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 I talk with Rebekah Lyons, an author and co-founder of Q Ideas with her husband Gabe Lyons. Q Ideas exists to help Christians, especially leaders, recover a vision for their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. They host events, online conversations, and have a wealth of content at their website – QIdeas.org. Rebekah has a particular passion for seeing women reach their full potential in Christ, and that comes through clearly in this conversation. She is a real, honest, clear speaker and wonderful guest. Enjoy!

BEST QUOTES

“In your 20s you’re so full of zeal and you’re going to charge hell with a water pistol.”

“Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.”

“Could we rebuild the credibility of the Christian faith because we’re showing not telling.”

“We felt there was a difference between the church leaders siting around the table in the kitchen and the cultural leaders sitting around the cocktail bar.”

“ If you’re not learning you have a short shelf life.”

“I’m a big fan of books by dead people.”

“It’s not there’s not credibility in what’s being said right now, but it’s hard to sort it out with all the noise.”

“Where are all the 2016 heroes of the faith?”

“We have glorified our work and our ministries.”

“Are we so busy serving God that we don’t actually know who He is?”

“Quiet, patience, and listening are not things often found in the stereotypical leader.”

“We’re looking at how everyone else is doing things and then we copy it. This is now the strategy.”

“There is a counter-balance to strategy.”

“Where have I made much of my travel or writing so that someone else in the kingdom feels like their contribution is insignificant?”

“All Jesus talks about is the kingdom; that’s what we’re all working toward.”

“God is after the one who is humble and is seeking Him.”

“What if we led with vulnerability in our faith?”

“It’s so freeing as parents to be honest about things that were hard for us.”

“It’s freeing to be the first to apologize.”

“Stop trying so hard to earn your worth.”

“God is not casual about rest. He hasn’t established rest as optional.”

“You carve out hours out your schedule where you say ‘I’m not going to program this. I’m going to get alone with God.’”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Q Ideas

Q Conference – April 21-23, Denver, CO

Freefall to Fly

Q Women

Man’s search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Abiding in Christ by Andrew Murray

Artists Way by Julia Cameron

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Rebekah Lyons, an author and co-founder of Q Ideas with her husband Gabe Lyons. Q Ideas exists to help Christians, especially leaders, recover a vision for their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. They host events, online conversations, and have a wealth of content at their website – QIdeas.org. Rebekah has a particular passion for seeing women reach their full potential in Christ, and that comes through clearly in this conversation. She is a real, honest, clear speaker and wonderful guest. Enjoy!

BEST QUOTES

“In your 20s you’re so full of zeal and you’re going to charge hell with a water pistol.”

“Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.”

“Could we rebuild the credibility of the Christian faith because we’re showing not telling.”

“We felt there was a difference between the church leaders siting around the table in the kitchen and the cultural leaders sitting around the cocktail bar.”

“ If you’re not learning you have a short shelf life.”

“I’m a big fan of books by dead people.”

“It’s not there’s not credibility in what’s being said right now, but it’s hard to sort it out with all the noise.”

“Where are all the 2016 heroes of the faith?”

“We have glorified our work and our ministries.”

“Are we so busy serving God that we don’t actually know who He is?”

“Quiet, patience, and listening are not things often found in the stereotypical leader.”

“We’re looking at how everyone else is doing things and then we copy it. This is now the strategy.”

“There is a counter-balance to strategy.”

“Where have I made much of my travel or writing so that someone else in the kingdom feels like their contribution is insignificant?”

“All Jesus talks about is the kingdom; that’s what we’re all working toward.”

“God is after the one who is humble and is seeking Him.”

“What if we led with vulnerability in our faith?”

“It’s so freeing as parents to be honest about things that were hard for us.”

“It’s freeing to be the first to apologize.”

“Stop trying so hard to earn your worth.”

“God is not casual about rest. He hasn’t established rest as optional.”

“You carve out hours out your schedule where you say ‘I’m not going to program this. I’m going to get alone with God.’”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Q Ideas

Q Conference – April 21-23, Denver, CO

Freefall to Fly

Q Women

Man’s search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Abiding in Christ by Andrew Murray

Artists Way by Julia Cameron

Leaders are learners. A leader who doesn't learn has a short shelf life. Ideas like these have shown up on nearly every single episode of this podcast. Learning is so important for leaders that our very first question for all our guests is "Who are you learning from?" So in this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I sit down with Brad Lomenick to talk about what it takes to be a leader who learns. We ask the following questions.

* Why is being a learner so important in the current leadership environment versus how things used to be?

* What are the consequences if a leader is not a learner?

* What are 2-3 habits someone can work on to develop as a learner?

* How can someone learn to ask better questions?

* How does someone take the information they’ve gathered and determine what to apply and how to apply it?

BEST QUOTES

“In the old days you didn’t necessarily have to be a learner; you could just know more.”

“Things are progressing so quickly that it’s hard to keep up, to specialize in something.”

“Anybody knows what you know because they can Google it.”

“It’s not about having knowledge. It’s about have experience and applying it.”

“Even if you are a specialist you have to keep learning.”

