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 Tim Challies, a popular blogger, author, and book reviewer. Tim began got into blogging when the medium was young and quickly gained a significant following He was initially best known for his prolific and in-depth book reviews, and as time wen ton began blogging on theology and life. His passion is connecting theology with practical living and he does it well in his various books too. Tim recently released a book called Do More Better on productivity and has one coming out this spring called Visual Theology that seeks to offer visual understanding and cues for complex theology.

Best Quotes

“The number one person I’m learning from right now is my kids.”

“My desire is to help resource Christians, both by writing things and by linking them to things.”

“If you look at blogs about blogging they are all about money, about making money.”

“In time your content is shaped by your desire to monetize it.”

“I might drive page views but alienate relationships.”

“How can we put the best content up and how can we best serve the reader?”

“What was the tabernacle but God giving us visual theology?”

“One of my obstacles is taking on too much. I’m a man pleaser.”

“It’s an easy thing, when someone asks you to speak on something, think ‘Oh, I’m an expert.’”

“Have an awareness of where you’re specially equipped.”

“Leadership isn’t just in the decision making. It’s in the nitty gritty as well.”

“I would have just told my 20-year-old self to be godly. Start putting sin to death.”

“Develop conviction and know what you believe.”

“You can’t lead without character.”

“Leaders in the church must be people who are leading at home.”

“You’ll never be a better leader outside the home than you are inside.”

“One of my great joys is making theology practical.”

“Productivity is doing excellent work for God.”

Recommended Resources

Challies.com

Do More Better

Visual Theology

Ashamed of the Gospel by John MacArthur

Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace by James Boice

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Tim Challies, a popular blogger, author, and book reviewer. Tim began got into blogging when the medium was young and quickly gained a significant following He was initially best known for his prolific and in-depth book reviews, and as time wen ton began blogging on theology and life. His passion is connecting theology with practical living and he does it well in his various books too. Tim recently released a book called Do More Better on productivity and has one coming out this spring called Visual Theology that seeks to offer visual understanding and cues for complex theology.

Best Quotes

“The number one person I’m learning from right now is my kids.”

“My desire is to help resource Christians, both by writing things and by linking them to things.”

“If you look at blogs about blogging they are all about money, about making money.”

“In time your content is shaped by your desire to monetize it.”

“I might drive page views but alienate relationships.”

“How can we put the best content up and how can we best serve the reader?”

“What was the tabernacle but God giving us visual theology?”

“One of my obstacles is taking on too much. I’m a man pleaser.”

“It’s an easy thing, when someone asks you to speak on something, think ‘Oh, I’m an expert.’”

“Have an awareness of where you’re specially equipped.”

“Leadership isn’t just in the decision making. It’s in the nitty gritty as well.”

“I would have just told my 20-year-old self to be godly. Start putting sin to death.”

“Develop conviction and know what you believe.”

“You can’t lead without character.”

“Leaders in the church must be people who are leading at home.”

“You’ll never be a better leader outside the home than you are inside.”

“One of my great joys is making theology practical.”

“Productivity is doing excellent work for God.”

Recommended Resources

Challies.com

Do More Better

Visual Theology

Ashamed of the Gospel by John MacArthur

Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace by James Boice

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Tim Challies, a popular blogger, author, and book reviewer. Tim began got into blogging when the medium was young and quickly gained a significant following He was initially best known for his prolific and in-depth book reviews, and as time wen ton began blogging on theology and life. His passion is connecting theology with practical living and he does it well in his various books too. Tim recently released a book called Do More Better on productivity and has one coming out this spring called Visual Theology that seeks to offer visual understanding and cues for complex theology.

Best Quotes

“The number one person I’m learning from right now is my kids.”

“My desire is to help resource Christians, both by writing things and by linking them to things.”

“If you look at blogs about blogging they are all about money, about making money.”

“In time your content is shaped by your desire to monetize it.”

“I might drive page views but alienate relationships.”

“How can we put the best content up and how can we best serve the reader?”

“What was the tabernacle but God giving us visual theology?”

“One of my obstacles is taking on too much. I’m a man pleaser.”

“It’s an easy thing, when someone asks you to speak on something, think ‘Oh, I’m an expert.’”

“Have an awareness of where you’re specially equipped.”

