What’s Your Secret?
You want to be a good steward of the leadership opportunity God has given you, right? You want to help your team be more confident and comfortable as they serve. You want more capable, Godly people on your team. You want to experience joy as you pour out each week. You want to complete your calling to the very end. You want to experience fullness.
What’s your secret? How have you done that?
CONFERENCES
You attend conferences and get inspired by speakers, worship together, connect with other leaders in your area, and receive practical training. But it’s hard to bring it home and know what to do with the 27 amazing ideas you got. We like conferences, but there’s more.
BOOKS
You read the classic books on worship, the latest books on worship, you study the Psalms, and you live by the truth that “leaders are readers.” You try to implement those ideas, and it’s great to have a mentor from a distance. But wouldn’t it be great to be able to have coffee with the author?
FACEBOOK GROUPS
You are part of several active worship leader groups on Facebook. It’s amazing how many answers you can get, and horrifying how crazy people can get “in the comments.” The advice you receive may fit your context, and it may miss the point. And it’s neat to be in conversation (I use that term loosely) with other worship leaders across the world, but they likely aren’t your “friends.”
BLOGS
You are subscribed to the best content (that’s still being written by humans!) and those regular articles help shape your leadership thinking. Shoot, we’ve been writing the Worship Fertilizer since 2009, with over 470 posts to date. But they don’t cover all the bases and won’t help you know what to do with the drummer issue you have.
WORSHIP LEADER GROUPS
There was a season when I was leading five or six worship leader groups in my area. If you are part of a group, this is a significant step towards avoiding burnout!
SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE
I was trying to get a problem resolved with an Amazon order and got on their chat feature. After going back and forth for a bit with the AI, I just started typing over and over, “talk to a person,” “talk to a person,” “talk to a person.” Have you been there?
As good as conferences, books, blogs, and groups are, they aren’t enough. They’re all chatbots.
Having a coach in your corner is the only way to make it. Join the many leaders who have experienced the joy of walking with an Ad Lib coach by responding to this email to open a conversation.
-Dave Helmuth
Author of the Five Faders and Founder of Ad Lib Music
What’s Your Secret? (Nº 475)
Why do some leaders succeed at building lasting worship ministries while others fail? In the Five Faders, Dave Helmuth explores the process of development and breaks down the lies, myths, and traps keeping you from being the fruitful leader God desires. Using decades of evidence-based insights, Dave reveals how understanding what motivates you is the first step in becoming a Five Faders Leader.
With our framework for becoming the best Artist, Shepherd, Priest, Educator, and Producer, you'll learn to slide each Fader up or down as Love requires you in each moment of leadership. Through relatable stories, insight gained from years of coaching worship teams in every kind of setting, and step-by-step advice, readers learn how to become the healthy expression of their Fader, build a culture of honor on your team to bring out the best in everyone, and be the most effective leader in the ever-changing landscape of ministry. Whether you’re looking to relieve frustration, increase confidence, or outlast change, this book offers the tools to become a Five Faders Leader.
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