Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged barriers, communication, Donald Keough, Empowering Leadership, flexible, lessons, ministry failure, risk, smart people, Ten commandments for business failure on August 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A ministry, like any organization, is fragile. Here are several behaviors that make it more so. They were taken from a book titled The Ten Commandments For Business Failure and edited for a “ministry” context. My experience, working in both environments the past 30 years, suggests they clearly apply to both.
Fearing ministry failure is paralyzing. [...]
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Posted in Empowering Leadership, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged communication, delegation, Empowering Leadership, Epic story, free the Spirit, Jethro, loyalty, pastor burn out, trust on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s some provocative statistics from a post of Mark Driscoll’s, Pastor at Mars Hill in Seattle. If you Google “pastor burn out statistics,” you’ll find 3-4 pages of content, including this one. And, if you Google “business owner burn out,” you’ll find over 33 pages of content. Leadership seems a serious risk to well being. [...]
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