It's been a great second season for the Team Leadership Podcast, but it's time to take a break to prepare for the next one. Peyton, Andrea, and Barry are taking a short hiatus to rest, plan, and pave the way for another round of episodes with the Team Leadership Podcast. Sit tight and we'll be uploading more episodes soon.

In recent years, bullying and callused leadership has gotten the spotlight, but is it possible to swing the pendulum too far in the other direction? Can leaders be too nice? Peyton and Barry think so! You still need to be able to handle conflict and the difficulties of people who are still being transformed into the image of Jesus.

Without innovation and creativity, a church will die because it will fail to keep up with a changing world. Even though God doesn't change, the way his church interacts with the rest of the world does need to at some level. Together, Peyton, Andrea, and Barry talk about how to remove obstacles and fear from team dynamics that make it difficult for people to bring forward and pursue new ideas.

Discipleship isn't just about personally following Jesus, it's both relational and interactive. Everyone on your team should be discipled and discipling others - that's how you can begin to catalyze a culture of discipleship in your church. So in this episode, Peyton Jones flies solo and talks about how to disciple others well in the context of team leadership.

Ministry isn't about using people to acheive your objectives, it's about empowering others and helping them be better so that everyone can fulfill God's mission. Mentoring and coaching then are part of a healthy team and in this episode, Peyton, Andrea, and Barry talk about how to create a culture that facilitates mentoring naturally.

Each one of us is an interim leader, which means we need to spend some time focusing on developing other leaders, both to replace us and to go beyond what we're currently doing. But talking about leadership development is the easy part. It's much more difficult to actually identify and develop leaders. Peyton, Andrea, and Barry get practical in this episode, discussing how they've looked for new leaders by observing people in their church, and how they draw out their gifts. They tackle challenging topics, like how to identify leaders who are more introverted and may not display the same type of public qualities that people normally list off for leaders.

Remote work is becoming increasingly common, and while it opens up opportunities for many people, it also presents unique challenges when you're leading a virtual team. Face-to-face leadership varies in signficant ways from digital leadership, so it's important to play by the new rules of the game. Peyton, Andrea, and Barry discuss how to keep your team on track and maximize your time together in this new edition of the Team Leadership Podcast.