386 The Seven Day Cycle: What It Is and How To Avoid It
At the start of the year, many of us may realise we spent the previous year caught in a cycle of constant activity—just doing, without much reflection or planning, and barely surviving. How can we break free from this endless seven-day grind?
What's the cycle of survival from Sunday to Sunday and why is it so dangerous?
Why is it rooted in selfishness and being unloving?
Who is responsible when a team is stuck in a seven day cycle?
How does long term thinking and delegation help not just break but force us out of the cycle?
Some of the obstacles we need to address in developing leaders to get us out of the seven day cycle
TOOL BOX:
Reach Australia National Conference
Leadership Pipeline ebook
Team Development Program
Covey's Quadrant
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385 Does Your Calendar Reflect Your Convictions?
Your calendar is not just the place where you put tasks to do and meetings to be had. It's about aligning your time with your values and integrity.
Scott Sanders and Peter Blanch explore how to do this effectively:
The importance of reflection and how to do it
Your calendar will reflect your convictions, but you may not be aware you are living them out
Where to put the harder things you do in your calendar and where to put the things you enjoy
Where the Reach Australia framework fits in here: Especially the ideas of clarify the big thing and then break it down
This is not merely an individual thing but a team thing. How is your team working on the calendar?
TOOLBOX:
The Reach Australia Framework ebook
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
What's Best Next by Mat Perman
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384 Why Christian Life Is Full of Tensions (And That’s Okay)
Gary Millar dives into holding tension in the Christian life, embracing differences, and leaning into Christlike living. It’s about being missionally effective and reflecting Jesus in our character. It's challenging, yes, but necessary—because calling each other to godliness is the truest form of leadership.
Gary's new book Both And And is out now — a book that’s part wake-up call, part guide for Christian leaders to walk the talk. Your personality? Important. But it doesn't exempt you from living under God’s rules. Leadership? It's about godliness first, not charisma or loopholes.
TOOLBOX:
Both And Ministry By Gary Millar
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383 'You're Better At This Than Me' and Other Phrases Build Teams
There are some key phrases that leaders can use that create great gospel culture in your team. While they aren't always easy to say, they are an essential part of leadership.
Why are they important:
Leaders don't know everything
Leaders aren't better at everything, it's important to be able to learn from others
Leaders don't have all the answers, collaboration in a team is important
Leaders sometimes get it wrong
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:31 The Importance of Team Building
01:05 Personal Team Experiences
02:19 Four Powerful Phrases Overview
05:08 Phrase 1: I Don't Know
09:45 Phrase 2: You're Better at This Than I Am
12:56 Phrase 3: Do You Think?
15:55 Phrase 4: I'm Sorry
18:01 Applying the Four Phrases
21:07 Conclusion and Homework
21:57 Toolbox and Resources
TOOL BOX:
Wisdom in Leadership by Craig Hamilton (Chapter 37)
357 Inheriting and Building Teams (Ray Galea)
316 How do I Create a Culture of Trust in my Team
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382 The Gospel at Work in Fractured Families at Christmas (Stephen McApline)
Think Charles Dickens, but real life. For Steve McAlpine’s mother, Christmas wasn’t always merry: abandoned in foster care, kidnapped by her birth mother, left by her husband—then reconciled. Over 80 years, her extraordinary journey, shaped by the gospel, turned Christmas into something truly transformative.
Steve has a background in journalism and three decades experience pastoring and planting churches. He has spent most of his life in Western Australia, but is originally from Northern Ireland, emigrating, as so many did, back in the 1970s.
TOOL BOXHave a Merry Christmas!!
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