Leadership is not an academic subject. It’s an art and skill that’s best learned in a hands-on environment. 

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At no point should a policy ever be allowed to trump common sense.

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Everyone needs to agree on the pastor’s role.

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Pastors who don’t lead, can’t lead, or aren’t allowed to lead seldom see their church break through growth barriers.

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I always ask pastors to honestly answer this question before attempting to take a strong leadership role: is this a step in my career path, or is this a long-term calling to these people and this community?

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A strong, initiating leader who presents everything in final form puts the rest of the team in an awkward position. 

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The fact is, I can be right about what we’re supposed to do but dead wrong about when we’re supposed to do it. 

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The primary role of the board will always be the same: to determine God’s will and then see that it’s carried out.

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Our primary job is to listen to, discern, and carry out God’s will, not the congregation’s.

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Specialists who can’t become trainers or who aren’t willing to become trainers will eventually put a ceiling on the growth of your church or bust your budget.

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Focusing on training and equipping lay leaders and staff member to be better leaders doesn’t just pay dividends for the church. It also pays dividends in the marketplace

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I find it relatively easy to get our entire staff headed in the same direction and aiming at the same goal. I find it much more difficult to ensure that everyone is taking the same route to get there.

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Some things are simply too important to waste on one sermon or sermon series. They are better dripped into everything.

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Getting on the same page is one thing. Staying there is quite another, because mission tends to creep and vision tends to leak.

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All quotes were from Larry Osborne in his book: Sticky Teams. You can purchase his book here.