Transitional Leadership Ministries
'Training Leaders to Manage Change'

Times of transition are windows of opportunity for churches to experience transformational turning points toward health and mission.

Welcoming a new Senior Pastor to a healthy, functional, spiritually renewed church community is a goal well worth achieving!

So how do you help and support local congregations manage their pastoral transitions carefully, prayerfully and intentionally so this goal can be achieved?

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Transitional Leadership
Resource Library

A list of books that can be borrowed from Transitional Leadership Ministries.


Transitional Leadership Ministries

'Training Leaders to Manage Change' Times of transition are windows of opportunity for churches to ...


Recommended Books

Here is a list of some recommended Books for the interim or the potential transitional leader.


Doug Woods talks TLM training


Transitional Leadership Overview by Dr. Harris


The Land Between

“May God visit you with grace in your season of transition. I pray that the barren landscape of tri...


How Coach-Like Are You?

Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, ...


Telling is Out - Asking is In

Asking rather than telling, questions rather than answers, has become the key to leadership excelle...


Heroic Leadership

This month I want to focus on leadership. In particular, I want to share some of what I've been lea...


From Here to There

Sometimes getting from here to there seems impossible! You are trying to help a church that has jus...


The Stockdale Paradox

Have you ever found yourself trying to balance optimism with some tough stuff that takes you to pla...


Is It True Hope or Just a Wish?

If you look up "hope" in the dictionary you will discover there are two parts to the definition: a)...


Increasing the Stick-ability of Learning

There have been various studies done on how retention increases as engagement increases during the ...


Communication During a Transition

I was talking to two different couples I know who are attending a church currently in transition (o...


Why Not Hire the Transitional Pastor as Your Next Senior Pastor

This past week I had a request from a church in transition to comment on this idea of possibly hiri...


Facilitation Made Easier

One of the soft skills required when helping people engage in crucial conversations is the skill of...


I Have No Idea Where I Am Going


Building a Cohesive Leadership Team

Churches who grow and transition successfully depend on healthy leadership! Central to healthy lead...


Creating Clarity

Churches who grow healthier through transition depend on leaders who not only work well together bu...


The Five Main Enemies of Unity

Winston Churchill once said: When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. On...


Three Gifts You Give to Help People Change

What are you trying to change? A tired vision? An outdated program? A broken team? An expired plan?...


The 4 C's of a Transitional Leader

The work of transitional ministry requires a certain type of leader. Experience and background matt...


The Power of Beginning Well

Once a congregation enters into transition and finds a transitional leader(s) to guide them, the of...


Building the Transition Team

One of the first priorities as you begin a transitional ministry is to determine who from the congr...


10 Spiritual Building Blocks for TLM part 1

Transitional Ministry is not a man-made process or undertaking. It is a God-ordained and orchestrat...


10 Spiritual Building Blocks for TLM - part 2

Last month I shared the first five of 10 spiritual building blocks on which transitional ministry i...


Getting Better by Letting Outsiders In

There is power and strength in letting outside people and energy into our lives as leaders and into...



Leadership Network
Eight Transitional Goals

During the Transitional Process there are 8 goals that are recommended so that a congregation exper...


Key Strategies

To provide support and connection for Transitional Leaders and Coaches who work with congregations ...


Vision and Values

To equip and support Transitional Leaders and Coaches who guide congregations through transition.


Roster of Transitional Leaders (Interim Pastors) and Coaches

A list of church leaders who are part of the Transitional Leadership Network and want denominationa...


The Transitional Leadership Network

The Transitional Leadership Network is a network of church leaders specializing in Transitional Lea...


Personal Coaching

We provide telephone coaching for pastors and leaders. For a free sample coaching session email us....


Telling is Out - Asking is In

Asking rather than telling, questions rather than answers, has become the key to leadership excelle...


Heroic Leadership

This month I want to focus on leadership. In particular, I want to share some of what I've been lea...


