The Mission Guys

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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“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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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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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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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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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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When we are busy, overworked, and running from moment to moment, we often find ourselves treating each other as mere transactions. In this episode, Nick and Rick share from their recent experience how easy it is to become functional in relationships at home, work, and in mission. Creating margin in our daily lives is one practical remedy that can help us all be more present to what the Holy Spirit is doing in our relationships.
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Leaders in ministry often find that the groups, teams, and committees in their care struggle to find clarity on what they are supposed to do and how they are supposed to do it. This lack of clarity and understanding causes frustration, stress, and adds to the tendency for good people to experience burnout. Nick and Rick discuss simple and effective ways to solve this common and simple (but challenging!) problem.
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Many of us have a sense of when we feel overwhelmed in life, but few of us take the time to do anything about it. Slowing down to think, pray, and evaluate our lives and choices can bring clarity and relief to the busyness of our lives. In this episode, we discuss a practical process we recently went through that is providing abundant fruit in our own lives and can in yours as well.

It is often the case that leaders in ministry pray for their work. However, the concept and practice of praying in order to know what to do is much less common in leaders of ministry. In this episode, Rick and Nick discuss the different ways a team can pray together and testify to the powerful fruit that can be born from doing so.
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