Leadership Resource Library

The Sunday offering is fairly vulnerable to theft or embezzlement unless good checks and balances are in place.

Having a healthy culture around money will help a congregation have less anxiety and more open communication around money.

Some responsibilities are held in common by all officers and and trustees, and some duties are specific to a particular office. The bylaws should give an general description.

Not all conflict is alike. Different kinds of conflict require different kinds of responses. This is an overview of a model of conflict by Alban Institute consultant Speed Leas.

Living in a committed, covenantal community is a great way to avoid destructive conflict.

Does your congregation suffer from constant, divisive conflict? Is your congregation looking to develop its first covenant to help members with healthier behavior? Here is a quick guide:

Avoiding triangulation will not eliminate conflict in a congregation but it will help keep it in the constructive and creative zone.

The History of the Unitarian Fellowship Movement

Systems theory is extremely helpful in understanding how people work in groups and why change is sometimes so difficult.

Hackers are getting more sophisticated every day. The best defense is to encourage your employees, volunteers and congregation members to pause and look for warning signs before responding to any unsolicited email.

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What can the congregation do in a crisis to avoid a crash during conflict? The solution mostly falls to the work of the driver of the car or the congregational leaders.

Unity offers deep questions and commitments for governance within a progressive religious, covenantal context: Whose Are We? What Do We Value? What Are Our Commitments?

Covenant is the silk that joins Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations, communities, and individuals together in a web of interconnection. The practice of promising to walk together is the precious core of our creedless faith.

Small congregations need a governance system that is "right sized" for the unique needs and challenges generated by their size. ...

Nurturing the relationship between a congregation and its governing body.

Leadership is an important, yet elusive concept. It takes on different forms in different settings. The intent of Policy Governance® is to give operational definition to "leadership" as it applies in the specific context of a governing Board. It addresses the questions: "How can...

Policy Governance is a fundamental redesign of the role of a Board, emphasizing values, vision and the empowerment of both Board and staff through policies, limitations and monitoring reports.

A congregation has to organize to make its big decisions in its best and deepest frame of mind: that’s governance. It needs to organize to focus limited resources on its most important goals: that’s ministry.

Procedures should have the flexibility to change as the organization changes size, staff, technologies and other situational factors.