Todd Engstrom

Category: leadership

  • Leadership | Contexts

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    Before the next section, below is a short personal aside: — As I’m working on writing this series of posts on leadership, it is proving to be a really great learning experience.  Although it seems incredibly pretentious to write about this topic, especially when I have such little experience, I decided that it is beneficial…

  • Leadership | Service

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    As I’ve been thinking on discipleship for the last few weeks, it naturally has been provoking thoughts of leadership.  I’m going to start a new series with my philosophy and practice of leadership and leadership development, especially within the church. Service The foundation on leadership is very simply service.  Godly leadership is very simply a…

  • Discipleship | The Austin Stone Summer Conference

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    I’m on a panel called “Making Disciples in the Church” for The Austin Stone’s Summer Conference. Below are the questions I’m being asked (phrased from the point of a facilitator). Section 1 How did you start making disciples? How did you find the person you are discipling? What prompted you to be intentional with that…

  • Tribes Thoughts | Leadership is Influence

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    One good insight from Tribes has been thinking through how leadership is influence, which is practically exercised through commonality of an idea and communication. Godin’s most basic argument is that marketing has changed the rules for markets, and more concretely, the internet has changed the face of marketing to provide greater influence to individuals disconnected…

  • Tribes Thoughts | Assimilation is Connectivity

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    In Tribes, Seth Godin talks about Senator Bill Bradley’s elements of movement: A narrative that tells the story of who the tribe is and the alternate future they are building Connection between the movement leader and the tribe Something to do, or actionable items In my context, number two is the hardest to accomplish, and…

  • Ministry Idolatry from Tim Keller

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    The following is from 3 questions with Tim Keller at Towers Online. Q: What safeguards should 20-something pastors have in place to avoid the idolatry of ministry fame and the attitude of big numbers equals success? TK: If you know it is a danger, that is a very important start. Additionally, when you find yourself…

  • Wearing Many Hats

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    Through the last few years, I am becoming infinitely more aware of the necessity of adaptation and flexibility in whatever environment I am working. No matter how much I desire to have things under control, or how much I want to have the requisite skill set completely mastered for a job, I continue to find…

  • Choosing Who to Mentor | Touchpoint

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    The more I read David Watson’s Blog, the more I am enjoying his insights.  He has some excellent words in a post about who to choose and mentorship/discipleship, and what he looks for before investing in someone. His six points of evaluation are below: Christ-like Christ-centered Character Capability Competency Capacity Chemistry Read how he expands…

  • Reflections on the Ministry : Rick McKinley

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    This was a convicting message for me to hear from Rick McKinley of Imago Dei in Portland. The art of unbusyness and unneccesariness is essential to the being available to God. There is disaster awaiting the one who gets bogged down with doing good, and not dwelling in the excellent. It is our job to…

  • What Makes a Great Leadership Team? | Gallup Management Journal

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    Came across this at What’s Best Next from What Makes a Great Leadership Team? at Gallup Management Journal, and thought it was another helpful understanding of balanced leadership teams. As we worked with these leadership teams, we began to see that while each member had his or her own unique strengths, the most cohesive and…

  • Fivefold Leadership | Dream Awakener

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    I’ve found this post and the whole series from JR Woodward particularly insightful in applying the APEPT/APEST model of leadership to a western, contemporary church context.  JR has a unique way of articulating these ideas into a framework that makes sense for me. I first encountered this idea of missional leadership through the writing of…

  • Top 3 Innovators @ Innovation3 | Catalyst

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    Matt Carter, our Senior Pastor, was named as one of the top 3 innovators at Innovation3 by CatalystSpace.  Good stuff! Top 3 Innovators @ Innovation3 January 30, 2009 The Innovation3 conference was this week and it was cool. Did you go? There were over 100 speakers, but here are my Top 3 picks for most…