In Episode 446 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss leader to team member ratios.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- Why the ratio of 1:4-6 is appropriate for the entire leadership pipeline
- What to do if you are currently leading more than 6 people
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
- “There are teams of six for a reason. That’s the most effective team because of lines of communication.” – @toddadkins
- “There’s additional research that says you can only have 6 to 7 meaningful relationships outside of your family.” – @toddadkins
- “Am I dumping on people, am I delegating to people, or am I developing people?” – @toddadkins
- “The reality is, if you have 20 leaders you can’t care for all of them. People will fall off the radar.” – @danielsangi
- “You need to go from leading yourself, to leading others, to leading leaders.” – @danielsangi
- “You need to figure out who the leaders are that you can lead, who can then lead the others.” – @danielsangi
- “The leadership pipeline framework is so important whether you are a church of 50 or 50,000.” – @danielsangi
Additional Resources:
- Watch 90 Second Leadership – The Complexity of Leading Large Teams
- Read Team of Teams by Gen. Stanley McChrystal
- Read No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im
- Check out Leadership Pipeline
- Listen to 5 Leadership Questions Podcast
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Published December 9, 2019