The Mission Guys

Discipleship Starts at the Top

If you want to establish a culture of discipleship, it is essential to begin with your leadership team. In this episode, we provide personal examples and discuss the practical components necessary for your leadership team to develop and live as a discipleship community.
Link to the FOCUS discipleship roadmap
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Don’t Dam it!

"Your organization will never outgrow your leadership team."
This truth emphasizes the importance of leaders in the Church committing to their discipleship journey together if they wish to see it flourish in their parish. In this episode, we offer some valuable insights for leaders to contemplate as they strive to transform their culture.
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Leadership Envy

Envy is a deadly sin, and it has a sneaky way of showing up in our lives. In this episode, the guys discuss how envy in leadership roles harms progress and the prescribed antidotes given to us through the Church.
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The Silent Killer - Avoiding Critical Conversations

Have you ever said this to yourself?"I know I should talk to her about that, but I really don’t want to.”"I know the team is suffering, but I don’t want to hurt his feelings by bringing up such a potentially sensitive topic.”"I’m not very good at having those kinds of difficult conversations."Or how about this?“Wow, that went better than I thought; I should have done that a long time ago.”“What a relief! It’s like weight has been lifted from all of our shoulders.”We hear all of these kinds of statements way too often. So this episode is intended to inspire and help you to have those critical conversations now, to be effective in having them, and to feel positive and confident in doing so.
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Episode 26: Big news!

Big changes are happening with the Mission Guys! Listen to this episode to hear about the launch of a new apostolate, Missio, dedicated to equipping leaders to fulfill their God-given mission. 
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Episode 25: Guest Brenda Cannella and Hidden Pride

Our first guest! Brenda Cannella, CFO of the Archdiocese of Denver, joins Rick and Nick to discuss how pride in leadership can often be hidden. And when pride in leadership goes undetected and unaddressed, the “root of all sin” becomes the root of bad leadership. It is an honor for The Mission Guys to have this great leader, parent, friend, and disciple of Jesus join the podcast and share her experiences, inspirational insights, and practical advice.
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Episode 24: The Dreaded “D” Word

One of the most fundamental aspects of leadership to be able to effectively delegate work and authority. And yet, for many of us as leaders, delegation feels like a bad word! We often feel guilty about delegating; we feel frustrated about not delegating; we feel inadequate when delegating poorly; and so on. So in this episode, Nick and Rick first reflect on the biblical roots of delegation and what scripture can teach or remind us about this critical aspect of leadership. Then the mission guys talk about practical ways of enhancing your ability as a leader to delegate authority and to leverage delegation to grow leaders on your team/family.
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Episode 23: What’s up with job descriptions?

We all know that leadership entails many different aspects, and is especially challenging in the Church these days. But one particular aspect of leadership that often gets shortchanged, and is foundational to all other elements of individual and team performance, is the critical importance of the clarity of the mission, for both the team and for every individual on the team. And the traditional approach to job descriptions just doesn’t cut it. So in this episode, Nick and Rick dig deeper into establishing mission clarity in light of the three essential principles of transformation in the Church — and throw out traditional “job description” thinking.
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Episode 22: Take Time to Honor and Celebrate

In this episode, Nick and Rick discuss the call to show one another honor to others (Romans 12:10) and taking the time to celebrate what the Lord is doing in mission.
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Episode 21: The plan is the plan until God changes the plan.

Yes, God has a unique mission for all of us and, yes, He is in control. So does that mean leaders in His Church should not plan? No. In this episode, Nick and Rick discuss the sweet spot between having little or no plan on one side and the common human desire for clear plans that do not change on the other. Through constant deliberate prayerful docility to the Holy Spirit, Church leaders are able to effectively plan and easily change plans when inspired to do so, all while effectively leading others.
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