In a difficult leadership season, it can become easy to guard our circumstances and get a calloused heart. In this week's episode of the CMN Leadership Podcast, Chris Railey talks about the responsibility of guarding your heart as a leader.

It's frustrating when someone says they will get something done and they never do. Good team members will take initiative to solve problems quickly and efficiently. In this week's episode of the CMN Leadership Podcast, Chris Railey finishes his series on moving from tension to resolution by talking about the importance of initiative.

Getting from tension to resolution can be a difficult task on any project. Highly successful teams have three essential characteristics: trust, communication, and initiative. In this week's episode, Chris Railey hones in on the importance of trust – and why it can make or break a team.

Leaders are builders. You may be building an organization, a team, or a building. When building something new, it doesn't happen all at once. Understanding the different phases involved in taking something from dream to reality will make you a better leader. In this week's episode, Chris Railey walks leaders through five different stages of building and how to do each one well.

Recruiting and keeping volunteers can be difficult. Having a system for recruiting, training, and communicating with volunteers will make this process better. In this video Jonathan Hardy from Leaders.Church maps out how to build a volunteer system.

Obtaining feedback is critical to improving your systems. It's not always easy to invite feedback but when you create a system for obtaining feedback you create regular and easy ways to make things better. In this video Dick Hardy from Leaders.Church introduces 6 ways to set the stage for obtaining good feedback.

This is an audio recording from our breakout sessions at CMN Conference 2019 in Dallas, Texas. In this session, Brad Lomenick shares leadership insights from the cutting edge of his research and experience.

This is an audio recording from our breakout sessions at CMN Conference 2019 in Dallas, Texas. In this session, Justin Lathrop teaches on how to hire strong team members and how to keep the ones you have.

This is an audio recording from our breakout sessions at CMN Conference 2019 in Dallas, Texas. In this session, Rob Ketterling and Chris Bechtel of River Valley Church in Minnesota, deliver a team discussion on team dynamics of multi-site churches and how to lead multiple teams towards one single goal.

Episode 6 of the CMN Leadership Podcast. In this episode, Chris Railey answers questions from leaders around the country. Topics include key dynamics of team building and shaping church culture.