4 Ways to Succeed as a Congregational Leader
Here are four key concepts that all leaders – lay or professional, emerging or experienced – need to embrace.
Leadership Development
How the URJ Can Help Congregational Leaders Inspire Sacred Action
Each congregation has its own way of cultivating leadership. To assist this sacred work, the URJ offers a variety of programs that enable leaders to learn, network, and worship together, all of which are specifically designed to meet the needs of leaders of different positions and take into consideration different ways of rising to leadership.
8 Tips for Managing Your Congregation’s Rabbinic Transition
At some point, every congregation faces a time of rabbinic transition – and the process is inevitably an emotional one. Here are eight tips for managing that process.
Learning Opportunity: Collaboration Won’t Kill Us, but Failing to Collaborate Might
Why don’t congregations usually collaborate? And how can leaders of congregations learn to collaborate well? Here are some ideas and guiding priniciples toward working together.
How to Identify and Train Emerging Leaders at Your Congregation
In recent years, a number of studies have explored the benefits of dedicated leadership programs. In the corporate world, studies have shown that more than one-third of new hires have had little or no training, and nearly 20 percent of employees who quit