In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im breakdown the leadership book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. In their conversation they discuss the importance of creating checklists and how they can help you become more efficient and effective.

* What’s the book and why does it matter?

* Overview of the book

* How applicable is the book to leadership in my church?

* What are things churches should ignore from the book?

* What can you do this week in light of the book?

BEST QUOTES

“This book will help you scale. It will help you delegate.”

“The world is becoming increasingly complex. In order to get things done consistently, his premise is you have to use checklists.”

“We don’t like checklists. They can be painstaking. They’re not much fun, but I don’t think the issue here is mere laziness.”

“Under conditions of complexity, not only are checklists a help, they are required for success.”

“Checklists raise wide, unexpected possibilities.”

“That’s not my problem is probably the worst thing people can think.”

“The book is going to help you in your church develop systems for recruitment and training.”

“Checklists are your friend.”

“You need to create some key checklists in your area.”

“Think about one of the things you would love to hand off. Identify it, create a checklist for it, and train someone up.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

New Churches podcast

Ministry Grid

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan

The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know podcast

The Four by Scott Galloway

No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im