Can we make our congregations as welcoming as a coffee shop?
An experience at his favorite coffeehouse inspired a Christian leader to reflect on how to cultivate a welcoming organizational culture.
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Learning to speak more honestly in meetings
What would you say for a PayDay bar? A lighthearted exercise using peanut-encrusted candy as a reward is remarkably effective in helping people speak more honestly in public, writes a human resources specialist.
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Claire O. Bowen
Human resources specialist
Delivering care for pastors who are also new parents
Offering paid family leave is the right thing for churches and denominations to do theologically and organizationally.
Susan Rowland Miller
Pamela Graf Short
Blessed are the cake buyers -- but will they get promoted?
A return to in-person work brings the opportunity to make our offices more equitable, writes a communications specialist with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Russell Lackey: How to turn a vicious cycle in ministry into a virtuous one
Faced with dwindling student interest in campus ministry, a pastor rebuilt by creating a “virtuous cycle” of opportunities that feed one another.
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Russell Lackey
Senior campus pastor, Grand View University
Alaina Kleinbeck: Working better by working together
Leadership based on collaboration benefits everyone involved. And the work improves, too.
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Alaina Kleinbeck
Director, Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program
Natasha Jamison Gadson: How I lead from the middle
Serving as the second chair can sometimes devolve into micromanaging, but an AME minister employs three practices to help carry out a clear, consistent vision for her church.
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Natasha Jamison Gadson
Executive minister, Turner Memorial AME Church
Dave Odom: What makes an institution trustworthy?
Predictability and transparency help people know how to do their work and why decisions have been made. And they set the stage to create a sense of agency, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Dave Odom: How to balance predictability and imagination in administration
Good administration provides predictability -- a clear purpose and guardrails that mark the outer limits of what is permissible -- while also empowering employees to choose a path or suggest a new trail, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Nathan Kirkpatrick: Identifying and preparing tomorrow's leaders today
How can we identify and equip lay and ordained leaders for future roles in Christian organizations and institutions? Are we willing to even discuss succession planning?
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Nathan Kirkpatrick
Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC
Dave Odom: Cultivating trust is a crucial task for leaders
To cultivate trust, leaders must contribute to a sense of safety, commit themselves to listening, empower others to act, learn from their mistakes, and promise only what they can deliver, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
