In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Barnabas Piper talks with Larry Osborne who has spent 36 years as a pastor at Northcoast Church and has authored several books including Sticky Teams and Sticky Church. Osborne shares great wisdom about realistic expectations, the fine line between leadership development and discipleship, and much more.
BEST QUOTES
“Our real dream was to dig our roots into one community and pour our lives out there.”
“More often than not the answer to what I’m learning is ‘nothing’.”
“There are lots of people I’d learn from for a season.”
“We all have different leadership gifts – the five, the two, and the one talent. That’s God’s plan, not ours.”
“The larger the leadership gift, more often they have a multitude of leadership mentors.”
“The smaller the leadership gift the more often they have a single mentor they’re almost cloning.”
“Too often we have a one-size fits all approach to leadership.”
“We teach the body of Christ. We often don’t believe the body of Christ.”
“We need to constantly pursue our mission, not our successes.”
“Good things are happening, but are we staying healthy?”
“People are much quicker to share frustrations than failure.”
“Not everyone is a leader, but everyone is to have influence.”
“Vision always outpaces resources.”
“Calling is not potential.”
“So often we look at the recipe instead of looking at the fruit that grows on the tree.”
“What do I need to do to make sure my wife is maximized and my kids are maximized in Jesus Christ.”
“You have nothing to prove and no one to impress.”
“Do your best under the circumstances and take a nap.”
“It’s a dangerous question to ask – ‘is that the best I could do?’”
“So many of us think we’re so responsible for things we aren’t.”
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Sticky Teams
Sticky Church
Mission Creep
Thriving in Babylon
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