5LQ Episode 286: Book Breakdown: The Fifth Discipline




5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten show

Summary: In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im breakdown the leadership book The Fifth Discipline: The Art &amp; Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge. In their conversation they discuss the following questions:<br> <br> * What's the book and why does it matter?<br> * Overview of the book<br> * How applicable is the book to leadership in my church?<br> * What are things churches should ignore from the book?<br> * What can you do this week in light of the book?<br> <br> BEST QUOTES<br> “This book is about creating a learning organization."<br> <br> "If you want to grow your church, you have to grow your people."<br> <br> "Non-learning organizations react, whereas learning organizations look at the deeper underlying systems that generate that behavior."<br> <br> "In building learning organizations there is no ultimate destination or end state, only a lifelong journey."<br> <br> "Are you spending more time reacting or acting upon?"<br> <br> "How do we grow people's commitment to the mission that Jesus has given us?"<br> <br> "Learning in front of people is a lot of what your job is as a leader."<br> <br> "A lot of times the short term cure is worse than the long term disease."<br> <br> "Ultimately, you do not want to settle for a warm body model."<br> <br> "Churches are systems."<br> <br> "God uses systems. Systems aren't unholy."<br> <br> "It's really about identifying the natural patterns instead of seeing snapshots of problems."<br> <br> "If you are on staff at a church trying to lead up, this is a great book for next steps."<br> <br> "Today's problems come from yesterday's solutions."<br> <br> "Walk through the framework of the book and then take your team through it."<br> RECOMMENDED RESOURCES<br> <a href="http://ministrygrid.com">Ministry Grid</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0385517254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539856315&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+fifth+discipline">The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Consequences-ebook/dp/B015G2S8KA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539860043&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=systems+thinking+for+social+change+by+david+stroh">Systems Thinking for Social Change by David Peter Stroh</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Change-New-Preface-Author/dp/1422186431/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539859750&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=leading+change+by+john+kotter">Leading Change by John Kotter</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HSNMGC2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6">Accelerate by John Kotter</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/home/en-us/strengthsfinder">Strengths Finder</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/no-silver-bullets-P005792972">No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im</a><br> <br> <a href="https://leadership.lifeway.com/podcasts/">Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network</a>