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

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Clay Scroggins, the lead pastor of North Point Community Church and author of the new book How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. During their conversation, they discuss how to lead when you lack authority, the necessity of feedback, and self leadership.

BEST QUOTES

“People don’t just need you to hear them. They need to feel heard.”

“In life, we don’t make changes, unless we are faced with the reality of where we actually are.”

“So much of self leadership is being brutally honest with where you are right now.”

“Feedback can often feel like rejection.”

“If you want to grow, you have to grow through the intersection of acceptance and rejection.”

“If you want to get it done, get it done before lunch. If you have to get it done, get it done before breakfast.”

“Probably the greatest thief of our thought life is our phone.”

“There is a constant low hum of guilt that Christian fathers feel that we are doing enough to lead our families well.”

“The goal of parenting is not successful kids.”

“Humility and confidence are the most potent mix.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins

The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im discuss Daniel’s new book No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that Will Transform Your Ministry. During their conversation, they answer the following questions.

* What does it mean to shift from destination to direction in discipleship?

* How do you move from output goals to input goals?

* What does it look like to move from a sage to a guide?

* How do you move from form to function?

* How do you move from maturity to mission?

BEST QUOTES

“We lead the way we have been led unless we consciously do otherwise.”

“Just because you set up output goals that doesn’t actually mean you are going to get there.”

“The more an individual confesses their sins, the more likely they are to share their faith.”

“There is a different between faithfulness and fruitfulness. We can plant and we can water, but we can’t cause ourselves to grow.”

“Everything that you do as a church really fits into your leadership pipeline or your discipleship pathway.”

“It’s all about moving from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side.”

“We are all supposed to mature and multiply wherever we are.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im

Audits from No Silver Bullets 

NewChurches.com

4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney

Transformational Discipleship Assessment 

Flipping the Classroom by Daniel Im

Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck

MinistryGrid.com/comingsoon

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im discuss Daniel’s new book No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that Will Transform Your Ministry. During their conversation, they answer the following questions.

* What does it mean to shift from destination to direction in discipleship?

* How do you move from output goals to input goals?

* What does it look like to move from a sage to a guide?

* How do you move from form to function?

* How do you move from maturity to mission?

BEST QUOTES

“We lead the way we have been led unless we consciously do otherwise.”

“Just because you set up output goals that doesn’t actually mean you are going to get there.”

“The more an individual confesses their sins, the more likely they are to share their faith.”

“There is a different between faithfulness and fruitfulness. We can plant and we can water, but we can’t cause ourselves to grow.”

“Everything that you do as a church really fits into your leadership pipeline or your discipleship pathway.”

“It’s all about moving from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side.”

“We are all supposed to mature and multiply wherever we are.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im

Audits from No Silver Bullets 

NewChurches.com

4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney

Transformational Discipleship Assessment 

Flipping the Classroom by Daniel Im

Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck

MinistryGrid.com/comingsoon

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im discuss Daniel’s new book No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that Will Transform Your Ministry. During their conversation, they answer the following questions.

* What does it mean to shift from destination to direction in discipleship?

* How do you move from output goals to input goals?

* What does it look like to move from a sage to a guide?

* How do you move from form to function?

* How do you move from maturity to mission?

BEST QUOTES

“We lead the way we have been led unless we consciously do otherwise.”

“Just because you set up output goals that doesn’t actually mean you are going to get there.”

“The more an individual confesses their sins, the more likely they are to share their faith.”

“There is a different between faithfulness and fruitfulness. We can plant and we can water, but we can’t cause ourselves to grow.”

“Everything that you do as a church really fits into your leadership pipeline or your discipleship pathway.”

“It’s all about moving from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side.”

“We are all supposed to mature and multiply wherever we are.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im

Audits from No Silver Bullets 

NewChurches.com

4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney

Transformational Discipleship Assessment 

Flipping the Classroom by Daniel Im

Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck

MinistryGrid.com/comingsoon

This week we are going back to the foundation of everything we do at LifeWay Leadership, and that is Leadership Pipeline, a concept and framework for churches to develop leaders at every level of ministry. Over the course of the week, we will be re-releasing a podcast each day from our previously recorded Pipeline Week. You can also go and download the free e-booklet called Developing Your Leadership Pipeline which can be downloaded here (https://www.leadership.lifeway.com/free-e-booklet). In this episode Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and Barnabas Piper introduce and explain the systems of a leadership pipeline and ask the following questions.

* What is the content in a Leadership Pipeline?

* Why is it so important?

* Where should organizations start when auditing their training content?

* Can content really be aligned across complex organizations?

* What is competency based learning?

* What are practical ways to begin developing content? What are the options for different areas of the church?

