Here is Darrin Patrick on Larry Osborne’s upcoming book, Sticky Teams: Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page:
There is nothing so demanding, so challenging, and so rewarding as church leadership. In this accessible and practical book, Larry Osborne guides leaders into some of the most important but counterintuitive keys to developing a healthy team while making room for emerging leaders. This book is a must-read for every pastor who cares about having God-honoring, community-rich leadership for the local church.
Matt Chandler writes the book’s foreword, and says he “could not recommend the book more enthusiastically.”
You can pre-order the book now. It’ll be out at the end of March.
The table of contents is below.
Introduction: Sticky Teams; What Makes Them Different?
1. The Unity Factor: The One Thing That Can’t Be Left to Chance
Part 1: Landmines and Roadblocks: The Traditions, Policies, and Structures That Unintentionally Sabotage Unity
2. Why Boards Go Bad: Structured for Conflict
3. Guarding the Gate: No Guts, No Unity
4. What Game Are We Playing? How Growth Changes Everything
5. Six Things Every Leadership Team Needs to Know: Axioms to Lead By
6. Clarifying the Pastor’s Role: Why Leadership Matters
7. Clarifying Board and Staff Roles: Why Teamwork Matters
8. Making Room at the Top: Why Young Eagles Don’t Stay
Part 2: Equipped for Ministry: Getting Everyone on the Same Page
9. Equipped to Lead: Lobbying Isn’t Training
10. Board Alignment: The Power of an Extra “Shepherds’ Meeting”
11. Staff Alignment: Plumb Lines and Assumptions
12. Congregational Alignment: Preempting Conflict
Part 3: Communication: Keeping Everyone on the Same Page
13. Change Diplomacy: Minimizing Conflict and Chaos
14. Setting Salaries: Investment or Expense?
15. Talking about Money: Assumptions, Facts, and a Savings Account
