Jul 21, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
After seven chapters on personal failure, John Maxwell finally turns the lens outward, and the implications for church leaders are significant. Because here's the thing: your team members probably…
Whether you're a leader, whether you're a minister, whatever capacity you are in in your role, or even in parenting, the idea of... failing and getting a return from that.
But this was the first time that he talked about leading your team through failure, which I feel like had some huge implications for if you work at a church, whether you are leading volunteers, whether you're leading a staff, whatever it is, we're all, especially in a church capacity, there are very few roles that you're just a doer.
You're most often a leader, even a volunteer leader, right? Like you are yourself a volunteer leading volunteers.
I don't know if there was like a big takeaway from this, like one big takeaway.
Whether you're a leader, whether you're a minister, whatever capacity you are in in your role, or even in parenting, the idea of... failing and getting a return from that.
But this was the first time that he talked about leading your team through failure, which I feel like had some huge implications for if you work at a church, whether you are leading volunteers, whether you're leading a staff, whatever it is, we're all, especially in a church capacity, there are very few roles that you're just a doer.
You're most often a leader, even a volunteer leader, right? Like you are yourself a volunteer leading volunteers.
I don't know if there was like a big takeaway from this, like one big takeaway.
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