Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Rob McKenna’
Dying to Lead By Dr. Rob McKenna
The Decision to Lead Like Christ It’s tough when you lead to selling an idea that suggests outcomes don’t come first, that the survival of your organization isn’t priority number one, and that preservation, profitability, meaning, self-actualization, happiness, confidence, and results aren’t the point. That’s a tough sell. If the concept of sacrificing yourself as…
Read MoreThe Goliath in All of Us By Dr. Rob McKenna
Are you more like Goliath than David? A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs, he wore bronze greaves,…
Read MoreThe Relative Importance Of Outcomes By Dr. Rob McKenna
The Motivation that Drives Outcomes Are you motivated by outcomes? What’s your daily motivation to get up in the morning, put on your clothes, and head to work? Are you motivated because of what it will get you? Do you do what you do at the beginning and end of the day because it will…
Read MoreThe Truth About Broken Leaders By Dr. Rob McKenna
Broken Leaders Aren’t Weird, They’re Unveiled If you’re like me, you like your car to be fixed when it gets dented. Few things drive me more crazy than a ding in the side of my truck. Call me materialistic or having OCD for it, but I don’t think I’m the only one who likes their…
Read MoreFaith Before Work By Dr. Rob McKenna
The Leap of Faith That Changes Us If faith is that leap to believe something we can’t prove and trust in something beyond ourselves, what are the implications for developing leaders? Our faith is the start and then the work begins. Once we understand where our faith is grounded, all of the working parts of…
Read MoreRevisiting Oswald Chambers By Dr. Rob McKenna
My Utmost for His Highest and Oswald Chambers In 1996 my parents, David and Janet McKenna, gave me a copy of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. If you didn’t know this already, this powerful little devotional book is actually a compilation of many of his talks and writings over his lifetime, and…
Read MoreWhole Leaders and Thriving Ministries By Dr. Rob McKenna
How can we build up leaders- whole leaders? In order to create thriving communities of faith capable of withstanding the storms ahead for the sake of reflecting God’s love to the world around us, we must build up whole leaders. So, what is happening at the intersection of the Gospel and some really rigorous psychological…
Read MoreThe Leader Development Crisis by Dr. Rob McKenna
A Threatening Crisis – The Lack of Leader Development “What is the number one crisis threatening the future of the Church?” It was a question I asked a senior leader in a recent coaching conversation. Without hesitation he responded, “The deep-seated security of our leaders.” While we could roll past his response with only…
Read MoreGetting Composed By Rob McKenna
Getting Composed Under Pressure Six months ago I finished the book Composed: The Heart and Science of Leading Under Pressure. I wrote the book based on my research over the last sixteen years on the strategies that enable leaders to to maintain a sense of themselves and a connection to others during the highest pressure…
Read MoreLegacy or The Long Play? By Rob McKenna
Which is it for You, Legacy or the Long Play? If I told you that much of your impact on others may not be realized for five, ten, or even twenty years, what would you think? I just finished watching a movie about Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. His story has some personal meaning…
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