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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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The Repertoire for self-differentiation

Is there a repertoire for self-differentiation? Maybe so. Check the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog for thoughts on what some experienced leaders do to help move toward differentiation during a crisis.

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Checking your prejudices

Pondering the five common prejudices of congregational leaders at the Perspectives on Congregational Leaders blog site. .

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Best workshop summary ever…

I’m moving blog entries on leadership and BFST to the new blog, Perspectives on Congregational Leadership. Hope you’ll join us there and subscribe. Today’s entry, “Best workshop summary interpretation ever…”

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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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Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 9

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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Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 8

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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Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 7

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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Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 5

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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