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 Barnabas Piper talk with Jon Gordon, well known speaker, author, and consultant. Jon has authored several books including The Energy Bus and The Carpenter. He has also consulted with many professional sports teams and Fortune 500 companies. They have a great conversation about the importance of positivity and for leaders and what it takes to be a realistic optimist.

BEST QUOTES

“I learn the most about leadership trying to raise two teenagers.”

“While I’m writing and while I’m teaching on leadership I am learning.”

“Grit is the number one factor of success.”

“Where are we going and why are we going there?”

“I’m not a big believer in goals. I’m a big believer in vision.”

“God doesn’t give us a set of plans; he give us a North Star.”

“Pessimism, fear, and negativity hold us back from greatness. Belief pushes us forward.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“Your commitments must be greater than your goals.”

“I think the biggest challenge that every leader and every organization faces is negativity.”

“As Christians we should be the most positive people on the planet.”

“We don’t want to be vulnerable to so we go too far the other way and are closed off.”

“You’re going to bring your issues at home work and your issues at work to home.”

“Don’t search for balance. Search for rhythm.”

“Leadership is about loving, serving, and caring.”

“Showing people you care is how you stand out as a leader.”

“Don’t focus on building your business. Focus on loving, serving, and caring and your business will grow.”

“The temptation is ‘how do I make myself big” in stead of ‘how do I make other people big’?”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Energy Bus

The Carpenter

JonGordon.com

All The Places to Go by John Ortberg

Grit by Angela Duckworth

Mosaic – Erwin McManus’s Podcast

 

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Kevin Spratt to discuss what is servant leadership and how leaders can grow in that area. It is a phrase that gets used often but is rarely defined or exemplified clearly. That is the goal of this episode.

* How would you define servant leadership?

* What are the marks of servant leadership that differ from stereotypical “A-type” leadership?

* How can someone accurately self-evaluate whether they are leading in a serving way?

* Who are some of the best models of Servant leadership you have seen?

* What are practical steps people can take to grow in a spirit and habits of serving rather than commanding?

BEST QUOTES

“It’s a posture as much as anything else.”

“You came into this world self serving and hopefully you go out a little less self serving.”

“Everyone loves to talk about servant leadership until someone treats them like one.”

“Whose good are your working for – the mission and those you lead or yourself?”

“Does the leader share praise?”

“For a self-serving leader their status or turf is threatened by feedback.”

“As a leader you stewarding vision and people.”

“Being a servant and being weak are not in any way synonymous.”

“Are you too prideful to clean a toilet?”

“Am I really willing to be held accountable to someone?”

“Pride is the sister of fear.”

“So often we want to take intentionality out of relationship.”

“Give explicit permission to one or two people to shoot you down.”

 

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Kevin Spratt to discuss what is servant leadership and how leaders can grow in that area. It is a phrase that gets used often but is rarely defined or exemplified clearly. That is the goal of this episode.

* How would you define servant leadership?

* What are the marks of servant leadership that differ from stereotypical “A-type” leadership?

* How can someone accurately self-evaluate whether they are leading in a serving way?

* Who are some of the best models of Servant leadership you have seen?

* What are practical steps people can take to grow in a spirit and habits of serving rather than commanding?

BEST QUOTES

“It’s a posture as much as anything else.”

“You came into this world self serving and hopefully you go out a little less self serving.”

“Everyone loves to talk about servant leadership until someone treats them like one.”

“Whose good are your working for – the mission and those you lead or yourself?”

“Does the leader share praise?”

“For a self-serving leader their status or turf is threatened by feedback.”

“As a leader you stewarding vision and people.”

“Being a servant and being weak are not in any way synonymous.”

“Are you too prideful to clean a toilet?”

“Am I really willing to be held accountable to someone?”

“Pride is the sister of fear.”

“So often we want to take intentionality out of relationship.”

“Give explicit permission to one or two people to shoot you down.”

 

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Kevin Spratt to discuss what is servant leadership and how leaders can grow in that area. It is a phrase that gets used often but is rarely defined or exemplified clearly. That is the goal of this episode.

* How would you define servant leadership?

* What are the marks of servant leadership that differ from stereotypical “A-type” leadership?

