Honor Flows From Humility
June 4, 2011 Leave a comment
Selecting Leaders: People Skills
March 1, 2011 Leave a comment
When selecting leaders I always look for leaders with good people skills. Here’s the reason. Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to the love God and the second greatest commandment is to love people (Matthew 22:37-40). And I just don’t know how we can love people if we don’t have people skills.
Here are some of the questions I ask:
Do they work well with people?
Are they intimidated by people?
Are they awkward around strangers?
Can they speak first to others?
Do they have great communication skills?
Can they walk up to someone they have never met and spark up a conversation?
Every leader on my team has to have either natural people skills or the willingness to learn. I am naturally shy. However, I knew when I became a leader that I sacrificed that trait. Over several years, I have learned how to be more outgoing and extroverted for the sake of being a spiritual leader.
Selecting Leaders: Competency
February 26, 2011 1 Comment
#4 Competency
Competencies are the accumulation of skills, knowledge, experiences, and abilities that make the leader valuable to the team. If you only choose leaders who only have character or leaders who you have a natural connection with then you may end up wasting your time. They have to be able to bring results and contribute to the goals of the team. I always look for people that have great work ethic because God’s mission requires great work ethic. Am I right?
I would always prefer for my leaders to already have strong self discipline and skills. The truth is that everybody has an area where they are gifted. I always make sure we have some sort of a position for every leader on my team. Their gifting needs to match up with the positions or roles that we have available.
In Exodus 18, Jethro told Moses to “select capable men” to help him. He specified “capable men.” This obviously means there are some that are incapable and excludes those that are incapable.
In verse 22, he says, “That will make your load lighter.” Leaders should make our load lighter.
Also, in II Timothy 2:2 Paul says, “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.”
Decade Recap
February 21, 2011 Leave a comment
Decade Pics
February 16, 2011 Leave a comment
Decade has come and gone. It was pretty amazing to see all of our campuses come together to celebrate New Life Church’s ten year anniversary. Around 13,000 people gathered to worship God in the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas and give God the honor He deserves for ten years of awesome ministry through NLC. Enjoy the pics!
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Selecting Leaders: Chemistry
February 15, 2011 Leave a comment
#3 CHEMISTRY
Not chemistry as in the periodic table. Chemistry as in harmony when working together.
Around our staff team we have a phrase that we use called “Divine Flow.” We use it when describing people that are easy to be around. You probably know what I’m talking about. Those people who don’t take a whole lot of work and energy for you to to be around. It just clicks. You both “get” each other.
I really do think that running a team should be fun. So I build my team full of leaders who are fun to be around and who energize me. And I don’t apologize for it. Because I think when you work with people you actually like then you will get more things done.
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- Do I like being around them?
- Will I look forward to having meetings with them?
- Does it energize me to work with them?
- Do they “get” my vision?
- Do they trust me?
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Selecting Leaders: Influence
February 13, 2011 Leave a comment
#2 INFLUENCE
The second quality I look for when selecting leaders is influence. Now we know that influence isn’t enough. But it sure is something. You definitely don’t want to build a team of non-influencers. I would caution you to not build a “cool club” team. That’s why character and influence have to go together. But you want people on your leadership team that can actually lead others and are influential. I think anyone can be taught how to have influence. But for some it just comes more natural. I always look to build my teams with naturally influential people.
Also, some people are made to follow more than lead. So when you put them in leadership positions they will more than likely disappoint themselves and you as the leader. Some are born to lead. Some are not. If everyone was a leader then we would have chaos. Some prefer to assist or follow.
Questions I ask:
- Do people want to follow them?
- Do they speak up in a group?
- Are they opinionated?
- Are they solution-oriented?
- Are they a good communicator?
- Do people want to be like them?
- Are they going anywhere in their life?
- Would they be a good recruiter?
Team Building
February 9, 2011 Leave a comment
I’ve recently been studying team building while pursuing my masters in Christian leadership at Liberty University. It’s prompted me to organize thoughts on how I build my teams. I figured I would share them with all the team builders out there.
The first thing that comes to mind is importance of selecting the leaders on the team. It’s absolutely amazing you can accomplish when you have the right people in the right spots. You can take over a field in business, win a city, build a dynasty, and pretty much do anything with the right team. Jesus hand picked his twelve members and so should we.
Over the next few posts I will share qualities that I look for in potential team members or leaders.
Here are some excellent books on team building:
- The Power Of Team Leadership by George Barna
- The 17 Indisputable Laws Of Teamwork by John C. Maxwell
- Developing The Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell
- 7 Practices Of Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley
- The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team by Patrick Lencioni
10 Yr Anniversary Event-DECADE!
December 24, 2010 Leave a comment
Join us at Verizon Arena for New Life Church’s 10 year anniversary service!
Elevation Pics
October 21, 2010 Leave a comment
Here are some pics from our first service of the year back on Aug. 29. We had over 700 college-age students between our 2 services. It was an epic night! Loved it.
