Clay Scroggins, lead pastor of North Point Community Church, joins us on the show this week to talk about how to lead when you’re not in charge.  Most youth pastors we’ve met have a pretty heavy dose of leadership built-in to who they are. With that leadership gifting comes the struggle of often being way down the leadership org chart and wishing we could make more decisions than we’re currently allowed to make.

We get it! It’s not like people are knocking on our door asking what the youth pastor would do in any particular situation.

Clay has been there and has written a book on it. In our most recent podcast episode we’re able to have a great conversation about his book, How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. In this episode we ask him the question most youth pastors really want to know… how do I lead when I’m really, really, really not in charge.

Links mentioned:

• ClayScroggins.com
• The Super Secret Longer Haul Podcast Facebook Group (that you should join)

Resources mentioned:

• How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins
• Find Your Influencer Score
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

In this particular episode, you will learn:

• Why leading isn’t really about leveraging authority
• How to use your influence to lead even when you’re not in charge
• Helpful advice to help you challenge those in authority over you so that you’re heard

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