The Mission Guys

Episode 20: Intentional Leadership (4th in a series)

“We had a great offsite! But have since lost momentum and are back in the same place as before.”
“We all agreed to do XYZ, but we never followed through.”
If you or your teams have said anything like that, and especially if you’re saying that now, listen to Nick and Rick talk about being more intentional to n your leadership.
Intentional Leadership is another common leadership principle that becomes even more useful when considering its biblical underpinnings, guidance, and examples.
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Episode 19: Emotional Intelligence from a Biblical Worldview (3rd in a series)

In this episode, Nick and Rick discuss the power of emotional intelligence from a biblical worldview, continuing their series on "Why business tools don't work in the Church."
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Episode 18: Five Dysfunctions of a Team from a Biblical Perspective (2nd in a series)

Patrick Lencioni’s “Five Dysfunctions of a Team” is a modern classic leadership book and practical tool. Not only does it have the potential to be effective for leaders in the Church to grow team health, it SHOULD be even more effective in the Church when leaders press into it’s biblical roots. Listen to Nick and Rick explain why and how.
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Episode 17: Why business tools don’t work in the Church (1st in a series)

Nick and Rick work with leaders in the Church who are often well schooled in theology, business, leadership tools, ecclesiology, church structures and authority, and so on. And yet, they often run into problems in applying all of this knowledge and experience in leading the Church. Why might this be? This is the first in a series of how these tools and experiences may in fact be highly effective in the Church.
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Episode 16: Mastering Adversity

Just as suffering is a part of life, dealing with adversity is a given part of leadership. But just as “it’s not enough to be a staff,” it’s also not enough for great leaders to simply deal with adversity. Leaders in the Church must become masterful in handling the inevitable challenges that will come their way. Nick and Rick share helpful observations and advice to help make this possible for apostolic leaders.
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Episode 15: Cultivating High Performance

“I love our performance review process,” said nobody ever in the Church. Seriously, if you like your current performance review process, then don’t listen to this podcast. If, on the other hand, you’d like to transform your current process to an ongoing experience of growing a culture of celebrating accomplishments, progress, and growth while continually getting even better (like 99+% of the leaders in the Church we work with would prefer) then give this episode a listen. Nick and Rick offer some suggestions for you to think and pray about in case these recommendations may fit your needs and environment, in order to cultivate your own culture of high performance, as a family on mission.
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Episode 14: The Power of Deliberate Getaways

Having just returned from experiencing a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and reflecting on other meaningful trips to Rome and Gettysburg, Rick and Nick reflect on the multidimensional power of having leadership team experiences together in order to grow as individuals and as a team/family on mission. The benefits of deliberate experiences, be they a pilgrimage or simply attending a targeted conference together, are not only those which are planned, but most often come in the way the Lord works through the unexpected.
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Episode 13: I Hate Meetings

Meetings are often thought of as penitential suffering or a necessary evil, but what if a different mindset made meetings impactful? As leaders, we need to see our meetings as 'game-day' and one of the key opportunities for changing the culture in our organizations. In this episode, Nick and Rick discuss a new approach and mindset for the way teams meet.
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Episode 12: We are Stuck!

Is your team stuck? Do you harbor resentment against a teammate, perhaps the leader? Is your team unable to become a healthy family on Mission because of an issue from the past? Do you see one person, maybe even yourself, as the stumbling block preventing the entire team from getting healthier, but nobody is addressing the situation? If so, then this episode is for you. Anchored with helpful scripture passages and with several recent real-life examples, The Mission Guys share insights and prayer that will enable you to break through your challenges and get on the road to a healthier team/family on Mission.
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Episode 11: The Black Hole of Problems

There is no shortage of problems for a Church leadership team to manage. However, too often, leaders unwillingly spend an inordinate amount of time on one (or several) problems, resulting in little attention being paid to transformational leadership. The tyranny of the urgent can prevent well-meaning leaders from properly focusing on the important -- that which God wills.
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