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Smiling is Not Enough: The Top Ten Mistakes Your Volunteers Make Welcoming...
The team at Auxano enjoys playing the role of “secret worshipper” when we take a church through our visioning process called the Vision Pathway. We call it a guest perspective evaluation. As I prepare...
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The Vision Statements of 13 Great Leaders in the Bible
In a previous post, I introduced the powerful concept call the Future Perfect Paradigm. I am continuing this series by looking at the vision statements or the future perfect of 13 biblical leaders....
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The 6 Areas of Break-thru that Church Teams Need Most
Two months ago we celebrated the 10-year milestone of Auxano. Back in February 2004, we built into the DNA of Auxano the idea that our services would always adapt to the primary growth challenges of...
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The 60-second Church Communication Assessment and Auxano’s New Service: The...
This week we had fun releasing a new service at Auxano. We are calling it the Church Communication Virtual Audit. For years we have done communicate audits onsite through our Vision Framing work and...
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Finally, All the Help You Need to Build a Leadership Pipeline in Your Church
I have known Mac Lake for several years. I am convinced that God has raised Mac up to usher in a leadership development revolution in the church of North America. I am excited to bring this guest post...
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Unlocking the Five Motivations for Work in Your Ministry Leadership
We all have motivations that get us out of bed in the morning. And, we all have a wide array of forces that impact our sense of identity as it relates to work. I have found it helpful to identify these...
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What’s Your Future Perfect Paradigm? Exploring a Powerful Ministry Tool
What if there was a simple way of thinking about your day today, that could radically transform it? The term “future perfect paradigm” originates from the work of Stanley Davis in the eighties. He...
View Article10 Factors that Determine the Size of Your Vision
I often see leaders with radically different size visions, despite having a lot in common. Pastors may have the the same gifting, the same budget and the same amount of people attending worship...
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7 Reasons that Proactive Churches Get Legal Advice (Even When It’s No Fun)
I recently got to know David Middlebrook of the Church Law Group. My eyes were reopened to the scope of legal implications for the church. Because I like to focus my energies on vision, I frankly don’t...
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10 Compelling Church Mission Statements (from the Last 10 that I Facilitated)
It’s exciting to lead a growing team of navigators at Auxano these days. Thirteen years ago I dreamed about the idea that I could actually spend a 40-hour work week just helping church leaders work on...
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