“A degree proves what you learned a long time ago. It does not prove where you are right now.”

“What got you here isn’t going to get you where you need to go.”

“The more you climb the ladder the more potential there is that your curiosity and learning quotient goes down.”

“I’m convinced a lot of people are done with active learning after college.”

“You don’t have to force yourself to learn in a way that doesn’t work.”

“Leaders who stop learning frustrate those under them.”

“Learning can help a leader be more humble.”

“If you’re not a learner don’t expect your team to be that.”

“Set goals as a learner and hold yourself accountable.”

“You will never learn so well as if you have to teach something.”

“Set realistic goals and then increase them.”

“Build learning into the day and rhythm of your week.”

“The best way to break out of creative fog is to get outside the norm.”

“Collect influencers."

“Don’t discount anybody.”

“The best mentoring relationships I’ve had have been symbiotic.”

“Write it down. Take notes.”

“We vastly over estimate our ability to remember things.”

“Most people are not very good question askers.”

“Don’t ask questions to set yourself up to be the expert.”

“You elevate yourself by asking a good question.”

“A good question shows that you have really good observations.”

“An enormous amount of learning is not done in isolation.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Evernote

H3 Leadership by Brad Lomenick

Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp

Leaders are learners. A leader who doesn’t learn has a short shelf life. Ideas like these have shown up on nearly every single episode of this podcast. Learning is so important for leaders that our very first question for all our guests is “Who are you learning from?” So in this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I sit down with Brad Lomenick to talk about what it takes to be a leader who learns. We ask the following questions.

* Why is being a learner so important in the current leadership environment versus how things used to be?

* What are the consequences if a leader is not a learner?

* What are 2-3 habits someone can work on to develop as a learner?

* How can someone learn to ask better questions?

* How does someone take the information they’ve gathered and determine what to apply and how to apply it?

BEST QUOTES

“In the old days you didn’t necessarily have to be a learner; you could just know more.”

“Things are progressing so quickly that it’s hard to keep up, to specialize in something.”

“Anybody knows what you know because they can Google it.”

“It’s not about having knowledge. It’s about have experience and applying it.”

“Even if you are a specialist you have to keep learning.”

“A degree proves what you learned a long time ago. It does not prove where you are right now.”

“What got you here isn’t going to get you where you need to go.”

“The more you climb the ladder the more potential there is that your curiosity and learning quotient goes down.”

“I’m convinced a lot of people are done with active learning after college.”

“You don’t have to force yourself to learn in a way that doesn’t work.”

“Leaders who stop learning frustrate those under them.”

“Learning can help a leader be more humble.”

“If you’re not a learner don’t expect your team to be that.”

“Set goals as a learner and hold yourself accountable.”

“You will never learn so well as if you have to teach something.”

“Set realistic goals and then increase them.”

“Build learning into the day and rhythm of your week.”

“The best way to break out of creative fog is to get outside the norm.”

“Collect influencers.”

“Don’t discount anybody.”

“The best mentoring relationships I’ve had have been symbiotic.”

“Write it down. Take notes.”

“We vastly over estimate our ability to remember things.”

“Most people are not very good question askers.”

“Don’t ask questions to set yourself up to be the expert.”

“You elevate yourself by asking a good question.”

“A good question shows that you have really good observations.”

“An enormous amount of learning is not done in isolation.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Evernote

H3 Leadership by Brad Lomenick

Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp

Leaders are learners. A leader who doesn’t learn has a short shelf life. Ideas like these have shown up on nearly every single episode of this podcast. Learning is so important for leaders that our very first question for all our guests is “Who are you learning from?” So in this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I sit down with Brad Lomenick to talk about what it takes to be a leader who learns. We ask the following questions.

* Why is being a learner so important in the current leadership environment versus how things used to be?

* What are the consequences if a leader is not a learner?

* What are 2-3 habits someone can work on to develop as a learner?

* How can someone learn to ask better questions?

* How does someone take the information they’ve gathered and determine what to apply and how to apply it?

BEST QUOTES

“In the old days you didn’t necessarily have to be a learner; you could just know more.”

“Things are progressing so quickly that it’s hard to keep up, to specialize in something.”

“Anybody knows what you know because they can Google it.”

“It’s not about having knowledge. It’s about have experience and applying it.”

“Even if you are a specialist you have to keep learning.”

“A degree proves what you learned a long time ago. It does not prove where you are right now.”

“What got you here isn’t going to get you where you need to go.”

“The more you climb the ladder the more potential there is that your curiosity and learning quotient goes down.”

“I’m convinced a lot of people are done with active learning after college.”

“You don’t have to force yourself to learn in a way that doesn’t work.”

“Leaders who stop learning frustrate those under them.”

“Learning can help a leader be more humble.”

“If you’re not a learner don’t expect your team to be that.”

“Set goals as a learner and hold yourself accountable.”

“You will never learn so well as if you have to teach something.”

“Set realistic goals and then increase them.”

“Build learning into the day and rhythm of your week.”

“The best way to break out of creative fog is to get outside the norm.”

“Collect influencers.”

“Don’t discount anybody.”

“The best mentoring relationships I’ve had have been symbiotic.”

