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... 34927 Views 14 Comments An Interview with Michael Hyatt Hugh Ballou interviews Michael Hyatt, who is Chairman of Thomas Nelson 12120 Views 0 Comments 5 Ways to Improve Your Annual Review Hugh Ballou examines 5 things a church musician can do to make an annual review more productive 10960 Views 0 Comments An Interview with Roberta Gilbert Hugh Ballou interviews Roberta Gilbert 10311 Views 2 Comments 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. 9662 Views 2 Comments 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 6901 Views 0 Comments Top 5 Church Musician Leadership Skills Hugh Ballou examines 5 critical leadership roles and skills for church musicians 6445 Views 0 Comments 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 6319 Views 2 Comments 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. 6174 Views 0 Comments Leadership is Vision, Competency, Accountability, and Passion Hugh Ballou's interview with Paul Borden is filled with many, many nuggets of leadership information... 5881 Views 0 Comments Tools For Teams Hugh Ballou provides 10 Tips for power packed meetings...and more... 5724 Views 1 Comments 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. 5698 Views 3 Comments An Interview with Marshall White Hugh Ballou interviews Marshall White, Founder, Unity Performing Arts Foundation (UPAF) in Ft Wayne, Indiana 5450 Views 0 Comments 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... 5435 Views 0 Comments 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 5172 Views 0 Comments Empower Volunteer Leaders Hugh Ballou and Marty Muscatello teach you how to empower volunteer leaders 5118 Views 0 Comments 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. 4845 Views 0 Comments New Year Motivational Quotes Motivational quotes from thought leaders from many disciplines 4424 Views 0 Comments An Interview with Tim Sharp Hugh Ballou interviews ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp 4152 Views 0 Comments 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... 4079 Views 2 Comments 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 4028 Views 0 Comments Leadership Words of Wisdom Important thoughts on leadership and being a leader from a group of 9 great leaders 3649 Views 4 Comments An Interview with Stewart Levine Hugh Ballou talks with Stewart Levine about conflict resolution 3451 Views 0 Comments 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 3365 Views 0 Comments 5 Tips for Recruiting Team Members Creating a high performance team from a low functioning committee will help you do ministry and leadership better... 3079 Views 0 Comments 4 Taboo Words in Ministry Know the 4 taboo words in ministry plus learn 6 ways to get, engage, and retain members in ministry 3049 Views 4 Comments 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... 3040 Views 2 Comments 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. 2994 Views 2 Comments 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... 2874 Views 0 Comments 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 2054 Views 0 Comments 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. 1974 Views 2 Comments 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! 1816 Views 3 Comments 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. 1586 Views 0 Comments 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. 1358 Views 0 Comments 10 Tips For Power Packed Meetings Hugh Ballou's system for ensuring productive meetings... 617 Views 0 Comments 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 472 Views 0 Comments
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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