
Matt Wright
Vice President of Church Executive Search at Slingshot Group; former Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago with 20+ years in church leadership.
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Aug 10, 2026
0049 - Derek Gunther, Lee Cureton and Matt Wright
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Matt WrightGUEST
Um, it is- It is difficult to, um, sacrifice your own needs and wants every day, and every week, and every year for what your kids need and what they want to do.

Matt WrightGUEST
The, um, so the, the burden seems really daunting of like, how do I get these kids ready for the world? I mean, from the things you mentioned, like changing a tire, which my kids are not ...

Matt WrightGUEST
They've seen me do things like that, but, you know, they're not old enough yet to really do it on their own, but they just, they still love being there.

Matt WrightGUEST
But not only that, but like how do I teach them about their finances, and how do I teach them, um, we're, we're homeschooling, so, you know, how do we t- also teach them the knowledge-
12 MINS LATER

Jay ChristopherHOST
How do you, how do you do that, um, knowing that there's inherent competition between those items? Or is there?
Signature #6: Friction – Turning Team Friction Into Momentum
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Matt WrightGUEST
And I come back to it, if, if we're gonna get really practical for the leaders out there, how do you do it? I think if you're the leader, to get very practical, what's critical is to create the space for it.

Matt WrightGUEST
There are directive decisions, where we're not, we don't need to have a, a, a friction conversation.
Signature #4: Roles – Why Your Mission Has to Be Bigger Than You
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Matt WrightGUEST
... probably the most common thing that I see working with churches, and we've all done that quite a bit.

Matt WrightGUEST
Like, as long as we are really excited about this and I'm convicted and I'm, I'm all on board, then I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get it done.

Matt WrightGUEST
Well, the problem is when we move to a place where we are a team that's, that's larger than one or two, all of a sudden we've got to know lanes.
24 MINS LATER

Matt WrightGUEST
In this chapter, Tim, you write about silos and breaking down silos, and we were talking before about that, that shiny object and, and, uh, allowing maybe a certain skill set to destroy the rest of, of your team.

