Category Archives: leadership

Thoughts on leadership

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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Winter issue of Leadership in Ministry newsletter

The Winter 2010 issue of the Leadership in Ministry Workshops newsletter.

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Galindo’s new book reviewed

You can read a review of Galindo’s new book, Perspectives on Congregational Leadership at the Resource Center website. While there, visit other spots on the website for updates on resources for you and your congregation. Especially if your church is … Continue reading

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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. 6

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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