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9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate

1 Comment / communication, Leadership, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Great leaders are great communicators. Communication certainly includes making a great speech, or for pastors, delivering a compelling sermon. That kind of communication is important, but it’s less so than communicating well one-on-one. I recently finished reading neuroscientist Andrew Newberg’s book, Words Can Change your Brain. His book suggests 12 key neuroscience based communication practices. I’ve included nine here with […]

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The 3 Kinds of People in Every Church

Leave a Comment / Church Growth, communication, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

In Judson Edward’s book, The Leadership Labyrinth, he describes 21 paradoxes in ministry. He defines the ‘relationship paradox’ in this way: the people who like you the most will be the ones you try least to please. He then writes that these three kinds of people fill every church. His insights are quite helpful. The energizers: their very

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A Powerful Tool to Help Create Change in your Church

1 Comment / communication, Preaching / By Charles Stone

Change in every church is difficult, but necessary. Things that are alive, change. One powerful tool that can help move change forward in your church is storytelling. I’ve excerpted a brief portion of my fourth book Brain-Savvy Leaders, the Science of Significant Ministry below that describes the power of storytelling to create change. Narrative persuasion is a

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Should you get Closer to your Critics?

2 Comments / communication, Leadership, Life Balance, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

What’s happening in this picture? I used this in a recent talk and asked the church audience to give me their answers. Their responses included… two people are angry, they are upset, they aren’t talking, they disagree about something. One lady came up to me afterwards and said, “I think it means that she was

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Are Your Critics Really Trying to Get Close to You

Leave a Comment / change managemenet, communication, Ministry / By Charles Stone

Recently I’ve been reading a lot about how to view problems in ministry and leadership through a different lens. A concept developed in the late 50’s and 60’s by a psychologist, Murray Bowen, has shed some brilliant light on the subject for me; so brilliant, in fact, that I wish I understood this concept 25

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9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate

The 3 Kinds of People in Every Church

A Powerful Tool to Help Create Change in your Church

Should you get Closer to your Critics?

Are Your Critics Really Trying to Get Close to You

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