Mistaken Identity Leads Ministry Director to LFYS Profile “I discovered Leading From Your Strengths by accident,” confesses Roger Orman, a director with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. “It was a case of mistaken identity.” For years, Roger had used Gallup StrengthsFinder in his work as a pastor and later as Associate Director of the South…
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. When God calls you to a one-time situation that is radical for you, how do you respond? You may push back because you lack discernment (“I cannot confirm that God is calling me to do this because it seems so outrageous”) or…
Read MoreInsights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Over and over again in the Bible, God commands us to love one another. To love Him. To love our enemies. Please excuse what may be a spoiled, selfish point of view … but what if you don’t feel like loving others?…
Read MoreDonald Hintze Uses Profiles to Connect the Right Leader to a Church Staff “You don’t want to think you’re marrying Rachel and end up with Leah,” says Donald Hintze, Executive Director of The Gulf Coast Baptist Association, referring to missteps taken by church search committees when they hire new staff. In coaching and leading an…
Read MoreDoug Akers Uses Profiles in Church Consulting “LifeWay deals directly with over 40,000 churches,” says Doug Akers, speaking of the Nashville-TN-based leading provider of Bibles, curriculum, books, audio/visual and Christian resources. That’s a lot of churches. Doug serves as Lifeway’s lead church consultant, helping to equip teams across the U.S. to maximize their ministry. Leading…
Read MoreInsights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. No matter what your natural strengths, they remain stable over time. Yet your environment changes regularly. Periodically you must adapt to your environment. In doing so, you exercise your “adapted strengths.” In a conflict, God may call you to flip the switch from…
Read MoreFor You To Think About Each individual has been gifted with natural strengths. These qualities with which you are born are your unique way or manner of going about the tasks of daily life. Some may even refer to your strengths as your “personality.” Adapted strengths, on the other hand, are adjustments you make in…
Read MoreLead Your Team through the Profile, Part 4: Value to the Team This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About In what way does each member bring value to your team? Your team members fulfill two different functions: (1)…
Read MoreLead Your Team Through the Profile, Part 3: Process Your Team Members’ Strengths This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About Each person has natural strengths. Natural strengths are an individual’s unique ways of going about the tasks of…
Read MoreInsights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Like Father, Like Child: Strengths Are In the Image of God “She has her grandfather’s nose.” “His hair is the same color as his mother’s.” “Height runs in her family. No wonder she is so tall.” With just a glance in the…
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