Team Development
Integrus Leadership – Integrus Leadership offers high-level executive coaching, team assessments and leadership development for pastors and teams. With a desire to give churches and ministries increased and significant impact, Integrus is focused on growing healthy leaders and building effective teams. Read their leadership blog, or consider Christian executive coaching, a church team assessment, and a 360-profile assessment to grow your team.
Auxano – Auxano offers a team of consultants experienced with vision clarity (and the Auxano Vision Frame), church growth barriers and breakthrough solutions to help churches and teams thrive. Find free resources on their website, including featured articles, podcasts, training events and more. And consider using an Auxano consultant to facilitate the “Vision Framing Process” or partner with your team.
Coach Approach Ministries – Coach Approach Ministries offers training and workshops to help church staff teams build trust, develop more effective communication patterns, and get better results. The “Working Better Together” workshop is a one-day coaching workshop for teams of four to twenty-four members.
GO Team – With 18 team-critical topics, GO Team offers complete team-training and teambuilding resources. GO Team supports all kinds of organizational teams—from brand new teams to those who have been together for a while.
Ministry Teams
Chapman, Gary, and Paul White, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People (Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2011).
Cladis, George, Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999).
Katzenbach, Jon R., and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating High-Performance Organizations (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993).
Lencioni, Patrick, Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business (San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 2004).
Lencioni, Patrick, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002).
Lencioni, Patrick, Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005).
Osborne, Larry, Sticky Teams: Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010).
Staff Planning
Cloud, Henry, Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses and Relationships that All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward (New York: Harper Business, 2010).
Connors, Roger, and Tom Smith, How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way (New York: Portfolio, 2009).
McIntosh, Gary L., Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000).
Wedel, Leonard, Church Staff Administration: Practical Approaches (Nashville: Baptist Sunday School Board, 1978).
Westing, Harold J., Church Staff Handbook: How to Build an Effective Ministry Team (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional: 2012).
Team Productivity
Cloud, Henry, and John Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, To Take Control of Your Life (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992).
Leman, Kevin, and William Pentak, The Way of the Shepherd: 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004).
Parchman, Joyce, Church Staff Evaluation: A Tool for Effective Performance (Ft. Worth, TX: National Association of Church Business Administration, 1999).
Pink, Daniel H., Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009).
Rath, Tom, StrengthsFinder 2.0 (New York: Gallup Press, 2007).
Pink, Daniel H., Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009).
Change Management
Anderson, Erika, Being Strategic: Plan for Success, Out-Think Your Competitors, Stay Ahead of Change (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009).
Heath, Chip, and Dan Heath, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (New York: Broadway Books, 2010).
Herrington, Jim, Mike Bonem and James H. Furr, Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000).
Kotter, John P., Leading Change (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996).
Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008).
Southerland, Dan, Transitioning: Leading Your Church through Change (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2002).