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Do you feel the weight of not having enough leaders in your business, church or nonprofit?
Mac Lake
Mac Lake is a pioneering influence in the church planting movement. In 1997, he planted Carolina Forest Community Church (Myrtle Beach, SC). In 2004, he began serving as Leadership Development Pastor at Seacoast Church (Charleston, SC), where he served for over six years. In July 2010, Mac joined West Ridge Church to become the Visionary Architect for the LAUNCH Network.
The North American Mission Board adopted the LAUNCH Church Planting system in 2015 and Mac joined the NAMB team for three years to help integrate and implement it.
Mac founded the Multiply Group in 2019, an organization committed to helping leaders and churches multiply. He is the author of four books: The Multiplication Effect, Leading Others, Leading Leaders, and Leading a Department. Mac and his wife, Cindy, live in Charleston, SC, and have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Listen as we discuss leadership development and how to build a leadership pipeline that solves your leadership shortage. We explore how to integrate leadership development into your everyday operations, how the role of leader changes at the various stages, key questions to ask in developing great leaders, and how to apply the Triad of Leadership Development for maximum learning and growth in the least amount of time.
Whether you are a leader in business, the nonprofit sector, or in a church organization, you will find these insights very relevant and practical in developing great leaders at every level.
What We Discuss in this Episode
- Discovering gaps in your leadership development
- Leadership development vs leadership placement
- Learning from Jesus’ model for developing great leaders
- Identifying leaders to invest your time and mentorship in
- Structuring your leadership pipeline
- Equipping people to develop their competency, mindset, and confidence
- Common mistakes in promoting leaders to the next level
- The key skills required in leading others and leading leaders
- The role of the leader in growing bigger and smaller at the same time
- Giving people the right expectations in their leadership development
- Real life church and business examples of handling the pressures of growth
- Implementing a healthy leadership structure that protects your health span
- Why we need to stop sacrificing things God never asked us to
- Who to include in your preliminary leadership pipeline planning sessions
- The benefits of having a leadership pipeline in place
- 4 key questions to ask leadership mentees
- Applying the Triad of Leadership Development
Podcast Highlights
2:50 – Discovering leadership gaps
9:17 – Scaling leadership impact
13:20 – Creating a leadership pipeline
17:40 – Developing great leaders at every level
20:00 – Bigger impact and smaller groups
26:00 – Extending your health span
29:55 – Building while busy
34:35 – The Triad of Leadership Development
40:30 – Taking action
Episode Resources
Use the code “FOM10” to receive 10% off any resources on www.multiplygroup.org
- The Multiplication Effect
- Leading Others – Training Guide
- Leading Leaders – Training Guide
- Leading a Department – Training Guide
Connect with Mac Lake
- Website: https://www.multiplygroup.org
- Instagram: Mac Lake
- Instagram: Multiply Group
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