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3 Simple Questions that Can Make or Break Leadership Effectiveness

5 Comments / Church Staff, Compassion, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Sometimes leaders can view their role only encompassing the big-picture, long-term, and strategic kind of stuff. I’ve learned, however, that how I treat simple one-on-one encounters with others may impact my leadership and my church in greater ways than my big-picture stuff. I suggest silently asking yourself these three questions when you’re with another person at your church or organization. 3 Key Questions […]

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Why you can’t hear how you really sound (and why it matters)?

Leave a Comment / communication, Leadership, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Have you ever heard yourself speak on an audio recording and said, “Wow! I didn’t know I sounded like that?” If you have, you are not alone. It’s a brain thing. We actually can’t hear our voice and tone the way it actually sounds. [That must be why some people with really bad voices think

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Are You a Catalytic Leader?

2 Comments / Church Staff, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

The book, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leadership Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom, highlights the value of what the authors call, ‘leaderless’ organizations. Although I don’t advocate leaderless organizations, one chapter describes tools that successful non-leader leaders use to catalyze their respective organizations. These qualities also apply to catalytic leaders. I’ve summarized them below. Qualities

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A Counter-intuitive Way to Manage Ministry Pain

Leave a Comment / Compassion, Life Balance, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Pain and ministry go together like peanut butter and jelly. Once you make a PB&J sandwich, there’s no separating the two ingredients. Neither can we isolate successful ministry from the pain it inevitably brings. I don’t like rejection, disappointment, or criticism. I don’t know any pastor who does. Sometimes, however, I do everything I can

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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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3 Simple Questions that Can Make or Break Leadership Effectiveness

Why you can’t hear how you really sound (and why it matters)?

Are You a Catalytic Leader?

A Counter-intuitive Way to Manage Ministry Pain

9 Ways Great Leaders Communicate

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