Overview Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered The Power of Appreciative Inquiry New Life Through Shared Ministry Coaching Questions Humble Leadership Humble Leadership Humble Inquiry The Emotionally Healthy Church Crucial Accountability Good Leaders Ask Great Questions Building Leaders The Little Book of Conflict Transformation The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics The Heart of Change A Sense of Urgency Immunity To Change How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work Mining Group Gold Governance and Ministry The Practice of Adaptive Leadership Antagonists in the Church Game Storming Mission-Shaped and Rural Choosing Change How To Have That Difficult Conversation Small Group Idea Book Managing Transitions

Author: Peter Coutts

ISBN: 978-1-56699-437-8

Humans have been choice-makers since the days when hunter-gatherers had to decide when to hunt and what to gather. Making choices is what humans do. But individuals feel more personal autonomy and power to choose today than ever before in human history. In Choosing Change, author Peter Coutts acknowledges that clergy today recognize the impact our individualistic culture of choice is having on congregations. But Coutts also points out that many leaders do not think about motivation. For them, encouraging change is about selling their congregation on a new idea, governed by the assumption that a better idea should win the day. Wide experience in the church demonstrates that this approach often doesn't work and leaves many congregational leaders demoralized. Leaders see the need for change in their congregation, and they earnestly want to help their congregation to change. But the approach to leadership they learned, which perhaps worked better in days gone by, is no longer working. Leaders are in the motivation business, argues Coutts. Choosing Change provides an overview of current thinking from the field of motivation psychology. In the first half of the book, Coutts explores theories, ideas, and terms that are most pertinent for leaders who desire to encourage congregational change. The second half of the book offers detailed guidance for congregational leaders who want to be motivational leaders.