“Leadership isn’t just in the decision making. It’s in the nitty gritty as well.”

“I would have just told my 20-year-old self to be godly. Start putting sin to death.”

“Develop conviction and know what you believe.”

“You can’t lead without character.”

“Leaders in the church must be people who are leading at home.”

“You’ll never be a better leader outside the home than you are inside.”

“One of my great joys is making theology practical.”

“Productivity is doing excellent work for God.”

Recommended Resources

Challies.com

Do More Better

Visual Theology

Ashamed of the Gospel by John MacArthur

Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace by James Boice

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Brad Lomenick to talk about the process of developing leaders internally or hiring them from outside an organization and all the decisions that go into that. It is a nebulous and challenging process for leaders, so the hosts try to walk through the various choices to add a little clarity. They discuss the following:

* Where do we find new leaders?

* When should you hire vs. when should you promote?

* When is the right time to re-position a leader (lateral move) versus promoting someone to leadership for the first time?

* Is it true that every time moves into a new leadership position are they a “new leader” to be developed again?

* How do you promote someone without offending the rest of their peers?

BEST QUOTES

“Look first internally then to your network.”

“The very last resort is looking through a stack of resumes.”

“There’s a risk in hiring your close friends.”

“When all things are equal promote from within.”

“You always need to be cultivating new streams of development. That’s why internships are so important.”

“Promotion shouldn’t be a shock to someone’s system.”

“Practice like you’re the starter.”

“Sometimes you have someone you want to promote but there’s simply a better option elsewhere.”

“Whatever level you are at, part of your job description is to develop the people around you.”

“You look at a resume and you come away with almost no information.”

“70% of leadership is transferable laterally, from position to position.”

“Come in as the hungry second, not the satisfied first.”

“As a leader you can’t help if someone is self-aggrandizing and delusional.”

“In a healthy organization the people who didn’t get promoted will continue to be active contributors to the team.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Brad Lomenick to talk about the process of developing leaders internally or hiring them from outside an organization and all the decisions that go into that. It is a nebulous and challenging process for leaders, so the hosts try to walk through the various choices to add a little clarity. They discuss the following:

* Where do we find new leaders?

* When should you hire vs. when should you promote?

* When is the right time to re-position a leader (lateral move) versus promoting someone to leadership for the first time?

* Is it true that every time moves into a new leadership position are they a “new leader” to be developed again?

* How do you promote someone without offending the rest of their peers?

BEST QUOTES

“Look first internally then to your network.”

“The very last resort is looking through a stack of resumes.”

“There’s a risk in hiring your close friends.”

“When all things are equal promote from within.”

“You always need to be cultivating new streams of development. That’s why internships are so important.”

“Promotion shouldn’t be a shock to someone’s system.”

“Practice like you’re the starter.”

“Sometimes you have someone you want to promote but there’s simply a better option elsewhere.”

“Whatever level you are at, part of your job description is to develop the people around you.”

“You look at a resume and you come away with almost no information.”

“70% of leadership is transferable laterally, from position to position.”

“Come in as the hungry second, not the satisfied first.”

“As a leader you can’t help if someone is self-aggrandizing and delusional.”

“In a healthy organization the people who didn’t get promoted will continue to be active contributors to the team.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Brad Lomenick to talk about the process of developing leaders internally or hiring them from outside an organization and all the decisions that go into that. It is a nebulous and challenging process for leaders, so the hosts try to walk through the various choices to add a little clarity. They discuss the following:

* Where do we find new leaders?

* When should you hire vs. when should you promote?

* When is the right time to re-position a leader (lateral move) versus promoting someone to leadership for the first time?

* Is it true that every time moves into a new leadership position are they a “new leader” to be developed again?

* How do you promote someone without offending the rest of their peers?

BEST QUOTES

“Look first internally then to your network.”

“The very last resort is looking through a stack of resumes.”

“There’s a risk in hiring your close friends.”

“When all things are equal promote from within.”

“You always need to be cultivating new streams of development. That’s why internships are so important.”

“Promotion shouldn’t be a shock to someone’s system.”

“Practice like you’re the starter.”

“Sometimes you have someone you want to promote but there’s simply a better option elsewhere.”

“Whatever level you are at, part of your job description is to develop the people around you.”

“You look at a resume and you come away with almost no information.”

