Leadership Styles
Every leader is different. How do you maximize your gifts in your ministry?
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Do You Have What it Takes to Lead?
Three tests to determine if someone is ready to lead.
Lead Like Jazz (Part 2)
How to help your team find their groove.
Lead Like Jazz
What my favorite genre of music taught me about leading well.
Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders By Joel Manby (Zondervan, 2012)
A Leadership Journal Review
Molten Moments
From the editor
Ministry Crucified, Resurrected
Two books on the death and new life of our ministry.
Game Plans
How to keep ourselves and our teams focused on the right things
Leadership Training
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Our editors have compiled our best on Leadership Styles topics from the archives. Here you'll find ground-breaking, honest, wise coverage that sets Leadership Journal apart.
Finding Your Leadership Style
Ten different ways to lead God's people.
Why THIS?
In this classic article, Bill Hybels highlights ten manifestations of the leadership gift he's observed in the church.
Control Tweaks
The right combination of structure and empowerment moved this church toward maturity.
Why THIS?
The leaders of this "organic" church wanted to be trained but they resisted the implementation of structured discipleship. Eventually they benefitted from a balance of freedom and structure.
Three Over-looked Leadership Roles
We're familiar with pastors and teachers, but today's world needs a leadership team that includes three biblical but forgotten functions.
Why THIS?
Our ministry landscape has plenty of teachers and shepherds but too few apostles, prophets, and evangelists.
Ministry Team Diagnostics
How to avoid the 5 most common dysfunctions of a ministry team.
Why THIS?
Nancy Ortberg identifies five common ailments among ministry teams and she explains how to address these issues.
State of the Art
Andy Stanley on God's ways, cultural assumptions, and leading.
Why THIS?
Andy Stanley on God's ways, cultural assumptions, and leading.
