Why Group Friendliness is More Important Than You Realize
by: Bill Donahue
5 ways for any church to increase its group-friendliness.
ABOUT BILL DONAHUE
Bill’s vision is: “Resourcing life-changing leaders for world-changing influence.” Leaders and their teams need a clear personal vision and a transformational team strategy. This requires work in 3 key areas: Maximize Leadership Capacity, Sharpen Mission Clarity & Build Transformational Community. Bill has leadership experience in both the for-profit and non-profit arena. After working for P&G in New York and PNC Corp. in Philadelphia, Bill was Director of Leader Development & Group Life for the Willow Creek Church & Association where he created leadership strategies and events for over 10,000 leaders on 6 continents in over 30 countries.
Why Changing Strategy Without Changing Culture Changes Nothing
by: Bill Donahue
Bill Donahue, Change, Culture, Leadership Engine, Organizational Culture
It is not enough to change a strategy or talk about innovation. Cultures must change.
Ten Red Flags Indicating Ephesians 4 Might Be Turned Upside Down at Your Church
by: Bill Donahue
Bill Donahue, Church Volunteers, Ephesians 4, Red Flags, Volunteer leaders, ministry
How can we ignore the ministry and work of so many people, often leaving them to believe their lives, work and ministry are less important than the paid staff?
Is Your Church Missing an Opportunity to Connect People at Weekend Services? Learning from a Willow Creek Reboot
by: Bill Donahue
What are you doing to leverage your auditorium or worship center for connection?
6 Critical Reasons for Developing the “Middle” of Your Teams
by: Bill Donahue
Bill Donahue, Healthy Staff, Staff, Staff Development, Staff Transitions
What about the development of middle leadership roles? People have skills and experience beyond entry-level leadership and yet do not desire, are not ready for, or not gifted for – top-level posts. Where are the development strategies for these emerging leaders?
Does Your Onstage Performance Reflect Your Backstage Practices?
by: Bill Donahue
Dr. Bill Donahue, Leadership Practices, back stage, front stage
We need real leaders whose performance “backstage” – off camera, away from the excitement and spotlights – is congruent with we see up front.
5 Big Leadership Mistakes in Your Ministry
by: Bill Donahue
Leadership mistakes are inevitable – but some of them are avoidable.
The Starting Point for Discovering Vision and Values
by: Bill Donahue
Bill Donahue, Core Values, Recapturing Vision, Values, Vision
Here are a series of questions for Vision and Values discovery and clarification.
7 Ways to Keep Community at the Core of Your Church
by: Bill Donahue
The heart of the gospel is community – the message that the God who lives in community came to restore community with his people through the life, death and resurrection of his son.
Entrepreneurial Leadership in Non-Profits
by: Bill Donahue
What are you doing to make sure people are part of the innovative vision you are pursuing?
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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
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Amen!!
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Thank you so Much for this great article. It has open my eyes on where we have faltered and the things we need to work on. God can never indeed be the problem. It's us.
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