What is Leadership Development?
by: Mac Lake
Defining Leadership Development, Leadership Development, Mac Lake
Sharing a definition of leadership development and why it’s important that you and your team define what it is.
ABOUT MAC LAKE
Mac is a pioneering influence in the church planting movement. In 1997, he planted Carolina Forest Community Church (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina). In 2004, he began serving as Leadership Development Pastor at Seacoast Church (Charleston, South Carolina) where he served for over six years. In July 2010, Mac Lake joined with West Ridge Church to become the Visionary Architect for the LAUNCH Network. In 2015 Mac begin working with Will Mancini and Auxano to develop the Leadership Pipeline process. He joined Auxano full time in 2018.
Mac and his wife, Cindy, live in Charleston, South Carolina and have three children, Brandon, Jordan and Brianna.
4 Habits that Develop Credibility as a Trainer
by: Mac Lake
If you’re trying to develop leaders for your leadership pipeline these four habits will help you stay fresh and teach with passion, which will increase your credibility.
Are Your Values Adding Value?
by: Mac Lake
A wise leader of any organization will spend significant time thinking through and carefully crafting organizational values.
Vision + Values = Organizational Strength
by: Mac Lake
You may have a great vision but if the people in your organization don’t operate according to a unified set of core behaviors you will find yourselves unable to move forward in an aligned and productive way.
The Natural Flow of Leadership Development
by: Mac Lake
There is a guiding principle that every senior leader must pay close attention to if they are serious about building a culture of leadership development.
5 Elements of an Essential Vision Cast
by: Mac Lake
Mac Lake, Recapturing Vision, Recasting Vision, Vision Frame
The words you speak can paint a picture of a new reality, move people to action, enthuse commitment and even drive them to make personal sacrifice for the cause.
Leveraging Leadership Development Golden Opportunities
by: Mac Lake
Golden Moments, Leadership Development opportunities, Mac Lake, Teachable Moments
Look for some golden leadership development opportunities this week, you may be surprised by how many you will find.
Answering the “What Ifs” of Mentoring Young Leaders
by: Mac Lake
What are you looking for in young leaders? If you’re looking for maturity, perfection, experience, consistency, reliability you may not find it. But if you look for their strengths, gifts and passion you can develop the other qualities that will one day make them great leaders.
Don’t Let Fear Sabotage the Development of Your Ministry Leaders
by: Mac Lake
If you wait until you’re the perfect leader then you’ll never take the first step toward developing others. But if you trust what you have, what you’ve learned and who you are to be used by the Holy Spirit then He can use you to start a leadership development revolution.
Four Leadership Failures That Will Help Move Your Leadership Development Forward
by: Mac Lake
It may be your failure to tolerate failure that’s causing the failure of your leadership development efforts.
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Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked.
I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
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