This week on the 5 Leadership Questions podcast we are highlighting several of the speakers from our upcoming Pipeline Conference this October. We can’t wait for this event and all the leadership wisdom and practical advice that will be shared, and we want you to share in some of that. The early bird registration discount ends July 31, so make sure to register soon. So listen in, go to MyLeadershipPipeline.com to register you and your leadership team, and we will see you in October!

In this episode of 5 Leadership Questions, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im talk to Mark Jobe, Lead Pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. They talk about the importance of raising up leaders within your church to create a culture of reproduction and succession to maximize kingdom impact.

BEST QUOTES

"As a church we try to ask ourselves, "How do we raise people up and empower them?"

"Our pipeline is relational, DNA-impartation, and mentorship oriented."

"A problem with our training system is that we overeducate people that aren't doing anything."

"Succession fails when we're too controlling to release authority."

"It's hard for pastors to release and delegate."

"Succession fails out of our own insecurities."

"Succession fails when we don't have the courage to move someone to a different position if they're not working out."

"We look for people who get our spiritual DNA."

"Sometimes people are great people. They're just not people for our culture."

"People need to be maximizing their current opportunities and looking to the next opportunities."

"Sometimes we don't have a vision that's compelling to push leaders out of their comfort zone."

"Without a compelling vision, you fall into maintenance mode."

"Once you have a clear sense of the mandate of your vision, that fuels leadership reproduction."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Unstuck by Mark Jobe

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

1,000 Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im