Posts Tagged ‘crisis leadership’
Why Going Back To “Normal” Church Seems So Compelling And Can Be So Dangerous
So you would love for everything to go back to normal. Especially at church. I get it. There’s so much about the current disruption that’s unsettling, exhausting, frustrating and challenging that it would be great to throw open the doors of your church, not worry about a virus, and have everyone come back. Just like…
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Avoid This Big Mistake: Stepping Back Into the Past When You Step Back Into Your Building
So you might already be thinking about what life and ministry will be like when you step back into your building. A few of you might be heading back into your facility this weekend. As America and other parts of the world begin to open again (faster than many expected), there’s more at stake than…
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Why Motivation Alone Won’t Get Your People (Or You) Through This Crisis
As a leader, you’re probably a pretty good motivator. That’s what most leaders do: motivate the people they lead. I have seen so many pastors and leaders motivating their teams and congregations online over the last few weeks as we all come to grips with this massive crisis. Here’s the problem: As you’ve likely already…
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8 Early Tips for Producing Digital Content During The Current Crisis
As church has moved entirely online in the midst of the global crisis, more leaders are producing content than ever. A quick check of any feed from (including TikTok) will show you that. How much is too much? What channels are best? How much content should you produce? I’ve been creating content for years in…
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Crisis Leadership, Christian Leadership and the Coronavirus Epidemic
Every once in a while you get an ‘I’ve never been through this before’ moment in your leadership, and the current coronavirus phenomenon is one of them. My guess is there is nothing in your leadership past that is quite like the current COVID-19 pandemic. I led through SARS in 2003, but this has eclipsed…
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CNLP 026: Creating a Great Leadership Culture—An Interview with Tim Stevens
How do you create a great leadership culture? Tim Stevens, author of Fairness is Overrated, talks about the essential elements every church leader needs to have in place in terms of personal integrity, finding the right team, building the right culture and learning how to lead in a crisis. Welcome to Episode 26 of the…
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