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9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate

3 Comments / 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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11 Bad Listening Habits Leaders must Avoid

5 Comments / communication, Leadership / By Charles Stone

Listening is one of the most important competencies a leader can use. Leaders who listen well, lead well. Leaders who listen well, lead well. Click To Tweet But sometimes even good leaders slip into bad listening habits. As you read these bad habits below, mentally check which one(s) you most easily slip into. Lisa J.

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4 Ways to Successfully Navigate Change

7 Comments / change managemenet, communication, Leadership, planning / By Charles Stone

Great leaders manage change well. Great pastors also manage change well. But it’s not easy. In my research for my book, Brain-Savvy Leaders: the Science of Significant Ministry, I learned that brain insight can help us navigate change successfully. Consider these 4 ways to successfully navigate a change you’re facing. (Reprinted by permission from Brain-Savvy

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3 Ways Leaders Break Unhealthy Dependencies

3 Comments / communication, Leadership, Neuroleadership / By Charles Stone

Good leaders help their followers grow. They keep their followers’ best interests a priority. They invest in their followers. But sometimes we unintentionally hold them back by creating an unhealthy follower-leader dependency. How do we do that? We solve their problems by giving them answers instead of fostering insight. Consider the following scenario. A staff person who reports to you comes

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5 Mistakes Pastors Make when Planning Staff Retreats

3 Comments / Church Staff, communication, Leadership, Ministry, planning / By Charles Stone

Dave Berry, one of the funniest guys on the planet once wrote, “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: meetings.” I’m not sure if he’s 100% right, but he’s close. Meetings, and extended ones

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9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate

11 Bad Listening Habits Leaders must Avoid

4 Ways to Successfully Navigate Change

3 Ways Leaders Break Unhealthy Dependencies

5 Mistakes Pastors Make when Planning Staff Retreats

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