Reading The Curve

Don't Be That Guy

A recent article published by Forbes dug into the most common bottlenecks in a company stated, "According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace, only 15% of employees are engaged in the workplace, meaning 85% of them are not. To make it even more interesting, the bottom 5%, the most disengaged layer of a company, is middle management. Companies spend a fortune on employee engagement programs, yet the numbers have barely improved in the last 20 years." Management consultant, educator, and author Peter Drucker said, "At most organizations, the bottleneck is at the top of the bottle." When an organization is led by a bottleneck leader, progress stalls, growth is limited, and people are frustrated. Engagement inevitably decreases, and the odds of achieving an organization's mission becomes reduced. Read the Article: www.exo18.com/blog/dont-be-that-guy [http://www.exo18.com/blog/dont-be-that-guy] Watch on Youtube (drop in Youtube Link)  Visit the Website www.exo18.com [http://www.exo18.com/]

Reading The Curve

All organizations have a life cycle, seasons of infancy, growth, maturity, and decline. It's just part of life. The more leaders are aware of organizations' natural life cycle, the better they will be to recognize early indicators of decline and implement innovative breakthroughs that can catapult the organization back into seasons of growth. At exo18, we call this the art of reading the curve. Read the Article www.exo18.com/blog/reading-the-curve [http://www.exo18.com/blog/reading-the-curve] Watch on Youtube (drop in Youtube Link)  Visit the Website www.exo18.com [http://www.exo18.com/]

Health and Longevity in Ministry Part 2

A Barna research study found “an astonishing 40% of pastors now show a high risk of burnout.” Barna also states that more than 80% of pastors feel that the ministry has negatively impacted their family, 70% reported they do not have a close friend they can be open with, and that these challenges are affecting younger pastors just as much. The results also revealed only 22% of pastors said they had any regular support. At exo18, the challenges spiritual leaders face weigh heavy on our hearts. In this episode we continue to unpack this topic. We invited Dr. Michael Spivey to join us as we discuss health and longevity in ministry. Dr. Spivey recently obtained his Doctoral of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from Portland Seminary at George Fox University. Drawing from his 25+ years of full-time ministry he founded the ⁠Thriving Pastors Initiative⁠ [https://thetpi.org/], a relational-based approach that helps support pastors. You can also listen to the ⁠Thriving Pastors Podcast⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-pastors-podcast/id1632147263]. ⁠Read the Article⁠ [https://www.exo18.com/blog/health-and-longevity-in-ministry] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [https://youtu.be/ZF6r0Gqz3ek] ⁠Visit Website [https://www.exo18.com/]

Health and Longevity in Ministry Part 1

A Barna research study found “an astonishing 40% of pastors now show a high risk of burnout.” Barna also states that more than 80% of pastors feel that the ministry has negatively impacted their family, 70% reported they do not have a close friend they can be open with, and that these challenges are affecting younger pastors just as much. The results also revealed only 22% of pastors said they had any regular support. At exo18, the challenges spiritual leaders face weigh heavy on our hearts. In this episode we continue to unpack this topic. We invited Dr. Michael Spivey to join us as we discuss health and longevity in ministry. Dr. Spivey recently obtained his Doctoral of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from Portland Seminary at George Fox University. Drawing from his 25+ years of full-time ministry he founded the Thriving Pastors Initiative [https://thetpi.org/], a relational-based approach that helps support pastors. You can also listen to the Thriving Pastors Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-pastors-podcast/id1632147263]. Read the Article [https://www.exo18.com/blog/health-and-longevity-in-ministry] Watch on YouTube [https://youtu.be/WEiacpIRuRc] Visit Website [https://www.exo18.com/]

Challenging Leadership Conversations

As leaders, we’ve all initiated critical leadership conversations and handled them poorly on occasion and well on others. Gain insight into leadership seasons that can create inconsistencies and how we can handle these necessary leadership conversations in a healthy way.  Read Coordinating Article [https://www.exo18.com/blog/the-most-avoided-leadership-skill] Watch on YouTube [https://youtu.be/1kAMOyhu4a0] Visit Website [https://www.exo18.com/]