Posts with the tag “leadership”

By Jim LaDoux Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves is a book that explores the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) and offers strategies to improve it. Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.IQ, personality, and EQ are distin...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux Atomic Habits by James Clear is a book that explores the science of habit formation and provides a framework for building good habits and breaking bad ones. The book introduces four laws to help individuals create and maintain effective habits which are listed below. This law emphasizes the importance of clarity and visibility in habit formation. To make a habit obvious, you can ask ...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux John C. Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" is a leadership classic that highlights many of the principles and practices that support effective leadership. As you review the list, consider which laws are most relevant to you, right now, and how you'd embed them into your life and ministry settings. 1 The Law of the LidLeadership ability determines a person's level of effecti...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey outlines a holistic approach to personal and professional effectiveness. Here's a summary of the seven habits: Take control of your actions and behavior. Recognize that you have the power to choose your responses to events and circumstances. Proactive individuals focus on what they can control and take responsibility for the...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux The Enneagram is a personality assessment system that categorizes individuals into nine distinct types, each with its characteristics and tendencies. Here's a brief summary of each type and how it can aid leadership development: Taking the Enneagram assessment can provide various benefits, including:1 - Self-awareness: It helps you understand your core motivations and fears.2 - Perso...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux Change is inevitable, and yet it is one of the most challenging things that individuals, teams, and organizations face. Change challenges the status quo and alters the current reality, and once implemented, you cannot go back. But why is it so difficult to embrace change? Resistance to change occurs because we are afraid of the unknown, leading to anxiety and conflict. As a coach, yo...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux Creating new habits can be a challenging task, but with the right guidance and mindset, you can successfully achieve it. A book many people have found helpful in learning how to change habits is James Clear's Atomic Habits. As a leader or a coach, consider how the information below can help people you interact with create new habits that help them be more grateful, more focused, more...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux Add The purpose of the retreat is to . . .Build trust and community among retreat participants.Share data gathered during the congregational review process.Share Interpretations of the data and along with key findings.Engage participants in exercises designed to reimagine the church's future.Identify the important and urgent items to address first in the visioning process.Form projec...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux As leaders of churches, it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day running of our congregations. We can become so focused on programs and initiatives that we forget to take a step back and discern God's intentions for our church. This is where visioning teams come in. By reviewing what's working and what's not, clarifying our purpose and identity, and rethinking where God is leadi...  Read More

Professional coaches recognize the importance of creating safe, sacred space for coaching.  This involves preparation before, during , and after the coaching session.PREPARE FOR THE SESSIONSelect a quiet, well-lit, distraction-free environment where you can be fully present for the client. Allow adequate time to decompress from other activities before engaging in a coaching session.Take time to re...  Read More

As many of us prepare to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday, I’m reminded of how easy it is in football to know who’s winning and what the score is.Sometimes I wish it was just as easy for us as congregational leaders to measure our ministry effectiveness.One way of getting at what matters most in ministry is asking the questions that relate to fulfilling our mission and creating a culture that nurt...  Read More