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Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In this episode, we're going to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" Why is this question so important? Because no organization will ever be what it could be without honest, upward...
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Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Embracing Change
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In Embracing Change, Part 1 , Craig discussed the first of three ways to welcome change within yourself and your organization: change how you think about change. In Part 2 , Craig discusses the last two points. 2. Discern wha...
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Creating Momentum in Your Church
Have you ever felt like every Sunday was the same as the Sunday before it? That your ministry had become stagnant? We've all been there, and there's one thing we can cultivate to push through it: momentum. In this three-part series, we'll hear what momentum is, how it helps you change and grow, a...
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Increase Church Attendance by Building an Invite Culture
If you’re like most pastors and church leaders, increasing attendance is a thought that’s constantly on your mind. In this short series of videos, Life.Church Open Network Pastor Charlie LaTurno walks through steps your church can take to build an invite culture....
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Lead Pastor: How 'Keep, Stop, Start' Can Focus Your Ministry
Over the years, we've learned that while everything may be good, doing everything at once is not always best . Through a principle we call "Keep - Stop - Start," we've developed a way to spin up and wind down projects so we can focus on our mission of leading people to become fully of Christ. In t...
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Hoping for a Win vs. Creating a Win
There’s a big difference between hoping for a win and creating a win. I want the team to feel positive, like we’re getting somewhere and doing something. To do that, our goals need to be specific, measurable, and defined. We have to know what we’re going to accomplish and when we’re go...
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Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 1
Welcome to the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. If you're a podcast subscriber, you can find the videos and notes in a few places like YouTube, craiggroeschelbooks.com, and here on Open, the home of free Life.Church resources. For this first podcast, I’ll discuss five kinds...
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Breaking Up the Systems
Even a good ministry system will eventually limit what God wants to do if the system doesn’t evolve or totally change. (By system, I mean any program, structure, philosophy, or culture that shapes and helps produce a desired outcome.) Once people operate within a system long enough, they o...
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Letting Go of the Know
When you are in the beginning stages of empowering or developing a leader, you probably want to know a lot and control a lot. You are building trust. Once a leader is trained and functioning well, it’s time to “let go of the know.” Here's an example: Sam Roberts oversees all of our Life.Chur...
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Working Lean: When a Small Staff Is Better
At first, it just doesn't make sense – but it's true. A small staff is often better than a large one. Here at Life.Church, we've found that when a team or campus is slightly overstaffed, progress generally slows down. And when that same team or campus is slightly understaffed, we usually tak...
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