https://media.blubrry.com/ronedmondson/ronedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/7-Good-Reasons-For-A-Leader-To-Say-No.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTweet In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss some good reasons for a leader to say no….
Yesterday I began some thoughts about the term team idleness. To understand the term fully read that post HERE.
What causes team idleness? What causes a team to stagnate and fail to move forward towards reaching its goals and objectives? Here are a few of my thoughts:
I write and speak a lot about wisdom. I think wisdom is critical to good leadership. Leadership demands consistent decision-making and a wise leader has developed certain attributes that protect the leader and the organization during this process. A leader learns wisdom from the personal experience of success and failure and from the insight of other leaders.
Here are 7 attributes of a wise leader:
Jesus taught His disciples how to build the church. The chief goal would be to love people no one else loved, even when they were not very lovely. We have tried to plant a church with that philosophy. Along the way we have discovered what Jesus learned in working with religious leaders in His day. (See Matthew 16:5-12) When you reach genuine hurting people, the complainers will rise up, mostly among the most religious of people, and when these type people talk, their negative energy (yeast) spreads fast.
https://media.blubrry.com/ronedmondson/ronedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/How-To-Survive-In-Faith-Leadership-During-Seasons-Of-Desperation-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTweet In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss how to how to survive in faith leadership during…
Tweet Solving a problem in leadership is often a matter of perspective. Some days leaders feel as though all we do is address problems other people have. It could be…
https://media.blubrry.com/ronedmondson/ronedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Creating-Unity-In-The-Church.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTweet In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss how to create unity in the church. You simply…
Tweet I’m a leader. Yet, many times I submit to people I lead. We need good leadership. I might even say without leadership – in a big picture perspective –…
After a recent staff meeting, I was thinking about what makes our team at Grace Community Church healthy. I’ve written about healthy teams before HERE and HERE among other posts. I think healthy teams are intentionally created, so I’m consistently trying to make our environment better. My current thoughts have led me to believe that in our case, it’s as much about what we don’t have on our team as what we do have.
I think our team works well together because we get along well with each other. (Most of the time.) It may have to do with what we check at the door when we spend time together.
Here are 7 things healthy teams check at the door:
Tweet Do you want to be a part of a healthy team? I have some phrases I use to indicate a healthy team. Do you like simple? This is really…