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Archived Articles:

June 2008: Congregational Renewal: Whose Job is it?

May 2008: The Three Phases of Congregational Renewal

April 2008: 5 Hallmarks of Declining Congrgations

March 2008: Conflict and Congregational Renewal

February 2008 - The Slinky Principle: How Change Moves Through a Congregation

January 2008 - 5 Elements Common to Pastors Successfully Leading Renewal

November 2007 - The Polarity of Empathy and Nerve

September/October 2007 - Personal Renewal: A Prerequisite for Leading Renewal

August 2007 - The Trickster's Triangle

May 2007 - Pacing

April 2007 - What's Your "With" Quotient?

March 2007 - External Fix or Inner Work?

February 2007 - Authority and Authorization

January 2007 - Give Your Leaders What They Need

December 2006 - What People Need From Leadership During Change

November 2006 - Why Change is So Hard for Our Churches

October 2006 - Why Church?

September 2006 - Where to Begin?

August 2006 - Three Pitfalls for Churches

June 2006 - What Really is the Work of Pastoral Leadership?

May 2006 - How Much Do You Really Want What You Say You Want?

April 2006 - Strategic Planning that Works

March 2006 - Is Your Leaderhip Putting Your Church at Risk?

February 2006 - What Makes a Healthy Church Healthy?

January 2006 - Checking Your Assumptions

December 2005 - A Mid-year Check-up for Leaders

October 2005 - Dealing with Resistance

September 2005 - The Power of Planting a Stake in the Ground

August 2005 - Who Will You Be One Year from Now?

June 2005 - What's My Assignment?

May 2005 - Learning to be Something to Somebody

April 2005 - Meetings: A New Perspective

March 2005 - Inspire! What Great Leaders Do

February 2005 - The Roles of a Leader

January 2005 - Competing Commitments