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Tag Archives: clergy
Homeostasis finds a way
Every move toward change seems to be met with a countermove in the form of resistance, sabotage, entrenchment, confrontation, opposition, passive aggressive strategies, or sheer stubbornness. Experienced leaders never underestimate the power of homeostasis to reestablish systemic equilibrium. Continue reading
Lead like a pirate!
I have a couple of friends who are really into “Talk Like a Pirate Day” (September 19 in case you’re wondering). One dresses up like a pirate for the day (in Johnny Depp “Pirates of the Caribbean” style) and plays … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowen systems theory, clergy, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Family Secrets in Multigenerational Patterns
Family secrets represent complex phenomena that reflect and reinforce multigenerational patterns of functioning. Through the lens of Bowen Family Systems Theory, we understand that these secrets are not simply about hidden information but about the emotional processes that govern family life. Continue reading
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Personality type and religious leadership
Personality Type and Religious Leadership reports the result of research done by Roy M. Oswald and Otto Kroeger at the former Alban Institute. Around 1983 Oswald began using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to help church professionals across denominations understand … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, clergy, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Do you want to be great?
GRACE member Israel Galindo reflects on three things an organization needs in order to be “great”. Read his toughts at the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog site.
Posted in congregational life, leadership, second chair
Tagged book review, clergy, congregations, Israel Galindo, Transformation
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Two ideas on bringing about organizational change
Visit the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog for two ideas on bringing about organizational change.
Posted in administration, congregational life, leadership
Tagged clergy, leadership
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If a leader’s job is not to bring about change, then what’s a leader good for?
A question from one of my students in the systems theory class results in a new insight for leaders from the Dog Whisperer.
Posted in bowen family systems theory, congregational life, leadership
Tagged BFST, Bowen systems theory, clergy, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Why you can’t fix some church committees
Some thoughts on why you probably will never be able to fix some of your church committees at the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog.
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Tagged BFST, Bowen systems theory, clergy, community, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Utterly shameless self-promotion
The new book, Perspectives on Congregational Leadership: Applying systems thinking for effective leadership has just been released. In sociology the term “positive deviance” identifies the behaviors that bring about effectiveness and success in those situations where something that should not … Continue reading
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Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 10
We continue the “Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff” to avoid for those pastoral leaders who want to keep and develop quality staff ministry colleagues, (For those pastors who want to get rid of troubling church staff, then … Continue reading
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