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Weekend Words of Wisdom #5
The Value of Self-awareness Leading people is complex, invigorating, and unusually humbling. For this reason, it is vital that a leader clearly understands his or her strengths, as well as areas for improvement. Here are five questions I have found especially helpful in my own developmental journey: Am I truly committed to lifelong learning? Do…
Weekend Words of Wisdom #4
Great Responsibility Jesus told his disciples in a parable about managers and servants that “from everyone who had been given much, much will be demanded and the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” (Luke 12:48). Organizational culture requires attention. All the participants in the culture contribute, but organizations are…
Weekend Words of Wisdom #3
Embracing the High Calling If you are a leader who is serious about making a difference in your role, I suggest you consider the why of the responsibility you have been privileged to engage in. As a believer, you are gifted with a task that is too noble to describe merely as a profession. You…
Weekend Words of Wisdom #2
A Focused Leader The busier I get, the more focus I need to complete my priorities. With that focus comes the exclusion of other things – which may be fine unless one of the “other things’ is God. David is a real model for me in this. No doubt, he often was distracted by many…
5 Strategies for Charting New Territory By Dr. Halee Gray Scott
In the 21st century, we are inclined to think that there are no unknown territories, no frontiers left uncharted. Yet, when Christian nonprofit organizations seek to equip millennial women for leadership, they embark, like Lewis and Clark, on a journey into terra incognita. The endeavor poses a double challenge because organizations are engaging a generation…
Set Free to Lead By Dr. R. Scott Rodin
For 40 years, my family and I have fished for salmon out of a tiny resort town in northwestern Washington. For about half of those years, we rented a small kicker boat from one of the local marinas. It was always stable, clean, in good repair, and equipped with a reliable, fueled outboard motor. The…
Weekend Words of Wisdom #1
The Inner Core Several years ago, I read an assessment of essential leadership characteristics. In this study of successful leaders, the addressed question focused on the one character trait common to all effective leaders. There were many traits the leaders held in common – discipline, vision, communication skills… One in particular caught my attention. What…
The Battle for Integrity By Dan Busby
While far from perfect, King David is one of the first ones we think of when the discussion turns to integrity. Asaph, the royal court composer, said David shepherded them with “the integrity of his heart and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands” (Psalm 78:72, KVJ). David led Israel with “skillful hands.” Yes,…