From Here to There

Sometimes getting from here to there seems impossible! You are trying to help a church that has jus...


Increasing the Stick-ability of Learning

There have been various studies done on how retention increases as engagement increases during the ...


Communication During a Transition

I was talking to two different couples I know who are attending a church currently in transition (o...


Creating Clarity

Churches who grow healthier through transition depend on leaders who not only work well together bu...


The Power of Beginning Well

Once a congregation enters into transition and finds a transitional leader(s) to guide them, the of...


Getting Better by Letting Outsiders In

There is power and strength in letting outside people and energy into our lives as leaders and into...



Resources
Website List

Websites in the area of Conflict Resolution.


Ministry Links

Other ministries that help churches through times of transition.


Books, Websites, Manuals, etc.

Resources shared by Leadership Network participants.


Resources

Here you will find various resources to support you in your work with churches in Transition.



Leadership Network Resources

Transitional Leaders
TLM overview PowerPoint

 

TLM training powerpoint

05/19/2009425.50 KB
Preaching Planning Worksheet

 

Worksheet for TLM goals

05/05/200931.50 KB
Agreement Sample 2

 

Sample Consulting Agreement

05/04/200984.95 KB
Job Description Template

 

TL Job Description template

05/04/200933.50 KB
Transitional Leader Assessment - 3rd party

 

3rd Party TL assessment

05/04/200972.37 KB
Transitional Leadership Assessment

 

TL Assessment

05/04/200988.48 KB
Life Cycle Assessment

 

Life Cycle Assessment tool for leaders

10/09/200781.12 KB
Agreement Sample

 

Memorandum of Understanding

08/17/2010
Change Readiness Assessment

 

Change Readiness Assessment tool for leaders

08/17/2010
Church Health Assessment

 

Abbreviated Church Health Assessment

08/17/2010

Vision Renewal Coaches
Action Plan sample

Dev. Action Plan

Action Planning sample document - work in progress

10/26/2009144.49 KB
Action Plan template2

Dev. Action Plan

Develop action plan template 2

10/26/2009141.00 KB
Sample vision statements

Cast the Vision

Various Vision Statement samples

10/26/200974.91 KB
Dream Session Sample

Cast the Vision

Sample results from a Dream Session

10/26/200949.63 KB
Community Profile sample

Build the Profiles

Community Profile sample document

10/26/2009104.79 KB
Profile Samples

Build the Profiles

Church profile & purpose & values statements samples

10/26/2009111.39 KB
Assessment tools

Assess

Various tools to assist with assessmennt

10/26/2009578.21
MFC Discovery Mtg sheet

Assess

Ministry Fitness Check Discovery Meeting tool

10/26/200990.00 KB
Planning Worksheet 1

Dev. Action Plan

Planning worksheet template

10/20/200963.50 KB
Vision Renewal PPT

Prepare

VR Presentation

10/20/2009561.50 KB

Change Management
Change Summaries

Change

Kotter's Eight stages & Who Killed Change

11/05/200976.83 KB
Three Types of Planning

Planning

Three types of planning

10/20/200948.65 KB
Change Readiness

Assessment

Assessment tool for leaders

10/20/2009122.50 KB
Stages of Change

Stages

Applied to the Church Context

10/20/200962.08 KB

Videos
Escalator

 

 

11/30/20094.47 MB
Escape

 

 

10/26/20091.55 MB
MayDay

 

 

10/26/20092.46 MB
IceFishing

 

 

10/26/2009926.00 KB
Trunk Monkey 2

 

 

11/11/20082.13 MB
Dead fly

 

 

11/11/20081.40 MB
Treadmill

 

 

11/11/20081.72 MB
Parking Lot fight

 

 

11/11/20082.94 MB
Trunk Monkey 1

 

 

11/11/20082.98 MB

Church Health

Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
Cam Taylor
Cam Taylor
Craig Kraft
Craig Kraft
Doug Harris
Doug Harris

TLM Store

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