Raising up new volunteer can be difficult. The rules are different. Even if you raise leaders in your job or business, raising volunteer leaders can be a painful process. This article will help you understand how to navigate the process.

Every leader struggles with doubt. Sometimes it is doubt about the decisions that have been made. Sometimes it is doubt about their own leadership abilities. Overcoming doubt is an important skill for leaders. Let’s find out how to handle it.

Being a generous leader requires that you give your best leadership. This means that you are willing to sacrifice your own agenda for the needs of your team. It also means a lot more.

Seth Godin has released a short manifesto at ChangeThis.com called “Brainwashed: Seven Ways to Reinvent Yourself”. Here is a short excerpt:
It’s like this: we were brainwashed. Brainwashed into believing a set of rules that aren’t …

Leaders tend to come in two varieties: output-focused and people-focused. The output-focused leader gives priority to the tasks and deadlines ahead: church building upkeep, weekly metrics, and monthly goals. The people-focused leader spends their time investing in their team, guiding them to be better disciples, and after that looking at tasks, metrics, and goals. Which one are you?

Guy Kawasaki put together a set of guidelines for using PowerPoint several years ago. While focused mostly toward startups doing pitches to venture capitalists, I think these rules can be used for leaders that cannot …

Here are some tips that I have learned over the years that help leaders have more effective volunteer meetings. I hope you find them as useful as I do:

Create a meeting agenda – this keeps …

Having a quarterly meeting with your volunteers is essential to team growth and dynamics. Why? Several reasons:

You are able revisit your ministry vision and purpose
You can review what the team accomplished over the last …

Most volunteers have a limited time to give per week. Why is it that some leaders schedule too many meetings? I think there are a few reasons:

Leaders are not sensitive to the busy schedules of …

Tony Morgan recently interviewed an anonymous volunteer about how he sees the role of church staff in managing volunteers. Here are some excerpts:
TONY: What are some things staff leaders can do to set volunteers up …