Sticky Teams (pt2) by Larry Osborne

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.

Sticky Teams (pt1) by Larry Osborne

Sticky teams know how to deal with the issues at hand and still come out united in purpose and vision.

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The dysfunction and disunity in our churches often is not so much a matter of sinful people with evil motives as it is a pattern of failed traditions, policies, and structures that unintentionally tear us apart.

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By spiritual maturity, I mean, a life that consistently exhibits the character of Jesus Christ.

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Location and environment matters; it’s never neutral. It always works for us or against us. 

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It’s hard to have a winning team with losing players, which is why guarding the gate is one of the most important tasks of leadership.

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The best time to remove a problem player is before they have a place on the team.

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Selecting leaders is too important to be treated this casually. It demands the best people we’ve got.

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Rather than trying to figure out what everybody wants them to do, leadership teams have only one question: what does God want us to do?

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If you don’t have the guts to speak up on the front end, you don’t have the right to complain on the back end.

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Getting everyone on the same page is one of the most difficult and important roles of leadership.

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Finding leadership-oriented people is important. But it’s even more important to find folks who meet the Bible’s minimum requirements for spiritual leadership.

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It’s far better to have a long-term vacancy than a long-term cancer on the team.

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I’ve learned that God’s will has a what and a when.

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