FAQ: What About Personal Recruitment of New Group Leaders?
I get questions. A LOT of questions. Some come in via an email. Others in a comment. And some I get asked in a workshop or conference session. This question is fairly common, at least the essence of it is, and I think you’ll pick up a familiar theme from my answer if you’ve been…
Read MoreFriday’s List | March 10
Every Friday I post a short list of the things I’m reading, listening to, loving and wrestling with: Here’s what I’m reading right now: Amazon’s Leadership Principles This is a very interesting page in the Amazon’s Jobs section of their site. Even a quick look will reward and probably prompt a more thorough examination. Should provoke some…
Read MoreQuotebook: Unconnected People
“Unconnected people are one tough thing away from never being at your church again. Loss of a job. Divorce or separation. A devastating diagnosis. A child in trouble.” You can read more from my Quotebook right here. Image by Jan Nagalski
Read MoreOverview: Here Are Our Four Strategies for Launching New Groups
Over the last several years we’ve identified four key strategies for launching new groups. Two of the four strategies are very up-front and explicitly invite unconnected people to “join a six-week life group.” Strategies that launch off-campus groups: 1. An annual church-wide campaign, usually in the fall, allows us to really leverage our senior pastor’s…
Read MoreStill Time to Grab the Insider Discount for GroupLife Southwest!
GroupLife Southwest ’17 Is Less Than 3 Weeks Away! Special Note: I’ve included a discount code below to allow you to take advantage of a discount code for an even better price on registration. What’s an EVEN BETTER price? How about $124.95? If you think that’s a good price, you can register today by entering…
Read MoreWhat Are You Testing to Connect More People or Make Better Disciples?
Craig Groeschel once said: “If you want to reach people no one else is reaching, you have to do things no one else is doing.” Translation: If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep reaching who you’ve always reached. I like to modify that phrase to say, “If you want to connect people…
Read MoreFriday’s List | March 3
Every Friday I post a short list of the things I’m reading, listening to, loving and wrestling with: Here’s what I’m reading right now: Want To Be More Creative? Start Acting Like Children by Phil Cooke. Excellent! The State of the Plate 2016 by Greg Atkinson. Very good insights from a report authored by Brian Kluth of…
Read MoreBill Taylor on the True Measure of Success
“The goal today, the true definition of success, is not to try to be the best at what lots of other people are already doing. It’s to be the only one who does what you do. What do you promise that no one else can promise.” Bill Taylor You can read more from my Quotebook…
Read MoreCan Your Model Make What You Dream of Making?
Our Groups Team has been on a hunt to identify the activities (lead measures) that predict we will reach our goals (lag measures). Based on what we learned in The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, the hunt is forcing some very good conversations about which activities are actually important, which are merely nice…
Read MoreTake Advantage of an INSIDER Discount for GroupLife Southwest ’17
GroupLife Southwest ’17 is 4 Weeks Away! Special Note: I’ve included a discount code below to allow you to take advantage of a discount code for an even better price on registration. What’s an EVEN BETTER price? How about $124.95? If you think that’s a good price, you can register today by entering the…
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