Rodney Cox interviews Amy Anderson. Amy has served as the Director of Consulting at The Unstuck Group since 2016. During this time she has served hundreds of churches, helping them design ministry, staffing & multisite strategies that align and fuel their mission.
The Unstuck Group https://theunstuckgroup.com/

Show Notes

8:10 - Amy talks about what makes a great ministry consultant.

13:35 Amy reveals how lead pastors can avoid being the 'lid' on their church.

14:20 Amy talks about trends The Unstuck Group is seeing in churches today.

25:55 - Amy and Rodney talk about the critical success factors for a church ministry

37:20 Amy recommends the following books for leaders: 

High Impact Teams
https://www.amazon.com/High-Impact-Teams-Lance-Witt/dp/0801075688

Patrick Lencioni books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/9B4A48ED-142D-4448-A809-8544FCEF2C86/

Extreme Ownership
https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-audiobook/dp/B015TM0RM4/ref=sr_1_1

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Rodney Cox and Steve NeSmith discuss the importance of generosity in leadership.

SHOW NOTES:

4:10 Hosts reference the article on MinistryInsights.com titled, Generous Leaders Are In.

8:35 - Rodney recounts Dr. Del Tackett's definition of love.

11:50 - Generosity must be altruistic

17:15 - Ways you can express generosity in the work environment.

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Rodney Cox talks with Dan Rockwell, author of the Leadership Freak blog.

Dan began blogging at LeadershipFreak.blog in January 2010. Today, Dan has 500+ thousand followers consuming his content daily. According to the Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness, the Leadership Freak blog is the most socially shared leadership blog on the Internet.

Your host, Rodney Cox, and cohost Steve NeSmith talk with Dan about:
6:30 - How vulnerability and humility benefit a leader as he/she rises up the ranks 
11:00 - How comparison hinders your leadership potential
14:35 - Skills that leaders need to master in today's environment

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Co-host: Steve NeSmith

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Your host, Rodney Cox, and his cohost Steve NeSmith discuss:
1. The role of empathy, understanding, and trust in building a strong team.  
2. The release of the Strong Teams Starter Pack. 
3. The annual Equipping Conference, held recently in Asheville, NC.

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We interview Jeff Brown, author of the book Read to Lead and host of the Read to Lead podcast.

Show Notes:

11:15 - How making notes helps with retention while reading.

12:43 - Leading is about esteeming others above ourselves

19:25 - Jeff Brown gives book recommendations

26:13 - Jeff Brown talks about his Note-Making Master Course

The Read to Lead Podcast is a four-time Best Business Podcast-nominated show with nearly 7MM downloads to date. Learn more about Jeff, his podcast, and sign up for his Note-Making Mastery Course at https://jeffbrown.me/

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In this episode, host Rodney Cox interviews Russ Olmon, the founding President of Ministry Advantage. Russ talks about how the Leading From Your Strengths® system transformed his personal and professional life.

Russ founded Ministry Advantage in 1998 to equip pastors and churches worldwide to reach their full ministry potential. He has served over 1,000 churches in the U.S., Canada and Australia. From 1990 to 2003 Russ served as Founding/Senior Pastor of his church in the Dallas, Texas area. In 2004, Russ transitioned from his role as Senior Pastor to launch a multi-campus strategy as Pastor of Multisite Ministry at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. Today Russ serves as the Lead Campus Pastor to the largest satellite campus, Lake Pointe Town East.

Show Notes:

7:33 — "The leadership side of church, we don't get in seminary...you can read books on leadership, but you have to lead, to really learn to lead." ~ Russ Olmon

9:20 — "Most people today that are getting people into ministry at any level, are getting people that do not know how to lead in the church, how church works, or how leadership works." ~ Russ Olman

19:18: "That one moment [using Leading From Your Strengths principle] taught me how to relate to Stephen [son]..." ~ Russ Olmon 

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If you’ve perused social media or news websites lately you’ve likely run across many new buzzwords used to describe the changing workplace environment. Lately, two labels are getting more discussion than all others combined—Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing.  Although the media represents these concepts as new, the practices they describe have been a pattern in organizations for a long time.

Join Rodney Cox and Steve NeSmith as they discuss this phenomenon in the workplace.

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