# IMN: Equipping and Supporting Leaders in Times of Transition

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## Pages
- [Contact Us For More Information](https://imnedu.org/contact-us/)
- [Conflict Transformation](https://imnedu.org/education/conflict-transformation/)
- [IMN 90 minute Webinar Schedule](https://imnedu.org/webinar-schedule/)
- [Discover the Power of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership](https://imnedu.org/education/discover-the-power-of-emotional-intelligence-in-leadership/)
- [FTL Essentials](https://imnedu.org/education/ftl-essentials/)

## Posts
- [San Leandro, California](https://imnedu.org/san-leandro-california/)
- [Amber, New York](https://imnedu.org/amber-new-york/)
- [Transitional Leadership Towards Transformation](https://imnedu.org/transitional-leadership-towards-transformation/)
- [Boulder, Colorado](https://imnedu.org/boulder-colorado/)
- [Journey Into the Unknown; A Transition Story](https://imnedu.org/journey-into-the-unknown-a-transition-story/)

## Videos
- [Why join the IMN and renew each year?](https://imnedu.org/videos/why-join-the-imn-and-renew-each-year/)
- [Why do you need to take all parts of the IMN training?](https://imnedu.org/videos/why-do-you-need-to-take-all-parts-of-the-imn-training/)
- [Why should a congregation call an intentional interim?](https://imnedu.org/videos/why-should-a-congregation-call-an-intentional-interim/)
- [Why register for the IMN Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry training?](https://imnedu.org/videos/why-register-for-the-imn-fundamentals-of-transitional-ministry-training/)
- [Virtual Support Groups](https://imnedu.org/videos/virtual-support-groups/)

## BuddyPress Directories
- [Groups](https://imnedu.org/?post_type=buddypress&p=18157)
- [Register](https://imnedu.org/register/)
- [Activate](https://imnedu.org/activate/)
- [Members](https://imnedu.org/members/)

## Books
- [Humble Inquiry, Third Edition: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling](https://imnedu.org/books/humble-inquiry-second-edition-the-gentle-art-of-asking-instead-of-telling/): \<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Most leaders assume they're good communicators\. What they're actually doing—most of the time—is telling\. And telling, even when well\-intentioned, is a subtle power move that shuts people down, withholds critical information, and quietly erodes trust\.\</span\>

\<span class="a\-text\-italic"\>Humble Inquiry\</span\> makes the case for a different approach: asking questions you genuinely don't know the answers to, from a posture of curiosity rather than authority\.

\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>What you'll find inside this fully updated third edition:\</span\>
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 	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>The ORJI cycle—why conversations go wrong in a split second, and how to interrupt the pattern\</span\>\</li\>
 	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>A levels\-of\-relationship model to diagnose where your team is—and how to move toward real openness and trust\</span\>\</li\>
 	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>Why hierarchy and “tell” culture actively undermine psychological safety—and what to do about it\</span\>\</li\>
 	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>A new chapter on humble inquiry in remote and hybrid work \(spoiler: it works—and may work better\)\</span\>\</li\>
 	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>Reader exercises, twelve mini case studies, and a discussion guide for teams\</span\>\</li\>
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\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Best for:\</span\> managers, leaders, coaches, healthcare professionals, and anyone navigating complex, interdependent teams\. This is a mindset shift, not a script\.

Foreword by Michael Bungay Stanier\.

Based on Edgar H\. Schein's fifty years of research at MIT\. Over 300,000 copies sold\.
- [Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In](https://imnedu.org/books/getting-to-yes-negotiating-agreement-without-giving-in/): \<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>“The authors have packed a lot of commonsensical observation and advice into a concise, clearly written little book\.”—\</span\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold a\-text\-italic"\>Bloomberg Businessweek\</span\>
- [Toward the Better Country: Church Closure and Resurrection](https://imnedu.org/books/toward-the-better-country-church-closure-and-resurrection-2/): The pews of many mainline churches are clearly not as full as they used to be\.  While committed Christians are trying everything they can to keep their churches open and thriving, history has shown that no local church is meant to live forever in its current form\.    Like people, churches are born, live and breathe, fulfill their missions, and pass away\.  And recent history shows that more churches will be closing or re\-shaping their ministry in the near future\.
\<span class="a\-text\-italic"\>     Toward the Better Country\</span\> tells about the grief stages, discernment processes and creative options explored by lay leaders, pastors and regional leaders who have dealt with this sensitive time in the life cycle of a church\.  These are woven in with the author's own experience of leading a church through steep decline toward closure\.
This resource, based on interviews with over thirty lay, clergy and judicatory leaders, offers healthy, practical ways for congregations to move through the terrain of loss, discern God's path for their future and pass on their legacies to emerging ministries\.  It can be used for personal reflection, leadership training, or in discernment groups in local churches\.  Scripture readings and questions for conversation are included at the end of each chapter, along with a list of additional resources for churches struggling with decline\.
- [Toward the Better Country: Church Closure and Resurrection](https://imnedu.org/books/toward-the-better-country-church-closure-and-resurrection/): The pews of many mainline churches are clearly not as full as they used to be\.  While committed Christians are trying everything they can to keep their churches open and thriving, history has shown that no local church is meant to live forever in its current form\.    Like people, chur\.\.\.
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## Categories
- [Book Reviews](https://imnedu.org/category/bookreviews/)
- [Uncategorized](https://imnedu.org/category/uncategorized/)
- [Conflict](https://imnedu.org/category/conflict/)
- [Open Positions](https://imnedu.org/category/openpositionsinter/)
- [Stewardship](https://imnedu.org/category/stewardship/)

## Tags
- [Alice Mann](https://imnedu.org/tag/alice-mann/)
- [Gil Rendle](https://imnedu.org/tag/gil-rendle/)
- [Stewardship](https://imnedu.org/tag/stewardship/)
- [conflict](https://imnedu.org/tag/conflict-2/)
- [member news](https://imnedu.org/tag/member-news/)

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- [templates](https://imnedu.org/layout_category/templates/)
- [Membership](https://imnedu.org/layout_category/membership/)
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## Authors
- [William Bridges](https://imnedu.org/authors/william-bridges/)
- [Gil Rendle](https://imnedu.org/authors/gil-rendle/)
- [Peter L\. Steinke](https://imnedu.org/authors/peter-l-steinke/)
- [Roy M\. Oswald](https://imnedu.org/authors/roy-m-oswald/)
- [Carol Howard Merritt](https://imnedu.org/authors/carol-howard-merritt/)

## Genres
- [Interim Ministry](https://imnedu.org/genre/interim-ministry/)
- [Family Systems](https://imnedu.org/genre/family-systems/)
- [Leadership](https://imnedu.org/genre/leadership/)
- [Transitional Ministry](https://imnedu.org/genre/transitional-ministry/)
- [Effective Leadership](https://imnedu.org/genre/effective-leadership/)

## Series
- [2019 IMN Conference](https://imnedu.org/series/2019imnconference/)
- [Leadership](https://imnedu.org/series/leadership/)
- [FTMC Recommend Books](https://imnedu.org/series/ftmcbooks/)
- [Interim Ministry](https://imnedu.org/series/interimministry/)
- [Congregational Development](https://imnedu.org/series/congregationaldevelopment/)

## Tags
- [Recommended Books](https://imnedu.org/bookstag/recommended/)
- [FTL Books](https://imnedu.org/bookstag/ftl-books/)
- [IMN Library](https://imnedu.org/bookstag/imn-library/)

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