BEST QUOTES

“Every organization needs a pipeline. Every person needs a pathway.”

“Without content I don’t have a mechanism to train.”

“Training content must contain knowledge, experience, and coaching.”

“Training in many organizations is a cruise to nowhere.”

“Everyone has content. Which content have you chosen and what are you doing with it?”

“Competency is having a displayed proficiency in something.”

“How do we move from a transfer of information to transformation?”

“When training consider competencies and context.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 2017

Developing Your Leadership Pipeline by Todd Adkins

This week we are going back to the foundation of everything we do at Lifeway Leadership, and that is Leadership Pipeline, a concept and framework for churches to develop leaders at every level of ministry. Over the course of the week, we will be re-releasing a podcast each day from our previously recorded Pipeline Week. You can also go and download the free e-booklet called Developing Your Leadership Pipeline which can be downloaded here (https://www.leadership.lifeway.com/free-e-booklet). In this episode Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and Barnabas Piper introduce and explain the systems of a leadership pipeline and ask the following questions.

* What is the content in a Leadership Pipeline?

* Why is it so important?

* Where should organizations start when auditing their training content?

* Can content really be aligned across complex organizations?

* What is competency based learning?

* What are practical ways to begin developing content? What are the options for different areas of the church?

BEST QUOTES

“Every organization needs a pipeline. Every person needs a pathway.”

“Without content I don’t have a mechanism to train.”

“Training content must contain knowledge, experience, and coaching.”

“Training in many organizations is a cruise to nowhere.”

“Everyone has content. Which content have you chosen and what are you doing with it?”

“Competency is having a displayed proficiency in something.”

“How do we move from a transfer of information to transformation?”

“When training consider competencies and context.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 2017

Developing Your Leadership Pipeline by Todd Adkins

This week we are going back to the foundation of everything we do at LifeWay Leadership, and that is Leadership Pipeline, a concept and framework for churches to develop leaders at every level of ministry. Over the course of the week, we will be re-releasing a podcast each day from our previously recorded Pipeline Week. You can also go and download the free e-booklet called Developing Your Leadership Pipeline which can be downloaded here (http://www.lifeway.com/leadership/free-e-booklet). In this episode Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and Barnabas Piper introduce and explain the systems of a leadership pipeline and ask the following questions.

* What is the content in a Leadership Pipeline?

* Why is it so important?

* Where should organizations start when auditing their training content?

* Can content really be aligned across complex organizations?

* What is competency based learning?

* What are practical ways to begin developing content? What are the options for different areas of the church?

BEST QUOTES

“Every organization needs a pipeline. Every person needs a pathway.”

“Without content I don’t have a mechanism to train.”

“Training content must contain knowledge, experience, and coaching.”

“Training in many organizations is a cruise to nowhere.”

“Everyone has content. Which content have you chosen and what are you doing with it?”

“Competency is having a displayed proficiency in something.”

“How do we move from a transfer of information to transformation?”

“When training consider competencies and context.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 2017

Developing Your Leadership Pipeline by Todd Adkins

This week we are going back to the foundation of everything we do at LifeWay Leadership, and that is Leadership Pipeline, a concept and framework for churches to develop leaders at every level of ministry. Over the course of the week, we will be re-releasing a podcast each day from our previously recorded Pipeline Week. You can also go and download the free e-booklet called Developing Your Leadership Pipeline which can be downloaded here (https://www.leadership.lifeway.com/free-e-booklet). In this episode Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and Barnabas Piper introduce and explain the systems of a leadership pipeline and ask the following questions.

* Who are the people in a Leadership Pipeline?

* Why are they so important?

* Where should organizations start when auditing their bench strength?

* How do you transition from having warm bodies to weekly volunteers in each ministry?

* How do you create a culture that engages and develops strong volunteers and leaders?

BEST QUOTES

“Who are the people in a leadership pipeline? Everyone in your church.”

“We’re responsible not just to attract people to a worship gathering but to train and deploy them.”

“By the simple act of volunteering and serving in the church people are leading.”

“I have not been in very many churches that treat every person as if they are equally important.”

“When we’re developing people in the church we’re developing them for more than just the church.”

“70% of leadership is transferable from one position to another.”

“Developing leaders in a pipeline is developing them for all arenas of life.”

“Regularly survey your people.”

“One of the best ways to audit your people is simple succession people.”

“Don’t think that your recruiting volunteers. Think that you’re recruiting leaders.”

“The reason churches have leadership deficiencies today is that they never built a leadership development culture before.”

“The healthier the church the more serving outside your gift area won’t be so cumbersome.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 2017

Developing Your Leadership Pipeline by Todd Adkins