“Write it down. Take notes.”

“We vastly over estimate our ability to remember things.”

“Most people are not very good question askers.”

“Don’t ask questions to set yourself up to be the expert.”

“You elevate yourself by asking a good question.”

“A good question shows that you have really good observations.”

“An enormous amount of learning is not done in isolation.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Evernote

H3 Leadership by Brad Lomenick

Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Dan Rockwell, better known as Leadership Freak for his blogging and social media presence. Rockwell has been honored by Inc.com, American Management Association, and his blog was the most shared on social media in 2012, 2013, and 2014. He is known for being practical and concise. You will hear that same style and those same rich, practical insights in our conversation. Enjoy!

BEST QUOTES

“I write my blog for me. I have a short attention span and I don’t want to read long articles.”

“Great preachers take what could a 45 minute presentation and boil it down to 20 or 25 minutes.”

“Learning is part of life, and I’m learning from the people I serve.”

“The people who are mediocre and average and have been for a long time are not calling coaches and people to come in to train them. They are average because they haven’t developed themselves.”

“In order to lead people you have to be able to learn from them.”

“Coaching is a logical extension of servant leadership.”

“Experience is the big thing for a mentor.”

“I’m learning to focus on my own development then let that bleed over and affect others.”

“When leadership gets better everything gets better.”

“Most writers tend to feel at least little bit self conscious about what they write, either that or they’re pretty arrogant.”

“If you’re a leader who intends to help others if you wait until you’ve nailed something or are an expert you probably won’t say very much.”

“The biggest obstacles leaders face are themselves.”

“The more power you have and the more authority you have the less likely you are to see yourself well.”

“A lack of persistence is a lack of values and vision.”

“A coach’s role is to dig into what is important right now and what steps to take next.”

“Build something worth sharing instead of sharing something to try to build something.”

“Passion do not come on someone from the outside. It’s a leader’s job to touch what is on the inside, not force their vision on others.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Leadership Freak Blog

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Dan Rockwell, better known as Leadership Freak for his blogging and social media presence. Rockwell has been honored by Inc.com, American Management Association, and his blog was the most shared on social media in 2012, 2013, and 2014. He is known for being practical and concise. You will hear that same style and those same rich, practical insights in our conversation. Enjoy!

BEST QUOTES

“I write my blog for me. I have a short attention span and I don’t want to read long articles.”

“Great preachers take what could a 45 minute presentation and boil it down to 20 or 25 minutes.”

“Learning is part of life, and I’m learning from the people I serve.”

“The people who are mediocre and average and have been for a long time are not calling coaches and people to come in to train them. They are average because they haven’t developed themselves.”

“In order to lead people you have to be able to learn from them.”

“Coaching is a logical extension of servant leadership.”

“Experience is the big thing for a mentor.”

“I’m learning to focus on my own development then let that bleed over and affect others.”

“When leadership gets better everything gets better.”

“Most writers tend to feel at least little bit self conscious about what they write, either that or they’re pretty arrogant.”

“If you’re a leader who intends to help others if you wait until you’ve nailed something or are an expert you probably won’t say very much.”

“The biggest obstacles leaders face are themselves.”

“The more power you have and the more authority you have the less likely you are to see yourself well.”

“A lack of persistence is a lack of values and vision.”

“A coach’s role is to dig into what is important right now and what steps to take next.”

“Build something worth sharing instead of sharing something to try to build something.”

“Passion do not come on someone from the outside. It’s a leader’s job to touch what is on the inside, not force their vision on others.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Leadership Freak Blog

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Dan Rockwell, better known as Leadership Freak for his blogging and social media presence. Rockwell has been honored by Inc.com, American Management Association, and his blog was the most shared on social media in 2012, 2013, and 2014. He is known for being practical and concise. You will hear that same style and those same rich, practical insights in our conversation. Enjoy!

BEST QUOTES

“I write my blog for me. I have a short attention span and I don’t want to read long articles.”

“Great preachers take what could a 45 minute presentation and boil it down to 20 or 25 minutes.”

“Learning is part of life, and I’m learning from the people I serve.”

“The people who are mediocre and average and have been for a long time are not calling coaches and people to come in to train them. They are average because they haven’t developed themselves.”

“In order to lead people you have to be able to learn from them.”

“Coaching is a logical extension of servant leadership.”

“Experience is the big thing for a mentor.”

“I’m learning to focus on my own development then let that bleed over and affect others.”

“When leadership gets better everything gets better.”

“Most writers tend to feel at least little bit self conscious about what they write, either that or they’re pretty arrogant.”

“If you’re a leader who intends to help others if you wait until you’ve nailed something or are an expert you probably won’t say very much.”

“The biggest obstacles leaders face are themselves.”

“The more power you have and the more authority you have the less likely you are to see yourself well.”

“A lack of persistence is a lack of values and vision.”

“A coach’s role is to dig into what is important right now and what steps to take next.”

“Build something worth sharing instead of sharing something to try to build something.”

“Passion do not come on someone from the outside. It’s a leader’s job to touch what is on the inside, not force their vision on others.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Leadership Freak Blog