Do you want to harness the greatest power in your organization? Are you benefiting from your organization’s best asset?
The organization’s best assets – whether a church, business or non-profit – never appear on your balance sheet.
The truth is any organization is only as good as the people within it. Take […] Continue Reading…
Here is one way to help you realize successful change as a leader.
Replace something with something better.
That may sound overly simplistic or it might even sound trite. But I’ve used it dozens of times to lead change successfully.
Too many times as leaders we fail to help people through the […] Continue Reading…
In my book “The Mythical Leader”, I have a whole chapter on introversion – mostly because every time I post about introversion I hear from pastors and church members who talk about how introversion negatively impacts their ministry. I have heard from well-meaning (hopefully well-meaning) people who don’t believe […] Continue Reading…
Having been a church planter twice, I understand the unique challenges facing planters. They are constantly struggling with leadership issues, finances and simply knowing what to do next. I’d love to offer a word of encouragement for church planters.
Recently I had a conversation with a church planter friend in […] Continue Reading…
Bad leadership is bad leadership. It’s usually easy to recognize.
It’s easier, however, to hide bad leadership in an organization, which isn’t growing. (I wrote recently that it’s easy to keep an organization small. Read that post HERE.)
The larger an organization becomes and the more growth, which occurs, the more bad leadership becomes apparent.
As an organization grows:
Most leaders will have occasions of worry. Worry is an emotion. You can know all the principles of leadership and still struggle with occasional worry. I would love to offer some encouragements for worried leaders.
I’ve talked to some who say at least one day a week they are consumed […] Continue Reading…
Change has changed. Have you noticed?
Of course, you have. It’s all around us. You might not have thought about it, but you’ve certainly experienced the result of the way change has changed. I first wrote these thoughts 9 years ago, and they are truer today.
Change is constant. Always has […] Continue Reading…
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In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about Harsh Realities Leading Change.
Leading change is a part of leadership. You can’t lead without change, but it can be hard. Along the way of leading change – or attempting to – I’ve discovered some […] Continue Reading…
As a pastor, I grew to dislike email criticism.
And I use the word dislike, but hate might even be the right word. I grew to hate email criticism.
I was talking to a new leader once. He had received a scathing email from someone. It was one of his first. […] Continue Reading…
In working with dozens of churches over the last 20 years, I’ve discovered some deadly sins of an unhealthy church. And I should clarify that and say these are deadly sins of church people.
I’m a walking testimony that the people who make up Christ’s church still sin. It is […] Continue Reading…
After a post about casualties of being a people-pleasing pastor, I received the following email asking how to stop:
Ron,
Have just finished your blog post “7 Casualties of a People Pleaser in Leadership”. I recognize I am a People-Pleasing Pastor. How do I turn the tide on this? How do […] Continue Reading…
Every leader attempts to limit risk as much as possible when making decisions. We don’t want to jeopardize the organization – ultimately the people – we are trying to lead, so we attempt to have good systems and procedures, boundaries in place, adequate resources, and even contingency or emergency […] Continue Reading…
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In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about A Major Communication Barrier found on Every Team.
I have experienced this one so many times. Not understanding this basic communication barrier can cause major frustration and decrease inefficiency on the team. Understanding it […] Continue Reading…
There are some bad reasons to plant a church.
Please understand, I love church planting. When I moved back into church revitalization, part of the concern I had was I might not have a foot into church planting. That would be tough for me. After two successful plants and having […] Continue Reading…
Being in a leadership position is no guarantee we are leading. Holding the title of leader isn’t an indication one actually leads. I have a whole chapter on this topic in my book The Mythical Leader. There are times, for a variety of reasons, when even the best leaders stop […] Continue Reading…
