5. Find an outside voice to help.
It’s one thing for you as a leader to float your ideas. And often you need to do that.
But it can also create tension because many leaders create tension by insisting their ideas are the best or only ideas. It takes skill to avoid making the conversation personal.
As a result, again and again in my time in leadership, I’ve brought in consultants, gone to conferences and solicited outside voices to help us arrive in a new place as a team.
It’s a smart strategy not just because you get the insight that comes from a fresh voice, but because the person you listened to isn’t a member of your team. As a result, disagreeing with them does not feel as risky as disagreeing with each other.
While it costs thousands of dollars to bring in a consultant or to take a team to a conference, reading a book together can often accomplish the same results for a fraction of the cost. Our teams have read many books together over the years.
That’s Why I Wrote Lasting Impact
When I wrote Lasting Impact, I crafted every chapter with team discussion in mind.
I hope the book can give teams and boards a chance to agree or disagree with someone who’s not the room in the hope that you can agree together on what God is calling you to do next. Plus, I tried to cover the seven issues almost every church of every size needs to tackle as they try to move forward.
As a special bonus, if you order your copy of Lasting Impact between October 6 and October 13, you’ll get the audio version of the book for free. Just go to www.lastingimpactbook.com after you order and fill out the bonus claim form.
Here’s hoping your future is filled with great conversations that will move your mission forward.
In the meantime, what’s helping you have great conversations with your team? Leave a comment!
