{"product_id":"sticky-teams-keeping-your-leadership-team-and-staff-on-the-same-page-9780310324645","title":"Sticky Teams: Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearn the secrets to building and maintaining a healthy, productive, and unified ministry team that sticks together for the long haul.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServing as a church leader can be a tough calling. Whatever your role, odds are you've known your share of the frustration and disillusionment that comes with turf battles, conflicting vision, and marathon meetings. You may have asked yourself, \"How did it get this way?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith twenty years of front-line ministry experience, Larry Osborne understands congregations (as baffling as they can sometimes be) and he know how the best-intentioned teams can become disrupted and disunified. With this book, he aims to shore up the foundation of a healthy team--what does a unified and thriving church leadership look like and how can it be achieved?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSticky Teams\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into three main sections, dealing with key aspects of what it takes to develop long-term, efficient harmony: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLandmines and Roadblocks\u003c\/strong\u003e exposes the organizational structures, policies, and traditions that can unintentionally sabotage even the best of teams. You'll discover strategies for managing conflicts and getting around obstacles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEquipped for Ministry\u003c\/strong\u003e explores what it takes to get everyone on the same page and headed in the same direction. Chapters deal with practical tips for board, staff, and congregational alignment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommunication\u003c\/strong\u003e examines what it takes to \u003cem\u003ekeep\u003c\/em\u003e everyone on the same page, with a special emphasis on some especially dicey areas and issues of ministry, such as conversations about money.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever your situation; from start-up phase, to mid-sized, to megachurch, Osborne has been there. As the pastor of North Coast Church, he's walked his board, staff, and congregation through the process of becoming more genuinely unified, and, because of that, better able to carry out God's design for his church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith warm encouragement and insight, he shares expertise that most pastors and leadership teams learn only from long experience: \u003cstrong\u003ehow to invest the time to create church harmony and how to lead so that unity is maintained long-term.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Osborne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zondervan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 6.12w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780310324645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOsborne, Larry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLarry Osborne is a teaching pastor at North Coast Church in northern San Diego County. North Coast is widely recognized as one of the most influential and innovative churches in America. Osborne speaks extensively on the subjects of leadership and spiritual formation. His books include \u003cem\u003eSticky Teams\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSticky Church\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSpirituality for the Rest of Us\u003c\/em\u003e. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Oceanside, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Larry Osborne \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699051413661,"sku":"9780310324645","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_be01c619-d406-405e-bd3c-08078449d51c.jpg?v=1772696943","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/sticky-teams-keeping-your-leadership-team-and-staff-on-the-same-page-9780310324645","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}