Tweet I once received an email: Ron, a question for you. If you had to pass one and only one leadership principle to others leaders, what would that one principle…
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Tweet I love team dynamics and organizational structures. I have written many times about what makes a healthy team, my expectations of team members, and elements to build health into…
Tweet As leaders, we all want to limit the risk in the hard decisions we make. Personally, whenever we are about to make a major change or launch some new…
I love organizational leadership and I am happy to serve on a healthy team. It’s amazing how many church leaders I know that say their team is not healthy. Recently I started wondering why it is that I claim our team is healthy and it led me to this post. Here, in my opinion, are 10 elements of a healthy organization:
Tweet In John Maxwell’s book “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”. Maxwell claims, “Connectors live what they communicate”. The people who learn to connect with…
Tweet In making decisions whether or not to take on a new project, adopt a new stance, or move forward in a new direction I like to discern whether it…
Tweet I received an from someone about a conflict they are having with someone else. For context: It is not a clearly defined Biblical issue. Both parties feel they are…
Tweet I’ve noticed this principle so many times in my own leadership and in working with other leaders. The more prepared I am to face a situation the less stress…
Tweet This post – posted several years ago – prompted a book. A publishing friend, who had been encouraging me to write a book for years, read this post and…
Tweet Sadly, as someone who works with a lot of marriages, I see more and more of them going through the routines of marriage without really enjoying the journey. At…
It has been a couple weeks since I dropped our youngest son Nate off at college. He is attending Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Our oldest son is a senior at Austin Peay State University and is living at home to save money this last year. Nate is our first to change cities of residence and he is 8 hours from home. In the process of him leaving I have learned a few things:
Tweet There is a sobering leadership principle every leader needs to know. Often we learn it the hard way, so I think it might be helpful if I prepare you…
Tweet This is a guest post by my friend Lincoln Kaffenberger. Lincoln was a member of our church plant, served as a military officer, and now works as an information…
Tweet In my career, I work with a lot of people in a lot of settings. You might say my job involves a lot of relationships. In the process, I…
Tweet Stress is all around us. Every day I encountered burned out and stressed out pastors. Regardless of your career, it appears life is more stressful than ever. I would…