Friday, May 24, 2013

 Leadership 

 Tools


  by Hugh Ballou

5 Dumb Things Directors Say to Their Choirs

Hugh Ballou lists 5 dumb things that directors say to the choirs, and what they really SHOULD say instead...
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An Interview with Michael Hyatt

Hugh Ballou interviews Michael Hyatt, who is Chairman of Thomas Nelson
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5 Ways to Improve Your Annual Review

Hugh Ballou examines 5 things a church musician can do to make an annual review more productive
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An Interview with Roberta Gilbert

Hugh Ballou interviews Roberta Gilbert
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Lessons from Four Legendary Leaders

Hugh Ballou presents four leadership lessons from legendary leaders, plus a bonus of a number of leadership quotes on things like relationships.
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Fight For Your Dreams!

Creator Magazine's Monday Morning Email writer Hugh Ballou interviews Les Brown about leadership for those who serve in the church, for the Creator Leadership Network
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Top 5 Church Musician Leadership Skills

Hugh Ballou examines 5 critical leadership roles and skills for church musicians
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An Interview with Leigh Anne Taylor

Hugh Ballou interviews Reverend Leigh Anne Taylor, who is Director of Music at the Blacksburg United Methodist Church in Blacksburg, Virginia
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An Interview with Guy Kawasaki

An interview with noted tech guru Guy Kawasaki, who talks about the three pillars of enchantment: likeability, trustworthiness, and quality.
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Leadership is Vision, Competency, Accountability, and Passion

Hugh Ballou's interview with Paul Borden is filled with many, many nuggets of leadership information...
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Tools For Teams

Hugh Ballou provides 10 Tips for power packed meetings...and more...
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An Interview with Dean McIntyre

Hugh Ballou interviews Dean B. McIntyre, who is the Director of Music Resources in the Center for Worship Resourcing at The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship.
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An Interview with Marshall White

Hugh Ballou interviews Marshall White, Founder, Unity Performing Arts Foundation (UPAF) in Ft Wayne, Indiana
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5 Leadership Tools for Managing Conflict

Our job as a leader is to move toward conflict rather than avoid it. The longer it takes for the leader to deal with it, the higher the cost - to the organization and to the relationships...
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An Interview with George Fraser

Hugh Ballou interviews George Fraser, creator of FraserNet, the largest African-American network in existence and author of two best selling books
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Empower Volunteer Leaders

Hugh Ballou and Marty Muscatello teach you how to empower volunteer leaders
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Use a Covenant to Build High Performance Teams

In order to transform a committee (or board or staff) into a high performance team, we must create alignment. The process takes time and intentionality. We cannot expect people to show up and know how it is supposed to work. One tool for getting there is developing a team covenant.
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New Year Motivational Quotes

Motivational quotes from thought leaders from many disciplines
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An Interview with Tim Sharp

Hugh Ballou interviews ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp
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Get the Best People to Say Yes

If you are not getting the quality of volunteers you need, then you might need to upgrade your "pitch" - and Hugh Ballou tells you how...
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Orientation and Training For Search Teams Looking for a new Minister of Music or Worship Leader


A practical help for church members entrusted with serving on the Music Minister/Worship Leader Search Team, including a step-by-step process
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Leadership Words of Wisdom

Important thoughts on leadership and being a leader from a group of 9 great leaders
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An Interview with Stewart Levine

Hugh Ballou talks with Stewart Levine about conflict resolution
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Review, Learn, Plan

Review, Learn, Plan is a great method for evaluating what has been done and preparing for the next step in your ministry
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5 Tips for Recruiting Team Members

Creating a high performance team from a low functioning committee will help you do ministry and leadership better...
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4 Taboo Words in Ministry

Know the 4 taboo words in ministry plus learn 6 ways to get, engage, and retain members in ministry
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8 Steps for Transformational Delegating

Hugh Ballou tells you how to transform the process of delegating things as a leader, and provides 4 tips as well...
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10 Ways to Lead If You Aren't the Boss

Leading a music or worship ministry is a middle management position - a place of influence - or not. Here's how to impact the organization most effectively when leading from the middle.
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5 Ways a Leader Inspires Negative Results

5 things to observe in our behavior as a leader that transfer to ways we influence committees, staff, and church members...
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A Child Shall Lead Them

Hugh Ballou describes a children's music ministry program that built an unselfish community of sharing, cooperation, and giving -- not only with children, but with adults as well
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Does Your Church Have a Staff Infection?

We infect others with bad attitude, lack of commitment, or poor practices. We also infect the culture in positive ways. We can choose how we influence others.
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How to Capture the Elusive - Free Time

Rest is mandated by scripture...not suggested...required. So, then when we over function doing tasks that members in ministry could do, are we then irresponsible as leaders? Hugh Ballou says yes!
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8 Ways to Raise the Team Performance Bar

A typical complaint is that teams underperform and the leader is overworked. Hugh Ballou provides 8 tips for raising the bar in team performance.
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Don't Waste Time Doing Unimportant Things

Plan your work and work your plan still remains true. Focus on what's most important or the mundane and unimportant will take control.
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10 Tips For Power Packed Meetings

Hugh Ballou's system for ensuring productive meetings...
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5 Principles for Achieving Goals

5 principles to ponder to keep yourself in tune, fit, and in good shape for God's work, using running as leadership inspiration
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May
13
2013

5 Principles for Achieving Goals

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Apr
08
2013

Don't Waste Time Doing Unimportant Things

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Plan your work and work your plan still remains true. Focus on what's most important or the mundane and unimportant will take control. Read More...

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Mar
11
2013

Does Your Church Have a Staff Infection?

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We infect others with bad attitude, lack of commitment, or poor practices. We also infect the culture in positive ways. We can choose how we influence others. Read More...

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Feb
11
2013

10 Ways to Lead If You Aren't the Boss

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Leading a music or worship ministry is a middle management position - a place of influence - or not. Here's how to impact the organization most effectively when leading from the middle. Read More...

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Jan
14
2013

4 Taboo Words in Ministry

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Know the 4 taboo words in ministry plus learn 6 ways to get, engage, and retain members in ministry Read More...

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Dec
10
2012

How to Capture the Elusive - Free Time

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Rest is mandated by scripture...not suggested...required. So, then when we over function doing tasks that members in ministry could do, are we then irresponsible as leaders? Hugh Ballou says yes! Read More...

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Nov
12
2012

8 Ways to Raise the Team Performance Bar

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A typical complaint is that teams underperform and the leader is overworked. Hugh Ballou provides 8 tips for raising the bar in team performance. Read More...

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Oct
08
2012

A Child Shall Lead Them

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Hugh Ballou describes a children's music ministry program that built an unselfish community of sharing, cooperation, and giving -- not only with children, but with adults as well Read More...

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Sep
10
2012

8 Steps for Transformational Delegating

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Hugh Ballou tells you how to transform the process of delegating things as a leader, and provides 4 tips as well... Read More...

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Aug
13
2012

Use a Covenant to Build High Performance Teams

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In order to transform a committee (or board or staff) into a high performance team, we must create alignment. The process takes time and intentionality. We cannot expect people to show up and know how it is supposed to work. One tool for getting there is developing a team covenant. Read More...



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