and it is all in your head.”

“Make sure to let everyone knows beforehand that your extended leave is coming and who to contact in your place.”

“I didn’t think about work until about 2 weeks before I returned.”

“Your team doesn’t have things they can take of their plates to do your tasks while your away so offer them grace when you return.”

“Give your team grace and give yourself grace as you are getting settled back in.”

“When I go to work, I want to be fully invested in my work. When I go home, I want to be fully invested in my home.”

“Life happens and there are always moments of temporary succession.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Ministry Grid

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Kailey Black, the Content Specialist for LifeWay Leadership. During this conversation, they discuss how to handle maternity leave and answer the following questions:

* How did you prepare yourself for leave?

* How did you set up your team for success in your absence?

* How did you establish boundaries for time away?

* How did you prepare to return?

* What did you learn upon returning?

BEST QUOTES

“The first thing you need to do is educate yourself on the policies and procedures.”

“Your local chamber of commerce is a wealth of information and you should really think about joining it.”

“Start the search for child care early.”

“To help prepare your team well think through what you do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.”

“Having checklists in place helps a seamless transition take place during periods of leave.”

“We all need to work on becoming less of a doer and more of a developer”

“You can’t give your ministry away if it all relies on your and it is all in your head.”

“Make sure to let everyone knows beforehand that your extended leave is coming and who to contact in your place.”

“I didn’t think about work until about 2 weeks before I returned.”

“Your team doesn’t have things they can take of their plates to do your tasks while your away so offer them grace when you return.”

“Give your team grace and give yourself grace as you are getting settled back in.”

“When I go to work, I want to be fully invested in my work. When I go home, I want to be fully invested in my home.”

“Life happens and there are always moments of temporary succession.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Ministry Grid

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Steve Green, President of Hobby Lobby and author of the new book This Dangerous Book. During their conversation, they discuss how to lead your family well, what it looks like to be a servant leader, and why the Bible still matters today.

BEST QUOTES

“My first calling is my family. That is my first ministry.”

“My greatest role as a husband and father is to raise Godly generations.”

“When you are in a leadership role, you have to remember you are serving those you are leading.”

“All that we have is God’s, and we are stewards of what he has entrusted to us.”

“The challenge every day is to be fully giving your all in whatever you are doing.”

“In everything you do, be all in.”

“The better you are at something and the better you do something, the more you enjoy it.”

“If you only encourage your people and never make the tough decisions, you are going to wind up having problems.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Museum of the Bible

This Dangerous Book by Steve Green and Jackie Green

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Steve Green, President of Hobby Lobby and author of the new book This Dangerous Book. During their conversation, they discuss how to lead your family well, what it looks like to be a servant leader, and why the Bible still matters today.

BEST QUOTES

“My first calling is my family. That is my first ministry.”

“My greatest role as a husband and father is to raise Godly generations.”

“When you are in a leadership role, you have to remember you are serving those you are leading.”

“All that we have is God’s, and we are stewards of what he has entrusted to us.”

“The challenge every day is to be fully giving your all in whatever you are doing.”

“In everything you do, be all in.”

“The better you are at something and the better you do something, the more you enjoy it.”

“If you only encourage your people and never make the tough decisions, you are going to wind up having problems.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Museum of the Bible

This Dangerous Book by Steve Green and Jackie Green

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined for the second time by Craig Groeschel, the founding and senior pastor of Life Church and author of the new devotional Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul. During their conversation, they talk about the necessity of daily Bible reading, how to learn from failure in ministry and leadership, and learning from younger leaders.

BEST QUOTES

“There are a lot of lessons while walking on water, but there are also lessons in sinking in the water.”

“If we don’t know why something is working while it is, we won’t know how to fix it when it is not.”

“We were putting the wrong type of leader in the wrong place at the wrong type of season.”

“There are some leaders who are better at starting, some better at building, and some better at sustaining.”

“The most important lessons we learn are often not those most visible on the surface, but they get down to heart issues.”

“Rather than having 1 mentor, I want to have 10 people I am learning from in 10 different categories.”

“Some of the best things I have learned about ministry are from people who don’t do ministry.”

“Why would I go and fight off a temptation in the future if I have the power eliminate it today?”

“People would rather follow a leader who is real than a leader who is right.”

“You will vastly overestimate what you can do in the short run, but you will vastly underestimate what God can do through you over a lifetime of faithfulness.”

“Be faithful with a little bit today, and he’ll trust you with even more tomorrow.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul by Craig Groeschel

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath

The Four by Scott Galloway

Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller

Be Our Guest by Theodore Kinni

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined for the second time by Craig Groeschel, the founding and senior pastor of Life Church and author of the new devotional Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul. During their conversation, they talk about the necessity of daily Bible reading, how to learn from failure in ministry and leadership, and learning from younger leaders.

BEST QUOTES

“There are a lot of lessons while walking on water, but there are also lessons in sinking in the water.”

“If we don’t know why something is working while it is, we won’t know how to fix it when it is not.”

“We were putting the wrong type of leader in the wrong place at the wrong type of season.”

“There are some leaders who are better at starting, some better at building, and some better at sustaining.”

“The most important lessons we learn are often not those most visible on the surface, but they get down to heart issues.”

“Rather than having 1 mentor, I want to have 10 people I am learning from in 10 different categories.”

“Some of the best things I have learned about ministry are from people who don’t do ministry.”

“Why would I go and fight off a temptation in the future if I have the power eliminate it today?”

“People would rather follow a leader who is real than a leader who is right.”

“You will vastly overestimate what you can do in the short run, but you will vastly underestimate what God can do through you over a lifetime of faithfulness.”

“Be faithful with a little bit today, and he’ll trust you with even more tomorrow.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul by Craig Groeschel

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath

The Four by Scott Galloway

Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller

Be Our Guest by Theodore Kinni

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Nick Runyon, the North America Director of Christian Vision. During this practical conversation, they discuss how to have great results in Google for the purpose of evangelism, how to use Google this Christmas season, and what churches need to know about Google search.

BEST QUOTES

“I think Google search is like a window into the psyche of America.”

“Churches need to know that Google search is relevant and that it matters.”

“Google is your phone book, your map, and your directory.”

“Before we measure success, we must define what qualifies as a win.”

“86% of people surveyed said they would attend church if a friend asked them.”

“Everything changes so rapidly, so we need to make sure we read a lot.”

“Start small and copy people who are doing things well.”

“Let your people contribute to your social media.”

“If you want people to engage, it needs to be valuable to them, and contributing is valuable.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

CV Outreach

Facebook Likealyzer 

Nick Runyon Twitter

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Nick Runyon, the North America Director of Christian Vision. During this practical conversation, they discuss how to have great results in Google for the purpose of evangelism, how to use Google this Christmas season, and what churches need to know about Google search.

BEST QUOTES

“I think Google search is like a window into the psyche of America.”

“Churches need to know that Google search is relevant and that it matters.”

“Google is your phone book, your map, and your directory.”

“Before we measure success, we must define what qualifies as a win.”

“86% of people surveyed said they would attend church if a friend asked them.”

“Everything changes so rapidly, so we need to make sure we read a lot.”

“Start small and copy people who are doing things well.”

“Let your people contribute to your social media.”

“If you want people to engage, it needs to be valuable to them, and contributing is valuable.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

CV Outreach

Facebook Likealyzer 

Nick Runyon Twitter

Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level