Leading From Alignment

Discernment is an often overlooked and underutilized tool in a leader’s repertoire. Finely tuned discernment can become one of a leader’s best friends. It can spare you heartache, save you time, and protect the people you lead and serve. In today’s episode we unpack three ways discernment helps you as a leader, and then explore four practical ways you can hone this most important skill

In the final segment of the Leadership & series, John and Jim unpack Leadership & Soft Skills. You as a leader are the biggest contributor to your team’s level of production. And most of the things you can do to increase good outcomes have to do with soft skills. Today’s episode outlines eight powerful contributors to a team’s productivity and five impactful soft skills that will help your team consistently deliver good outcomes

John & Jim are in the third segment of the Leadership & series. In Episode 205, they explored Leadership & Communication. In 206, Leadership & Seismos Moments. Today’s episode focuses on Leadership & Delegation. In today’s pod we unpack five helpful delegation tips, and five levels of delegation that will allow you to successfully share the ministry load

Leadership tosses a variety of storms our way . . . some are garden variety storms, others are more intense. Today John and Jim tackle the subject of Leadership and Seismos Moments. They explore some of the larger storms leadership tosses at us, and then outline four helpful and encouraging tips.

Effective communication is a super important leadership skill, but it is hard. In today’s episode we explore four types of communication and then share three secrets to doing it effectively. If you want the culture of the organization that you lead to be healthy . . . effective communication is non-negotiable.

In 2015, more than 38% of pastors in the U.S. were co-vocational. In today’s episode, we unpack three of the many challenges facing co-vocational pastors and offer helpful tips in navigating the often-exhausting world of co-vocational leadership.

Humility . . . a word often misunderstood and misapplied in the world of leadership. Our culture bombards us with images of leaders who are strong, smart, skilled, super-men and super-women who lead their organizations to triumph. In today’s episode we unpack six powerful ways humility shapes our leadership and sets us up not only to bear good fruit . . . but to do so over a long span of time.

In Part 2 of our conversation with JD Wiegand, JD unpacks what he wishes he could have said to his parents, shares insightful advice for pastors who have children, and offers encouragement to kids whose parents pastor a church.

If you are pastoring a church and still have children at home, you are not going to want to miss today’s episode

In Part 1 of a two-part conversation, we interview JD Wiegand, Jim’ son. We explore a few of JD’s favorite things about being a pastor’s kid, some of the challenges he experienced, and three things he wished he could have said to the congregation his dad pastored

As we approach our 200th episode, we thought it might be fun to re-release our most popular five podcasts. Today’s episode is our most listened to and watched episode of all time: Shaping the Culture You Need. Culture is fuel. You can craft an amazing vision, have a dynamic playbook, but a healthy culture provides the fuel for that vision and playbook.