5LQ Episode 263: Ed Stetzer –

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Ed Stetzer, co-host of New Churches podcast. Ed holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College and serves as Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center. During their conversation, they discuss being a successful leader of a large team and aggressive time management. BEST QUOTES “The more I grow in the leadership roles that I’m doing, the more I need to learn from sources that think about leadership in our culture, and simultaneously the more I need to grow in my own spiritual formation.” “The Bible is not a leadership handbook. There are leadership examples in the Bible. The Bible is the story of God’s redemptive plan.” “As I learn to be a better leader, I also need to learn to be a servant and one who loves Jesus more everyday and is growing in my knowledge of Him.” “I’ve got to move from being an effective executive to now building an effective senior leadership team of effective executives.” “If you are the leader, you can’t offload the championing of new ideas that are being introduced into a system that has to be walked through.” “Aggressive time management is hard because you have to shift some of the access that people have.” “When you exercise aggressive time management so you can be a good steward all people see are that you are saying no to things they think are important.” “Every leader of a large organization does a lot of things, but they have a team to help them do those things.” “Part of leadership in the home is helping my teenagers navigate what is a very different cultural world than what I went through as a teenager. Social media has changed everything.” “My hobbies are being with my kids, and most, of not all, of my time is investing with them.” “Leadership is something you learn, not something you step into.” “I underestimated what I could learn from other people. I underestimated how much I would need leadership. I really underestimated how much leadership would define ultimately my ministry.” “Leadership is not the answer to everything, it’s not a magic potion.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Pipeline 2018 conference New Churches podcast Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck The Master Plan of Discipleship by Robert Coleman Great at Work by Morten Hanson Brand vs. Wild by Jonathan David Lewis The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer Christians in the Age of Outrage by Ed Stetzer Christianity Today Strategic Leadership for Ministry & Mission