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Quick Insight: Adapted Strengths – It Feels Good to Stretch Once In a While

April 11, 2016
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. When God calls you to a one-time situation that is radical for you, how do you respond? You may push back because you lack discernment (“I cannot confirm that God is calling me to do this because it seems so outrageous”) or…

Leader Uses Profiles to Onboard New Team Members

April 7, 2016
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“I have a confession,” says Scott Mawdesley, then a campus pastor with 12Stone Church in Georgia. “I use the Leading From Your Strengths profiles differently from other leaders.” Scott hit on a powerful facet of the profiles: their versatility. It was during a break from ministry when working in the consulting world that Scott got…

Quick Insight: Welcome to an Unwelcome Opportunity by Using Your Strengths

March 28, 2016
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. You’ve been there: you’ve been asked to take care of a task or serve in a particular role “just for a little while” because “you’re so good at this.” But you have a problem: you simply don’t want to respond to the…

Pastor Uses Profiles to Help Leaders Transition – Including Himself

March 16, 2016
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Friends in the SC Baptist State Convention introduced Dale Roach to the Leading From Your Strengths profile soon after he took on the role Director of Missions for the Moriah Baptist Association (Lancaster, SC). “I showed the profile results to my wife and watched her smile,” says Dale. “All she could say was, ‘This is…

Guest Post: Staffing – Why Church Hires Go Wrong

February 29, 2016
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At Ministry Insights, we work to equip Christ-followers and ministries to build stronger leaders. This is the first of two excellent articles from our good friend and Ministry Insights practitioner Paul Alexander that gives you great steps to take in successful staffing. Why Church Hires Go Wrong BY PAUL ALEXANDER, Posted March 26, 2012 Spiritual…

Guest Post: 4 Steps to Making the Right Hire

February 29, 2016
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At Ministry Insights, we work to equip Christ-followers and ministries to build stronger leaders. This is the first of two excellent articles from our good friend and Ministry Insights practitioner Paul Alexander that gives you great steps to take in successful staffing. Four Steps to Making the Right Hire BY PAUL ALEXANDER, Posted APRIL 8, 2012 Success is rarely…