Developing Female Leaders
How to More Effectively Leverage the Leadership Gifts and Abilities of Women in Your Church
Special Pre-Institute Event from 10:30–11:45 AM: For Women Only: Navigating the Best Practices for Women in Ministry (It’s for women only!)
What would your church look like in the future if it were to maximize the dormant gifts of the women God has brought there? In her book, Developing Female Leaders, Kadi Cole, twenty-year veteran in leadership and people development, offered a practical strategy to help church and organizational leaders craft cultures that facilitate the development of women as volunteer and staff leaders. Now she’s coming to the NCC Institute to share her wisdom on the subject with you!
Kadi utilizes the interviews and surveys of more than one thousand women in key church and organizational roles, combined with current research, to create eight easy-to-implement “best practices” that help accelerate a woman’s organizational contribution.
About Kadi:
In early 2000, Kadi was recruited by her local church to help them navigate scaling a fast-growing faith community and innovative ministry strategy. She served 16 years at Christ Fellowship Church (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) leading in a variety of critical leadership roles as the church grew from 3,500 to 23,000, launched eight additional campuses, and exceeded $50m budget. Her final role was as Executive Director of Multisite in which she oversaw all campuses, built a campus launch strategy, and created the Kaléo School of Leadership, an innovative leadership development system for growing campus volunteer and staff teams from within the congregation.
In 2016, Kadi transitioned from full-time church leadership to working directly with leaders in business and ministry through Kadi Cole & Company as well as key roles with Leadership Network, Replenish MInistries, and Multisite Solutions. Kadi works extensively with multi-site churches, technology businesses, and individual leaders from a variety of professional settings. Kadi’s newest passion project is to help church leaders who want to do a better job developing the female leadership talent in their congregations.
In addition, Kadi is an engaging, practical, and down-to-earth speaker and writer on a variety of topics related to leadership, organizational development, spiritual growth, parenting, and living a full life. She lives in sunny South Florida with her husband and their teenage son. She loves visiting her roots in Montana, garage sales, intense Scrabble games, home DIY projects, and potluck dinners with friends. Plus, she’s always reading at least 4 books at a time.