5LQ Episode 279: Josh Patterson –




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 are joined by Josh Patterson, Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Texas. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:<br> <br> * How do you lead high capacity leaders on your team?<br> * What do you look for when recruiting staff?<br> * How do you know what level of leadership you are best gifted for?<br> * You made a decision to transition your campuses to church plants. How is it going?<br> * You and Kevin Peck lead a strategic learning community, and have trained a lot of senior leaders. What have you found as you have trained them to be their greatest need?<br> <br> BEST QUOTES<br> "It's different leading leaders than it is leading minions or yes people."<br> <br> "High capacity leaders want to be recognized as such. They want to have room to lead."<br> <br> "I don't think you can grow without healthy conflict."<br> <br> "Every time you hire someone you are making a cultural decision."<br> <br> "Membership is not the same thing as employment."<br> <br> "There's a difference between someone who can stand in the pulpit for a season and someone who can carry a pulpit."<br> <br> "It is like replanting five churches while you are flying with one church in five locations."<br> <br> "Moving from intuitive leadership to intentional leadership is often an "aha" moment for these leaders."<br> <br> "We can work with these leaders to move their churches from a model of intuition to a model of intentionality."<br> <br> "We give them tools and exercises to get it into their hands and out of their hearts. It demystifies some of it in a lot of ways."<br> RECOMMENDED RESOURCES<br> <a href="http://myleadershippipeline.com">Pipeline 2018 Conference</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rumsfelds-Rules-Leadership-Business-Politics/dp/0062272853">Rumsfeld's Rules by Donal Rumsfeld</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-John-W-Gardner/dp/0029113121/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537807646&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=on+leadership+john+gardner">On Leadership by John Gardner</a>