* How can someone accurately self-evaluate whether they are leading in a serving way?

* Who are some of the best models of Servant leadership you have seen?

* What are practical steps people can take to grow in a spirit and habits of serving rather than commanding?

BEST QUOTES

“It’s a posture as much as anything else.”

“You came into this world self serving and hopefully you go out a little less self serving.”

“Everyone loves to talk about servant leadership until someone treats them like one.”

“Whose good are your working for – the mission and those you lead or yourself?”

“Does the leader share praise?”

“For a self-serving leader their status or turf is threatened by feedback.”

“As a leader you stewarding vision and people.”

“Being a servant and being weak are not in any way synonymous.”

“Are you too prideful to clean a toilet?”

“Am I really willing to be held accountable to someone?”

“Pride is the sister of fear.”

“So often we want to take intentionality out of relationship.”

“Give explicit permission to one or two people to shoot you down.”

 

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper visit the offices of Q to talk with Gabe Lyons. Gabe is a best-selling author and a leading voice on Christians engaging culture well. He and his wife, Rebekah, started Q several years ago to create a context for healthy, curious, civil conversations about pressing issues of faith, life, and culture form a distinctly Christian perspective. Gabe is also the co-author of Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You're Irrelevant and Extreme with David Kinnaman.

BEST QUOTES

“How else to people end up in leadership unless they get thrown into the deep end at some point?”

“Always seeing a person in the image of God is a basis for kindness.”

“Maybe an idea is a bad idea, but that doesn’t make the person a bad person or the enemy.”

“Christians should be engaged in every area of culture.”

“Orthodoxy matters and being rooted in Christ.”

“Leadership in a younger generation is not really a positive word.”

“People want to be influencers, world changers, or culture creators –all of which are expressions of leadership.”

“People who are not Christians tend to view Christianity as extreme.”

“Many Americans think people of faith are part of the problem now.”

“47% of millennials are afraid to speak up for their beliefs.”

“When you fine tune the love, the believe, and the live parts of your life that is good faith.”

“I’ll have to answer for what God called me to do, not what you think God called me to do.”

“Leadership is about trying to serve each of my children in areas where I see God has uniquely gifted me to be their father.”

“One of the biggest indicators of whether young people leave the church is their view of the authority of Scripture in their life.”

“Engage scripture as a driver for life instead of a legalistic heavy thing.”

“Leadership is about people and relationships, not about achieving results.”

“Your words matter way less than what your life speaks.”

“Reaching potential doesn’t just happen because you’re smart; it takes hard work.”

“All the strategy and tactics in the world can’t make up for what God can do in a moment.”

“One of the hardest things for a young leader is patience.”

“Daily disciplines make or break what your dream is built on.”

“Faithfulness where you are will change your world.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Q Conference

Q Commons

Good Faith by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

UnChristian by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Culture Making by Andy Crouch

 

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically,

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper visit the offices of Q to talk with Gabe Lyons. Gabe is a best-selling author and a leading voice on Christians engaging culture well. He and his wife, Rebekah, started Q several years ago to create a context for healthy, curious, civil conversations about pressing issues of faith, life, and culture form a distinctly Christian perspective. Gabe is also the co-author of Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme with David Kinnaman.

BEST QUOTES

“How else to people end up in leadership unless they get thrown into the deep end at some point?”

“Always seeing a person in the image of God is a basis for kindness.”

“Maybe an idea is a bad idea, but that doesn’t make the person a bad person or the enemy.”

“Christians should be engaged in every area of culture.”

“Orthodoxy matters and being rooted in Christ.”

“Leadership in a younger generation is not really a positive word.”

“People want to be influencers, world changers, or culture creators –all of which are expressions of leadership.”

“People who are not Christians tend to view Christianity as extreme.”

“Many Americans think people of faith are part of the problem now.”

“47% of millennials are afraid to speak up for their beliefs.”

“When you fine tune the love, the believe, and the live parts of your life that is good faith.”

“I’ll have to answer for what God called me to do, not what you think God called me to do.”

“Leadership is about trying to serve each of my children in areas where I see God has uniquely gifted me to be their father.”

“One of the biggest indicators of whether young people leave the church is their view of the authority of Scripture in their life.”

