Leading Churches v. Businesses | What's Harder? With Gavin Adams

Dr. Gavin Adams, former Woodstock City Church Lead Pastor and entrepreneur, talks about why leading a church is harder than leading a business.

He also discusses overcoming your insecurity as a leader when working with gifted people and offers top advice from Home Depot, Popeye's, and Coca-Cola on leading and scaling change.

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Chapters
00:00 - Gavin Adams On Insecurities
05:37 - How to Know When You've Been Called into Ministry
13:46 - Pastors and Business Leaders: Be Bold
20:31 - What's More Difficult Than Leading a Church?
26:54 - A Pastor's Insecurities
31:20 - Carey Nieuwhof on Developing Confidence
43:23 - Gavin Adams on His First Week as Pastor
01:03:20 - How did you deal with no longer knowing the people who are attending?
01:06:38 - How Did You Deal with Dissatisfied People?
01:08:06 - Gavin Adams on His First Book
01:08:16 - Stepping Into the Leadership Transition
01:10:57 - Five Rules for Successful Leaders
01:12:31 - Organization vs Organization in the Church
01:15:54 - Stepping Into Big Shoes