LEADERSHIP RESOURCES
[Blog] The Inevitability of Your Succession
If You Are a Leader, This Is Unavoidable...
Succession planning is not a matter of if, but when. Whether it's due to retirement, unexpected departures, or promotions, leadership transitions are inevi...
Counterbalance
By Jeremy Yancey
Tension is tough. We don’t like it. We try to avoid it. Like the strain in a relationship, a delicate situation at work or Uncle Jack at the reunion. No one automatically puts tensio...
Untangled
By Shane & Sue Schlesman
My (Shane) first job after college was managing a paint department in a local hardware store. I didn’t know anything about paint, but I could sell. I had great ideas about im...
[Podcast] Episode 188: There’s Rest in the Stress with Shane and Sue Schlesman
Church leaders are daily faced with a conundrum—numbers matter, but performance fixation is a recipe for burnout. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Pastors Shane and Sue Schlesman offer some wi...
The Power of Absence
By Sam Chand
“What am I going to do now?” asked Pastor Joe. “We are right in the middle of our annual strategic planning meetings. The team is finally coming together, collaboration and creativity ar...
Uncommon Vision
By Caleb Wehrli
Close your eyes. Think about your life ten years from now. What do you see? What do you see for your family? For your finances? For your health? Now, do you think those things you’re ...
[Podcast] Episode 187: Leading the SEPP Way with Dr. Jimmie Gray
It takes a novel model of leadership to produce a great leader! Today’s AVAIL podcast guest Dr. Jimmie Gray has developed this model and shares its core principles from his new book Leadership in Acti...
[Blog] The Power of Leadership Coaching
Here's how coaching can help you...
Leadership is a journey, not a destination. And to be effective on this journey, you'll need outside help. One such way is through employing a leadership coach. Le...
Build Your Dream
By Martijn van Tilborgh
When you want to own the tallest building in the city there are two strategies to accomplish that vision. The first is simply to tear down and demolish every building in town ...
Built to Last
By Loxley O'Connor
Anyone who has spent any time in churches or has sat in meetings discussing vision has heard a leader, usually, a senior pastor, recite Habakkuk 2:2: “Write the vision, and make it...