“Engage scripture as a driver for life instead of a legalistic heavy thing.”

“Leadership is about people and relationships, not about achieving results.”

“Your words matter way less than what your life speaks.”

“Reaching potential doesn’t just happen because you’re smart; it takes hard work.”

“All the strategy and tactics in the world can’t make up for what God can do in a moment.”

“One of the hardest things for a young leader is patience.”

“Daily disciplines make or break what your dream is built on.”

“Faithfulness where you are will change your world.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Q Conference

Q Commons

Good Faith by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

UnChristian by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Culture Making by Andy Crouch

 

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those wh...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper visit the offices of Q to talk with Gabe Lyons. Gabe is a best-selling author and a leading voice on Christians engaging culture well. He and his wife, Rebekah, started Q several years ago to create a context for healthy, curious, civil conversations about pressing issues of faith, life, and culture form a distinctly Christian perspective. Gabe is also the co-author of Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme with David Kinnaman.

BEST QUOTES

“How else to people end up in leadership unless they get thrown into the deep end at some point?”

“Always seeing a person in the image of God is a basis for kindness.”

“Maybe an idea is a bad idea, but that doesn’t make the person a bad person or the enemy.”

“Christians should be engaged in every area of culture.”

“Orthodoxy matters and being rooted in Christ.”

“Leadership in a younger generation is not really a positive word.”

“People want to be influencers, world changers, or culture creators –all of which are expressions of leadership.”

“People who are not Christians tend to view Christianity as extreme.”

“Many Americans think people of faith are part of the problem now.”

“47% of millennials are afraid to speak up for their beliefs.”

“When you fine tune the love, the believe, and the live parts of your life that is good faith.”

“I’ll have to answer for what God called me to do, not what you think God called me to do.”

“Leadership is about trying to serve each of my children in areas where I see God has uniquely gifted me to be their father.”

“One of the biggest indicators of whether young people leave the church is their view of the authority of Scripture in their life.”

“Engage scripture as a driver for life instead of a legalistic heavy thing.”

“Leadership is about people and relationships, not about achieving results.”

“Your words matter way less than what your life speaks.”

“Reaching potential doesn’t just happen because you’re smart; it takes hard work.”

“All the strategy and tactics in the world can’t make up for what God can do in a moment.”

“One of the hardest things for a young leader is patience.”

“Daily disciplines make or break what your dream is built on.”

“Faithfulness where you are will change your world.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Q Conference

Q Commons

Good Faith by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

UnChristian by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Culture Making by Andy Crouch

 

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those wh...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Eric Geiger to discuss five lies leaders believe just as they did several weeks prior with Carey Nieuwhof. Each of these lies undermines leadership but is tempting in some capacity. So the questions are why do leaders believe them and what can be done about it?

* Everything depends on me.

* People will forget my outbursts, tantrums, and rudeness.

* I’m better at your work than you are even though I hired you as an expert.

* If I ignore it, it will go away.

* I’m open to critique, correction, and criticism

BEST QUOTES

“A positive can become a negative – responsibility and a sense of ownership can become destructive.”

“If everything depends on you you’re doing it wrong and you haven’t been converted to development.”

“If you started something and were your only employee then everything did depend on you.”

“You need to start with development in mind.”

“If all you’ve done is accomplish the work then the work walks out with you at the end of the day.”

“We see the rudeness of leaders as a blemish on their record but not diminishing their overall leadership.”

“We’ve acted as if the ends justifies the means, that results matter more than character.”

“Recognize it, own it, and ask for forgiveness.”

“Healthy conflict is not the same as an outburst.”

“Your outburst is an indication that you’re not trusting your team and you’re not trusting God.”

“Leaders often overrate their own expertise.”

“It always seems to come back to humility”

“Conflict doesn’t just go away. It’s only going to fester.”

“Every day I am going to do the thing that I most don’t want to do.”

“Record and remember the net result of doing the hard thing.”

“I would like to grow in the ability to receive criticism whether or not it is given well.”

“Instead of finding reasons to dismiss a critique, find a reason to listen to it.”

“Surround yourself with people who are not impressed with you – who love you and care about you, but are not in awe.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

The Everything Store by Brad Stone

Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby

 

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.