“70% of leadership is transferable laterally, from position to position.”

“Come in as the hungry second, not the satisfied first.”

“As a leader you can’t help if someone is self-aggrandizing and delusional.”

“In a healthy organization the people who didn’t get promoted will continue to be active contributors to the team.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Bobby Gruenewald, one of the pastors at Life Church and the architect of YouVersion and Church Online. YouVersion, a mobil app, is currently on about 210 million devices worldwide and Church online is a platform used by more than 18,000 churches, so you can see that Bobby knows a thing or two about innovation. We talk with him about innovation and the challenges of continuing to do it well even after finding success.

BEST QUOTES

“I learn by experience; it’s not always a who.”

“How can virtual reality work as an interface with scripture?”

“When you’re at a larger church it kind of creates operational vortex and sucks in every resource.”

“We have to systematically reintroduce how we innovate.”

“We’re breaking things that are working and forcing constraints to push innovation.”

“We think the key to new ideas is to remove constraints, but in reality it’s to enforcer constraints.

“Often times the systems that make you efficient drive out innovation.”

“Efficiency is based on a lack of desperation; innovation comes from desperation.”

“Innovation isn’t thinking outside the box. It’s thinking inside a better box.”

“In some ways the success we’ve found is our worst enemy.”

“There are formulas that work, but if you rely on the formula too much it stops working.”

“I don’t want to be here in five years talking about the 15-year-old idea we did.”

“Don’t overestimate what God will do in the short run or underestimate what He can do in long run.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

LifeChurch.TV

YouVersion

Managing Corporation Life Cycles – Ichak Adizes

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Bobby Gruenewald, one of the pastors at Life Church and the architect of YouVersion and Church Online. YouVersion, a mobil app, is currently on about 210 million devices worldwide and Church online is a platform used by more than 18,000 churches, so you can see that Bobby knows a thing or two about innovation. We talk with him about innovation and the challenges of continuing to do it well even after finding success.

BEST QUOTES

“I learn by experience; it’s not always a who.”

“How can virtual reality work as an interface with scripture?”

“When you’re at a larger church it kind of creates operational vortex and sucks in every resource.”

“We have to systematically reintroduce how we innovate.”

“We’re breaking things that are working and forcing constraints to push innovation.”

“We think the key to new ideas is to remove constraints, but in reality it’s to enforcer constraints.

“Often times the systems that make you efficient drive out innovation.”

“Efficiency is based on a lack of desperation; innovation comes from desperation.”

“Innovation isn’t thinking outside the box. It’s thinking inside a better box.”

“In some ways the success we’ve found is our worst enemy.”

“There are formulas that work, but if you rely on the formula too much it stops working.”

“I don’t want to be here in five years talking about the 15-year-old idea we did.”

“Don’t overestimate what God will do in the short run or underestimate what He can do in long run.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

LifeChurch.TV

YouVersion

Managing Corporation Life Cycles – Ichak Adizes

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Bobby Gruenewald, one of the pastors at Life Church and the architect of YouVersion and Church Online. YouVersion, a mobil app, is currently on about 210 million devices worldwide and Church online is a platform used by more than 18,000 churches, so you can see that Bobby knows a thing or two about innovation. We talk with him about innovation and the challenges of continuing to do it well even after finding success.

BEST QUOTES

“I learn by experience; it’s not always a who.”

“How can virtual reality work as an interface with scripture?”

“When you’re at a larger church it kind of creates operational vortex and sucks in every resource.”

“We have to systematically reintroduce how we innovate.”

“We’re breaking things that are working and forcing constraints to push innovation.”

“We think the key to new ideas is to remove constraints, but in reality it’s to enforcer constraints.

“Often times the systems that make you efficient drive out innovation.”

“Efficiency is based on a lack of desperation; innovation comes from desperation.”

“Innovation isn’t thinking outside the box. It’s thinking inside a better box.”

“In some ways the success we’ve found is our worst enemy.”

“There are formulas that work, but if you rely on the formula too much it stops working.”

“I don’t want to be here in five years talking about the 15-year-old idea we did.”

“Don’t overestimate what God will do in the short run or underestimate what He can do in long run.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

LifeChurch.TV

YouVersion

Managing Corporation Life Cycles – Ichak Adizes

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath