Your ministry probably has organizational values. Shared values set the tone for what the company cares about most. In ministry or business, values typically represent the principles you stand for, like integrity, perseverance, Christ-likeness, service, and respect for others. Values act as a filter to help leaders and their team members make decisions and plan…
Read MoreIt has been said that you cannot out-give God. While this is true–God has entrusted you with much as a leader and he expects you to give yourself away to others. At the heart of this truth is generosity. At its core, generosity is other-focused. Leading with a generous heart communicates that you value your…
Read MoreThanks to all that attended this year’s annual Equipping Conference, held at The Cove in Asheville. The mid-October weather and ambiance was near perfect for our gathering. For those that could not attend, we’ve posted a few photos below.
Read MoreThese days, leadership books and courses are soaring in popularity. Yet studies tell us that employees are increasingly unhappy and “quietly quitting” in record numbers. This reveals that their expectation of leadership is changing. Scripture calls us to love our team members first and foremost. But how does a leader know where to invest their…
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As news of an economic recession makes headlines, many employees start to focus less on their work and more on surviving the season. This focus on the country’s woes can increase stress on an already weary workforce and wreak havoc on team morale. As a leader, you can’t force your team to stay positive, but…
Read MoreAs a local church pastor for twenty-five years, Michael Lee was no stranger to personality differences in his congregation. Plus, his undergraduate degree in psychology had introduced him to dozens of kinds of personality assessments and tools. But even so, when Michael enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program at New Orleans Baptist Theological…
Read MoreThe Leading From Your Strengths principles makes a tremendous difference in your team’s effectiveness, intimacy, and strength when understood and applied. The issue has been assimilating the principles in a scalable way across your organization. That has all changed with this implementation of new technology. Ministry Insights invested 100K this year to reshoot and streamline…
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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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As you consider content to use for your team devotionals, we invite you to regularly include topics about strengths. In doing so, you and your team members can continue to find ways to use your individual strengths on the team, value the strengths of other team members, and be stronger together. Here are some ideas…
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Each member of your team has God-given strengths – predictable ways he naturally approaches or respond to problems, information, change, and risk. But each team member likely approaches the Principle of Strengths in different ways. Some are altogether unfamiliar with the concept. Others have been taught to focus on improving their weaknesses … or to…
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