Below are recommended resources for the serving leader.
Anabaptist Financial Stewardship Resources
Stewardship Resources is a sister organization to Anabaptist Foundation and Anabaptist Financial, providing business seminars, one-on-one business advising, and other educational resources for conservative Anabaptist families in business.
Business Advising
Business Advising offers consulting services utilizing experienced Anabaptist businessmen. Their advisors are business veterans who partner with you to provide expert guidance and real business solutions. They will work with you from your starting point, whether you are a new business trying to manage growth or an experienced enterprise just needing some insight to get over a hump.
Business Resources
Anabaptist Financial provides business resources that integrate Biblical and Anabaptist principles with practical business knowledge for the Anabaptist business community. Their resources help business families continue their learning on the job as they face 21st-century business challenges.
Business Seminars
Anabaptist Financial presents annual one-day business seminars in Lancaster County, PA, and Holmes-Wayne County, OH, and on a rotating basis in midwest and western states with conservative Anabaptist population centers. Their goal is to provide business teaching that integrates Biblical values, spiritual truth, and practical business counsel through seasoned men within the Anabaptist community. Their business seminars help business families or partners learn to talk about the real issues, implement best practices, work together in harmonious relationships, and plan for the next generation.
Business Workshops
The two-day business workshops go beyond their one-day business seminars by focusing on a single area of business content with two seasoned instructors. Instead of lectures and a large audience, workshops utilize the classroom approach, limiting the size to 30 students or less. Workshops offered include Human Resources, Business Planning, Business Succession, and Marketing.
Anabaptist Business Association
ABA’s mission is to provide tools, resources, and networking that helps business owners and managers embrace Kingdom principles in their business. They offer:
- seminars and teaching
- business support networking
- mentorship networking
They also offer business consultations with experienced advisors who will help you thoughtfully achieve your goals for a Kingdom-oriented business in real life and practice.
Center for Serving Leadership
Center for Serving Leadership believes that a flourishing world is what God designed and intends. We look to Jesus as the ultimate example of serving leadership. We welcome people of faith and people of goodwill to join hands with us to create a flourishing world in which serving is the trademark of leadership.
John Stahl-Wert’s Serving Leadership Model is the foundation upon which The Serving Leader’s Guide to Effective Meetings and The Serving Leader Model is written.
Find their serving leadership resources here. They also have a “Reflections for Serving Leaders” email that is free.
They offer a FREE Serving Leader Introductory Course that includes:
- an overview of each of the five actions in a short video from Dr. John Stahl-Wert
- an editable PDF workbook
- reflection questions to help you take next steps in your leadership journey
Follow in the footsteps of other Anabaptist leaders and join the Serving Leader Online Cohort or find a cohort near you. This life-changing environment teaches:
- how to awaken Great Purpose in your organization
- how to create a high-performance culture through your leadership team
- how to bring about positive and lasting transformation in your organization
- how to become a grower of leaders
- how to prepare for the next generation
Meeting Resources
Here are resources to continue growing your meeting knowledge and skills.
Books:
- Where the Action Is: The Meetings That Make or Break Your Organization by J. Elise Keith
- No Fail Meetings: 5 Steps to Orchestrate Productive Meetings (and Avoid all the Rest) by Michael Hyatt
- Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone by Kevin M. Hoffman
- Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
Free e-book: How to Lead World-Class Meetings by EOS Worldwide
Podcasts:
- Have the Right Meetings
- How to Do One-on-One Meetings
- Manager Tools: One-on-Ones
- Effective Meetings Part 1
- Effective Meetings Part 2
- Effective Meetings Part 3
- Effective Meetings: Get Out of Jail
- Effective Meetings: There’s More
- Make Your Meetings Matter
- The 20 Minute Challenge
- The Genius of Meetings
- The Upside of Conflict
Website: Lucid Meetings
Course: No Fail Meetings